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Aegeus Society For Aegean Prehistory

ARTICLES | 2014

L’Acropoli di Atene durante il Neolitico Finale e il Bronzo Antico. Lo studio ex novo dei ritrovamenti dello scavo Levi sul pendio Sud: rapporto preliminare

Annuario della Scuola archeologica di Atene e delle missioni italiane in Oriente XCII, Serie III.14 (2014) [2016]: 15-31

Apart from a brief publication (1930-1931), the findings of the excavation by D. Levi in 1922 of a Neolithic hut on the south slope of the Acropolis north of the Stoa of Eumenes and the archeological material he collected in 1923 from two small caves north of the temple of Asclepio have not been extensively studied or published.

Les techniques de fabrication de la vaisselle de pierre de Myrtos-Pyrgos

Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique 138.1 (2014): 329-360

The Minoan site of Myrtos-Pyrgos has produced a wide range of Proto- and Neopalarial objects (faience, pottery, stone vessels, sealstones, etc.) that demonstrate a high level of craftsmanship and also the exist¬ence of an elite to consume them.

Associating residues and wear traces as indicators of hafting methods: Α view from the chipped stone industries from the island of Gavdos, Crete

In J. Marreiros, N. Bicho, J.F. Gibaja (eds), International Conference on Use-Wear Analysis. Use-Wear 2012 (Cambridge 2014): 714-726

Macroscopic and microscopic analysis of a sample of flint and obsidian artefacts from an excavated area with LN/FN/EB finds on the island of Gavdos has revealed use-wear traces and organic residues, very possibly of the hafting arrangement, on a black flint tool which appears to be the hafted element of a sickle.

The Mainland Bronze Age

Pharos 20 (2014): 145-161

This paper focuses on the Helladic region of Bronze Age Greece, taking in the southern Greek mainland and the nearest islands, but also pays some attention to Mycenaean connections and exchange activity outside this region, particularly beyond the Aegean, since these have a considerable bearing on our understanding of Mycenaean civilisation.

The Early Iron Age at Troy reconsidered

Oxford Journal of Archaeology 33.3 (2014): 275–312

Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA) of Protogeometric ceramics at Troy supports a revision of our understanding of the site in the Protogeometric period.

Mycenaean burnt animal sacrifice at Eleusis

Oxford Journal of Archaeology 33.3 (2014): 257-273

Burnt animal sacrifice is well attested in Greek historical times, but whether it was practiced in the Mycenaean period is debated.