A group for those interested in the eastern Mediterranean Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age
Jorrit Kelder deposited Epilogue: Kings and Great Kings in the Aegean and beyond in the group
Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean archaeology on Humanities Commons 4 weeks, 1 day ago
Epilogue to the volume “From LUGAL.GAL to Wanax”, reviewing the various arguments made in favour and against political unity in the Late Bronze Age Aegean, and contextualising archaeological and textual data.
Jorrit Kelder deposited The Wanassa and the Damokoro: a new interpretation of a Linear B text from Pylos in the group
Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean archaeology on Humanities Commons 4 weeks, 1 day ago
This paper aims to highlight a number of problems involved with current interpretations and identifications of persons in Ta 711, a Linear B tablet from the Mycenaean palace of Pylos, which records a number of objects that were presented on the occasion of the appointment of a da- mo-ko-ro. Contrary to current thinking, we argue that Pu2-ke-qi-…[Read more]
Andrea Sinclair deposited Erroneous Terms in Archaeology and Popular Literature: the ‘Mother Goddess’, or Why I Can be Tiresome at Social Engagements. in the group
Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean archaeology on Humanities Commons 6 months, 1 week ago
Overview of the modern myth of a prehistoric great mother goddess
Andrea Sinclair deposited Enduring Fictions of Late Victorian Fantasy: Sir Arthur Evans and the Faience Goddesses from Minoan Crete. in the group
Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean archaeology on Humanities Commons 6 months, 1 week ago
A brief examination of the modern mythology around the faience votive figures from the “Temple Repositories” at Knossos in Crete that were discovered and heavily restored by Arthur Evans and his team at Knossos in the early 20th century
Maria Relaki deposited Rethinking administration and seal use in third millennium Crete in the group
Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean archaeology on Humanities Commons 10 months, 1 week ago
The specific outlook and reach of administration in Prepalatial Crete is the topic of heated debate. The materials most frequently implicated in this debate are clay sealings, usually taken as a clear demonstration of administrative concerns. However, although early sealings might have been used for this purpose, this view tends to be influenced…[Read more]
William Caraher deposited A Small Production Site at Polis in the group
Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean archaeology on Humanities Commons 1 year ago
A short paper describing recent research in the area of EF1 at Polis Chrysochous on Cyprus.
Francesco Iacono deposited Westernizing Aegean of LH IIIC in the group
Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean archaeology on Humanities Commons 1 year, 2 months ago
Study on the role played by material characterised by ‘western’ features in the late palatial and post palatial Aegean
William Caraher deposited The South Basilica at Arsinoe (Polis-tes-Chrysochou): Change and innovation in an Early Christian Basilica on Cyprus in the group
Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean archaeology on Humanities Commons 1 year, 4 months ago
La basilique Sud de Polis-tes-Chrysochou (ancienne Arsinoé), construite à la fin du vie siècle apr. J.-C., est une église chypriote typique de la fin de l’Antiquité. Nous discutons ici les modalités des transformations apportées à sa structure et la façon dont ses constructeurs ont résolu les problèmes que présentait ce site, en part…[Read more]
William Caraher deposited Life in Abandonment: The Village of Lakka Skoutara, Corinthia in the group
Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean archaeology on Humanities Commons 1 year, 4 months ago
This is a pre-review, preprint of a contribution to volume on abandonment in antiquity edited by Deb Brown and Rebecca Seifried that will by published by The Digital Press at the University of North Dakota in 2019. The article documents visits to an “abandoned” settlement called Lakka Skoutara in the southeastern Corinthia over a period of over 15…[Read more]
Natalia Elvira Astoreca deposited Jenny Strauss Clay, Irad Malkin, Yannis Z. Tzifopoulos (ed.), Panhellenes at Methone: graphê in Late Geometric and Protoarchaic Methone. Trends in classics – supplementary volumes, 44 . Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter, 2017. Pp. x, 377. ISBN 9783110501278. $137.99. in the group
Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean archaeology on Humanities Commons 1 year, 6 months ago
Review of Jenny Strauss Clay, Irad Malkin, Yannis Z. Tzifopoulos (ed.), Panhellenes at Methone: graphê in Late Geometric and Protoarchaic Methone.
Trends in classics – supplementary volumes, 44 .Erin Averett deposited Mobilizing the Past for a Digital Future: The Potential of Digital Archaeology in the group
Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean archaeology on Humanities Commons 1 year, 6 months ago
Mobilizing the Past is a collection of 20 articles that explore the use and impact of mobile digital technology in archaeological field practice. The detailed case studies present in this volume range from drones in the Andes to iPads at Pompeii, digital workflows in the American Southwest, and examples of how bespoke, DIY, and commercial software…[Read more]
Olalekan Adigun deposited People, Power, and Change: Analysing the Causes of Power Shifts in Africa Since the Cold War in the group
Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean archaeology on Humanities Commons 1 year, 10 months ago
This paper attempts to provide answers to the following questions: What are the causes of political changes in Africa in the 21st century? Are these changes people-led? What are the challenges militating against people-led political changes in Africa? The paper takes a look at the nature of the post-colonial states of Africa since the Cold War…[Read more]
Guy Middleton started the topic Liman Tepe – new Mycenaean pot fragment: a ship & hedgehog helmeted rower in the discussion
Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean archaeology on Humanities Commons 2 years, 8 months ago
A. Aykurt and H. Erkanal (2017) ‘A Late Bronze Age Ship from Liman Tepe with Reference to the Late Bronze Age Ships from İZMIR / Bademgediği Tepesi and Kos / Seraglio.’ Oxford Journal of Archaeology 36(1): 61-70.
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