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Aegeus Society For Aegean Prehistory

BOOK REVIEWS | 2013

Bronze Age Greece

John Bennet in Fibiger Bang, P. & Scheidel, W. (eds), 2013. The Oxford Handbook of the State in the Ancient Near east and Mediterranean, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 235-258.

There are two episodes of state formation in the prehistoric Aegean, one at the beginning, the other in the middle of the second millennium BCE. The first states are associated with the appearance of complex structures conventionally called "palaces" on the island of Crete shortly after 2000 BCE (the MM IB phase);

Μιλώντας στα παιδιά για το παρελθόν. Μια διεπιστημονική προσέγγιση (Talking to children about the past. A multidisciplinary approach)

Edited by Nena Galanidou & Liv Helga Dommasnes Athens

Μιλώντας στα παιδιά για το παρελθόν. Μια διεπιστημονική προσέγγιση (Talking to children about the past. A multidisciplinary approach) Στο πρώτο βιβλίο της σειράς "Δημόσια Αρχαιολογία" ανθρωπολόγοι, αρχαιολόγοι, μουσειολόγοι και ψυχολόγοι από διάφορες χώρες και διαφορετικές ακαδημαϊκές παραδόσεις ξεκινούν έναν διεπιστημονικό διάλογο σχετικά με την παρουσίαση του αρχαίου κόσμου στο παιδικό κοινό.

Syllabic Writing on Cyprus and its Context

Edited by Philippa M. Steele Cambridge/New York

Syllabic Writing on Cyprus and its Context This volume offers a new and interdisciplinary treatment of syllabic writing in ancient Cyprus. A team of distinguished scholars tackles epigraphic, palaeographic, linguistic, archaeological, historical and terminological problems relating to the island's writing systems in the Late Bronze Age and Iron Age, from the appearance of writing around the fifteenth century down to the end of the first millennium BC.

INTERMEZZO. Intermediacy and Regeneration in Middle Minoan III Palatial Crete

Edited by Colin F. Macdonald & Carl Knappett London

INTERMEZZO. Intermediacy and Regeneration in Middle Minoan III Palatial Crete The Middle Minoan III period on Crete was initially identified and studied in detail at Knossos by Sir Arthur Evans. Subsequent scholarly attention focused on the preceding Old Palace period and the apparent floruit of the New Palaces at the beginning of the Late Bronze Age.

Early Prehistoric Research on Amorgos and the Beginnings of Cycladic Archaeology

Yannis Galanakis American Journal of Archaeology 117:2 (April 2013): 181-205.

Amorgos is widely known for its Early Cycladic antiquities, which now predominantly adorn private collections and numerous museums outside Greece. Some of the finest Cycladica associated with the island emerged before the first systematic excavations were conducted in 1894 by Christos Tsountas.

The Iconography of Aegean Seals

Janice L. Crowley Liège

The Iconography of Aegean Seals The Iconography of Aegean Seals is a detailed analysis of the iconography of the images on the Aegean seals, signets and sealings, providing for the first time a comprehensive structured overview of these images and a presentation of the artistic rules governing the composition of their designs.

Ανασκαφές Μυκηνών. ΙΙΙ. Η νοτιοδυτική συνοικία

Spyros Iakovidis Athens

Ανασκαφές Μυκηνών. ΙΙΙ. Η νοτιοδυτική συνοικία Ο παρών τόμος της σειράς των δημοσιεύσεων των ανασκαφών των Μυκηνών μετά το 1960 άφορα τις εργασίες στην περιοχή της λεγομένης Νοτιοδυτικής Συνοικίας της ακροπόλεως. Οι έρευνες στη συνοικία αυτή έγιναν υπό τη διεύθυνση του αείμνηστου καθηγητή Γ. Ε. Μυλωνά κατά τα έτη 1966, 1972, 1973, 1974, και του Σπύρου Ιακωβίδη κατά τα έτη 1988 και 1989.