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ΒΙΒΛΙΟΚΡΙΣΙΕΣ | 2011

Βιβλιοκρισία του: The Representation of Monkeys in the Art and Thought of Mediterranean Cultures: A New Perspective on Ancient Primates

Wilkinson, R.H. & Schon, R. Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections

Wilkinson, R.H. & Schon, R., 2011. Review of C. Greenlaw, The Representation of Monkeys in the Art and Thought of Mediterranean Cultures: A New Perspective on Ancient Primates (Oxford 2011). Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections 3.2 (May 2011): 28-30.

Insights into Egyptian Horus Falcon Imagery by Way of Real Falcons and Horus Falcon Influence in the Aegean in the Middle Bronze Age: Part II

Ray Porter Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections 3.3 (August 2011): 39-52.

Falcons were a part of everyday life in the Aegean but also appear in Minoan-Mycenaean art in cult capacity as attending a goddess, being the possible ba bird of a deceased person, and in symbolic ornaments of falcon shape with distinct falcon attributes of sharp talons, hooked beaks, and neck curls.

Insights into Egyptian Horus Falcon Imagery by Way of Real Falcons and Horus Falcon Influence in the Aegean in the Middle Bronze Age: Part I

Ray Porter Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections 3.3 (August 2011): 27-38.

The falcon is the most frequently represented bird in Egyptian art. The discovery that falcons were depicted more often than realized in Aegean art, during the author’s studies of Aegean faunal iconography, prompted this article which delves into their natural history as a way to understand the falcon gods of Egypt as well as Egyptian and Aegean falcon depiction

Late Pleistocene/Early Holocene seafaring in the Aegean: new obsidian hydration dates with the SIMS-SS method

N. Laskaris, A. Sampson, F. Mavridis & I. Liritzis Journal of Archaeological Science 38.9 (September 2011): 2475-2479.

Archaeological evidence regarding the presence of obsidian in levels that antedate the food production stage could have been the result of usage or intrusion of small obsidian artifacts from overlying Neolithic layers. The new obsidian hydration dates presented below employing the novel SIMS-SS method, offers new results of absolute dating concordant with the excavation data. Our contribution sheds new light on the Late Pleistocene/Early Holocene exploitation of obsidian sources on the island of Melos in the Cyclades reporting dates c. 13th millennium - end of 10th millennium B.P.

Domestic and wild ungulate dietary traits at Kouphovouno (Sparta, Greece): implications for livestock management and paleoenvironment in the Neolithic

Florent Rivals, Armelle Gardeisen & Jean Cantuel Journal of Archaeological Science 38.3 (March 2011): 528-537.

The objective for this study is to explore interspecific variations in domestic and wild ungulate diets and management at the Neolithic site of Kouphovouno (Sparta, southern Greece). We tested four hypotheses related to environmental context and livestock management using, for the first time, a combination of mesowear and microwear analyses on a Neolithic site.

Biomolecular and micromorphological analysis of suspected faecal deposits at Neolithic Çatalhöyük, Turkey

Lisa-Marie Shillito, Ian D. Bull, Wendy Matthews, Matthew J. Almond, James M. Williams & Richard P. Evershed Journal of Archaeological Science 38.8 (August 2011): 1869-1877.

Suspected coprolites from midden, burial and room fill contexts at Çatalhöyük were analysed by GC/MS and thin section micromorphology. Assessment of sterol biomarkers enabled a distinction between faecal and non-faecal sources for the deposits to be made, with bile acid biomarkers indicating that many of the faecal deposits are human coprolites.

An investigation of cortical bone loss and fracture patterns in the neolithic community of Çatalhöyük, Turkey using metacarpal radiogrammetry

Bonnie Glencross & Sabrina C. Agarwal Journal of Archaeological Science 38.3 (March 2011): 513-521.

Bioarchaeologists have conducted numerous studies on human skeletal remains using metacarpal cortical bone radiogrammetry. This method allows cortical thickness of the second metacarpal to be quantified. As a sensitive index of bone health metacarpal cortical thickness is evaluated in the context of functional adaptations, growth, ageing and bone loss in osteoporosis, as well as used as a reliable indicator of fracture risk.

Pottery Production, Distribution and Consumption in Early Minoan West Crete. An analytical perspective

Eleni Nodarou Oxford

Pottery Production, Distribution and Consumption in Early Minoan West Crete. An analytical perspective This study investigates the provenance and technology of pottery during the earlier Prepalatial period (EM I-EM IIB) in west Crete, using an integrated approach involving stylistic examination and archaeometric analysis. Although the stylistic particularities of the west Cretan Early Minoan assemblages have been acknowledged since the 1960s, there has been no attempt to assess and interpret the differences, and integrate this part of Crete into the broader picture of the Prepalatial period. Due to the lack of publications and analyses, west Crete remained estranged from the new developments that have changed the way the Prepalatial period is considered.

The communicative potential of Theran murals in Late Bronze Age Akotiri: applying viewshed analysis in 3D townscapes

Eleftheria Paliou Oxford Journal of Archaeology 30.3 (August 2011): 247-272.

This paper aims to contribute to the discussion of the social functions of Aegean wall painting, by examining the communicative impact and possible socio-symbolic significance of Theran murals in the urban landscape of Late Bronze Age Akrotiri (Thera, Greece). It uses a novel method of computational analysis to investigate the visibility of mural painting in the prehistoric townscape which combines the functionalities of 3D modelling and Geographic Information Systems (GIS).

Oiling the wheels of civilization

Colin Renfrew & Evi Margaritis Current World Archaeology 48 (2011): 46-50.

In his 1972 book 'The Emergence of Civilisation', Colin Renfrew argued that olive cultivation played an important role in this development. Now, new research by Evi Margaritis and Mim Bower at the British School at Athens and the McDonald Institute, University of Cambridge, suggest the proof was grown on Crete.

Modelling of tsunami generated by the giant Late Bronze Age eruption of Thera, South Aegean Sea, Greece

T. Novikova, G.A. Papadopoulos & F.W. McCoy Geophysical Journal International 186 (2011): 665–680.

Tsunami generated by the Late Bronze Age (LBA) eruption of Thera were simulated using synthetic tide records produced for selected nearshore (∼20 m depths) sites of northern Crete, the Cyclades Islands, SW Turkey and Sicily. Inundation distances inland were also calculated along northern Crete. Modelling was performed by incorporating fully non-linear Boussinesq wave theory with two tsunamigenic mechanisms.