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ARTICLES | 2014

Aspis

Anna Philippa-Touchais & Gilles Touchais Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique 135.2 (2011) [2014], 551-566

Une seule campagne de fouilles a été menée, à l’Aspis, et trois missions ont porté sur le mobilier, les inscriptions, les monnaies. M.-Fr. Billot (IRAA, CNRS) a continué son étude des terres cuites architecturales d’Argos et de l’Héraion d’Argos; Fr. Croissant (université Paris I) et H. Aurigny (EFA) ont travaillé au classement du matériel provenant des fouilles de l’Aphrodision en vue de sa publication;

Mediterranean Voyages. The Archaeology of Island Colonization and Abandonment

Helen Dawson Walnut Creek, California

Mediterranean Voyages. The Archaeology of Island Colonization and Abandonment This book is a comparative study of the archaeology of colonisation, abandonment, and resettlement of the Mediterranean islands in prehistory. Presenting an extensive and up-to-date body of evidence, it provides a pan-Mediterraneanre view of island data, a task last completed in the mid-1990s.

Kirrha

Despina Skorda & Julien Zurbach Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique 135.2 (2011) [2014], 535-539

La campagne de Kirrha en 2010 a été consacrée à l’étude, après la fouille de 2009, et elle a porté sur plusieurs catégories de matériels. Une étude de la céramique issue de la fouille de l’année passée a été menée par D. Skorda et I. Mathioudaki. La céramique du secteur 1 (flanc oriental de la magoula) ayant fait l’objet d’une première analyse dès 2009, et celle du dépôt mycénien du secteur 1 ayant été restaurée pendant l’hiver, l’étude s’est concentrée sur celle des secteurs 2 et 3 (flanc occidental de la magoula) afin de préciser la chronologie des structures fouillées en 2009.

1177 B.C. The Year Civilization Collapsed

Eric H. Cline Princeton/Oxford

1177 B.C. The Year Civilization Collapsed In 1177 B.C., marauding groups known only as the “Sea Peoples” invaded Egypt. The pharaoh’s army and navy managed to defeat them, but the victory so weakened Egypt that it soon slid into decline, as did most of the surrounding civilizations. After centuries of brilliance, the civilized world of the Bronze Age came to an abrupt and cataclysmic end. Kingdoms fell like dominoes over the course of just a few decades.

Dikili Tash

Pascal Darcque, Haϊdo Koukouli-Chryssanthaki, Dimitra Malamidou & Zoi Tsirtsoni Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique 135.2 (2011) [2014], 497-516

Après une année 2009 consacrée à l’étude, la deuxième campagne de fouille du nouveau programme de recherches sur Dikili Tash s’est déroulée entre le 24 juin et le 6 août 2010, grâce au soutien, d’une part, des institutions de tutelle: la Société archéologique d’Athènes et l’École française d’Athènes; d’autre part, du ministère français des Affaires étrangères et européennes, de l’Institute for Aegean Prehistory (INSTAP), de la National Geographic Society, de la municipalité de Philippi, de l’Agence nationale de la recherche (ANR) et du Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS).

Les techniques de fonderie en Crète minoenne et mycénienne. I. Les outils de fondeur

Cécile Oberweiler Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique 135.2 (2011) [2014], 421-491

Studies on copper and bronze metallurgy in the prehistoric Aegean area generally focus on metal objects but neglect the bronzesmith tools: crucibles, molds and ventilation systems (“tuyères”, bellows...). However, their study provides new information on both the technical processes of making a metal object and their evolution, and the existence of technical traditions and “savoir-faire” of these bronzesmiths.

Furniture, precious items and materials recorded in the Linear B archives

Angelos Tsagrakis Studi Micenei ed Egeo-Anatolici 54 (2012) [2014], 323-341

The article deals with furniture and other wooden objects recorded in the Linear Β tablets as well as with the craftsmen specialized in their production. The social implications of these craft activities at Pylos are also discussed.

Observations sur la série Of de Thèbes

Maurizio Del Freo & Françoise Rougemont Studi Micenei ed Egeo-Anatolici 54 (2012) [2014], 263-280

The Thebes tablets of the Of series record allocations of wool, aimed at different purposes, including the production and finishing of textiles. This paper studies the individuals involved in the textile manufacture, the production structures and the mechanisms underlying the distribution of wool.

The power of images. A figured krater from Thronos Kephala (ancient Sybrita) and the process of polis formation in Early Iron Age Crete

Anna Lucia D’Agata Studi Micenei ed Egeo-Anatolici 54 (2012) [2014], 207-247

Discovered in 2002 in the settlement of Thronos Kephala in central-western Crete - usually identified with the predecessor of ancient Sybrita - the clay figured krater presented in this paper displays the oldest scene of armed dance in Greek vase-painting, therefore constituting an outstanding document of the Cretan Early Iron Age.

Variazioni sul sole: immagini e immaginari nell’ Europa protostorica

Marco Bettelli Studi Micenei ed Egeo-Anatolici 54 (2012) [2014], 185-205

In recent years the meetings, exhibitions and collections of essays on the phenomenology of the sun imagery in ancient communities have multiplied. Such initiatives include works, usually comprehensive summaries, ranging from protohistoric Europe to the ancient Near East, including in some cases even more distant areas in both space and time.

Schliemann and the California Gold Rush. The 1850-1852 American Travel Journal of Heinrich Schliemann: a Transcription and Translation

Edited by Christo Thanos & Wout Arentzen Leiden

Schliemann and the California Gold Rush. The 1850-1852 American Travel Journal of Heinrich Schliemann: a Transcription and Translation In this second part of The Schliemann Diaries we follow Heinrich Schliemann (the famous 19th century archaeologist, trader and traveller) through his diary on his second journey: his travels to America from December 1850 to March 1853. The original diary was written in English and for a small part in Spanish. This publication is a transcription and translation of Schliemann’s travel diary.

Book review of Spatial Analysis and Social Spaces: Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Interpretation of Prehistoric and Historic Built Environments

Hollinshead, Μ. Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Hollinshead, Μ., 2014. Review of E. Paliou, U. Lieberwirth & S. Polla (eds), Spatial Analysis and Social Spaces: Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Interpretation of Prehistoric and Historic Built Environments [Topoi 18] (Berlin/Boston 2014), Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2015.01.52

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