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The Pylos Regional Archaeological Project

Author : John Bennet,Jack L. Davis
Publisher : American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Page : 589 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781621390190

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The Pylos Regional Archaeological Project by John Bennet,Jack L. Davis Pdf

This volume represents the product of 25 years of study conducted by the Pylos Regional Archaeological Project, a multidisciplinary, diachronic archaeological expedition formally organized in 1990 to investigate the history of prehistoric and historic settlement in western Messenia in Greece. An introduction, setting the project in context, and an extensive gazetteer of sites precede a collection of eight previously published articles, which appeared in Hesperia, the journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, between 1997 and 2010. Taken together, these contributions document a comprehensive methodological approach by an archaeological project that was one of the first to incorporate new technologies such as digital mapping tools and online databases. The results of such a long-term and multifaceted research program illuminate the shifting relationships between humans, their landscapes, and historical forces, both local and distant. The Pylos Regional Archaeological Project: A Retrospective provides an invaluable resource not only for those interested in the history and development of southwestern Greece but also for researchers interested in exploring the full range of methodological approaches to archaeological survey.

Pylos Regional Archaeological Project (PRAP).

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:44328363

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Pylos Regional Archaeological Project (PRAP). by Anonim Pdf

Provides information on the Pylos Regional Archaeological Project (PRAP), a multi-disciplinary, diachronic archaeological expedition formally organized in 1990 to investigate the history of prehistoric and historic settlement and land use in western Messenia in Greece, in an area centered on the Bronze Age administrative center known as Palace of Nestor. Lists PRAP participants and posts contact information for the headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio, via street and e-mail addresses. Contains reports and summaries of study seasons, as well as a list of period abbreviations used by PRAP. Links to related Internet sites, including information from the Perseus Project.

Sandy Pylos

Author : Jack L. Davis
Publisher : American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2023-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781621390466

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Sandy Pylos by Jack L. Davis Pdf

This book traces the archaeological history of Pylos and surrounding regions in Messenia from the Palaeolithic to the present. Designed as much for general readers and travelers interested in ancient Greece as for scholars, the volume presents the findings of the Pylos Regional Archaeological Project (PRAP), which has intensively studied the region over the past 15 years. The 1998 edition, originally published by the University of Texas Press and widely used as a textbook in undergraduate classes, is reprinted with a new preface assessing PRAP's impact and outlining new discoveries in the region.

A Guide to the Palace of Nestor

Author : Carl William Blegen,Marion Rawson,Jack L. Davis,Cynthia W. Shelmerdine
Publisher : ASCSA
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 0876616406

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A Guide to the Palace of Nestor by Carl William Blegen,Marion Rawson,Jack L. Davis,Cynthia W. Shelmerdine Pdf

In spring 1939, as the prospect of war loomed, a joint Greek-American archaeological expedition began excavation on the hill of Epano Englianos, high above the modern town of Pylos in southwest Greece. Almost immediately more than 600 tablets bearing inscriptions in Linear B script were uncovered, as well as stone walls, fragments of frescoes, and stucco floors. The discoveries were kept secret during the war years and it was only in 1952 that the project could return to uncover, over 15 seasons, the Mycenaean building now know as the Palace of Nestor. This beautifully illustrated color guide surveys the buildings and objects discovered and reconstructs life in the citadel and its associated tombs. It also describes the surrounding landscape, using evidence uncovered by the Pylos Regional Archaeology Project which surveyed the wider area around the palace between 1992 and 1995.

In the Field

Author : Lauren Elizabeth Talalay,Susan E. Alcock
Publisher : Kelsey Museum Publications
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015066864359

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In the Field by Lauren Elizabeth Talalay,Susan E. Alcock Pdf

The Kelsey Museum of Archaeology at the University of Michigan has a long and impressive history of archaeological fieldwork activity in the Mediterranean, the Near East, and Egypt. Over the past 80 years, the Museum has helped sponsor nearly two dozen projects in Turkey, Egypt, Iraq, Syria, Israel, Libya, Tunisia, Greece, and Armenia. In the Field presents a well-illustrated and informative summary account, with accompanying bibliographies, of each of these significant projects.

The Cambridge Companion to the Aegean Bronze Age

Author : Cynthia W. Shelmerdine
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 577 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2008-08-04
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781107494626

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The Cambridge Companion to the Aegean Bronze Age by Cynthia W. Shelmerdine Pdf

This book is a comprehensive up-to-date survey of the Aegean Bronze Age, from its beginnings to the period following the collapse of the Mycenaean palace system. In essays by leading authorities commissioned especially for this volume, it covers the history and the material culture of Crete, Greece, and the Aegean Islands from c.3000–1100 BCE, as well as topics such as trade, religions, and economic administration. Intended as a reliable, readable introduction for university students, it will also be useful to scholars in related fields within and outside classics. The contents of this book are arranged chronologically and geographically, facilitating comparison between the different cultures. Within this framework, the cultures of the Aegean Bronze Age are assessed thematically and combine both material culture and social history.

Side-by-Side Survey

Author : Susan Alcock,John Cherry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2016-10-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781785704741

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Side-by-Side Survey by Susan Alcock,John Cherry Pdf

Twenty years ago one of the editors of this volume, John Cherry of the University of Michigan, looked forward to a day when the 'Frogs round the Pond' (active intensive survey projects working around the Mediterranean) could produce real insights into the development of human societies by comparing and synthesizing the data they had collected. Despite the theoretical advances in survey methodology that have been discussed and implemented since that date, few scholars (with the exception of Sue Alcock, the other editor - also at Michigan) have attempted to use survey data to answer the real questions social historians have been asking. In this volume a number of prominent scholars re-commit to the original goal of intensive survey projects and discuss what original insights over twenty years of survey work have brought to our understanding of the Mediterranean world. Contents: Introduction (Susan E. Alcock and John F. Cherry); Intraregional and interregional comparison of occupation histories in three Italian regions; the RPC project (Peter Attema and Martijn van Leusen); A comparative perspective on settlement pattern and population change in Mesoamerican and Mediterranean civilizations (Richard E. Blanton); Site by site: Combining survey and excavation data to chart patterns of socio-political change in Bronze Age Crete (Tim Cunningham and Jan Driessen); Are the landscapes of Greek prehistory hidden? A comparative approach (Jack L. Davis); Accounting for ARS: fineware and sites in Sicily and Africa (Elizabeth Fentress, Sergio Fontana, Robert Bruce Hitchner, and Philip Perkins); Mapping and manuring: can we compare sherd density figures? (Michael Given); Mapping the Roman world: the contribution of field survey data (David Mattingly and Rob Witcher); Demography and survey (Robin Osborne); Problems and possibilities in comparative survey: a North African perspective (David L. Stone); Sample size matters! The paradox of global trends and local surveys (Nicola Terrenato); Side-by-Side and Back-to-Front: Exploring intra-regional Latitudinal and Longitudinal comparability in survey data. Three case studies from Metaponto, Southern Italy (Stephen Thompson); Solving the puzzle of the archaeological labyrinth: time perspectivism in Mediterranean surface archaeology (LuAnn Wandsnider); From nucleation to dispersal: trends in settlement pattern in the northern Fertile Crescent (T. J. Wilkinson, Jason Ur, and Jesse Casana); Comparative settlement patterns during the Bronze Age in the northeastern Peloponnesos (James C. Wright); Appendix. Internet resources for Mediterranean regional survey projects: a preliminary listing (Jennifer Gates, Susan E. Alcock, and John F. Cherry).

Representations

Author : John Bennet
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021-08-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781789256420

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Representations by John Bennet Pdf

This volume presents a series of reflections on modes of communication in the Bronze Age Aegean, drawing on papers presented at two round table workshops of the Sheffield Centre for Aegean Archaeology on ‘Technologies of Representation’ and ‘Writing and Non-Writing in the Bronze Age Aegean’. Each was designed to capture current developments in these interrelated research areas and also to help elide boundaries between ‘science-based’ and ‘humanities-based’ approaches, and between those focused on written communication (especially its content) and those interested in broader modes of communication. Contributions are arranged thematically in three groups: the first concerns primarily non-written communication, the second mainly written communication, and the third blurs this somewhat arbitrary distinction. Topics in the first group include use of color in wall-paintings at Late Bronze Age Pylos; a re-interpretation of the ‘Harvester Vase’ from Ayia Triada; re-readings of the sequence of grave stelae at Mycenae, of Aegean representations of warfare, and of how ritual architecture is represented in the Knossos wall-paintings; and the use of painted media to represent depictions in other (lost) media such as cloth. Topics in the second group range from defining Aegean writing itself, through the contexts for literacy and how the Linear B script represented language, to a historical exploration of early attempts at deciphering Linear B. In the third group Linear B texts and archaeological data are used to explore how people were represented diacritically through taste and smell, and how different qualities of time were expressed both textually and materially; the roles of images in Aegean scripts, complemented by a Peircian analysis of early Cretan writing; a consideration of the complementary role of (non-literate) sealing and (literate) writing practices; and concludes with a further exploration of the color palette used at Pylos.

Urbanism in the Aegean Bronze Age

Author : Keith Branigan
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2002-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780567608086

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Urbanism in the Aegean Bronze Age by Keith Branigan Pdf

State-formation and the emergence of civilization have been two of the major arenas of debate in Aegean prehistory for the last twenty five years. The process of urbanization has therefore been at the forefront of scholarly debate. Bronze Age towns, however, have largely been ignored, particularly at a generalized level. Research has usually focused on their architecture, and particularly their elite or public architecture, rather than their general nature and character, and many studies have been restricted to a single town or even a single building. This volume redresses the balance and draws attention and thought not only to urban settlements as a whole but to their social and economic roles, their demographic significance and ultimately to their character and personality.

Archaeology and History in Roman, Medieval and Post-Medieval Greece

Author : Linda Jones Hall
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-12-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351957557

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Archaeology and History in Roman, Medieval and Post-Medieval Greece by Linda Jones Hall Pdf

The essays in Archaeology and History in Roman, Medieval and Post-Medieval Greece honor the contributions of Timothy E. Gregory to our understanding of Greece from the Roman period to modern times. Evoking Gregory's diverse interests, the volume brings together anthropologists, art historians, archaeologists, historians, and philologists to address such contested topics as the end of Antiquity, the so-called Byzantine Dark Ages, the contours of the emerging Byzantine civilization, and identity in post-Medieval Greece. These papers demonstrate the continued vitality of both traditional and innovative approaches to the study of material culture and emphasise that historical interpretation should be the product of methodological self-awareness. In particular, this volume shows how the study of the material culture of post-Classical Greece over the last 30 years has made significant contributions to both the larger archaeological and historical discourse. The essays in this volume are organized under three headings - Archaeology and Method, the Archaeology of Identity, and the Changing Landscape - which highlight three main focuses of Gregory's research. Each essay interlaces new analyses with the contributions Gregory has made to our understanding of Medieval and Post-Medieval Greece. Read together these essays not only make a significant contribution to how we understand the post-Classical Greek world, but also to how we study the material culture of the Mediterranean world more broadly.

Rethinking Mycenaean Palaces II

Author : Michael L. Galaty,William A. Parkinson
Publisher : Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2007-12-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781938770951

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Rethinking Mycenaean Palaces II by Michael L. Galaty,William A. Parkinson Pdf

This revised and expanded edition of the classic 1999 edited book includes all the chapters from the original volume plus a new, updated, introduction and several new chapters. The current book is an up-to-date review of research into Mycenaean palatial systems with chapters by archaeologists and Linear B specialists that will be useful to scholars, instructors, and advanced students. This book aims to define more accurately the term "palace" in light of both recent archaeological research in the Aegean and current anthropological thinking on the structure and origin of early states. Regional centers do not exist as independent entities. They articulate with more extensive sociopolitical systems. The concept of palace needs to be incorporated into enhanced models of Mycenaean state organization, ones that more completely integrate primary centers with networks of regional settlement and economy.

Between Venice and Istanbul

Author : Siriol Davies,Jack L. Davis
Publisher : ASCSA
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
ISBN : 9780876615409

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Between Venice and Istanbul by Siriol Davies,Jack L. Davis Pdf

This book presents 13 studies on different regions of Greece that combine documentary and archaeological evidence to investigate the development of landscapes and sites between 1500 and 1800 A.D.

The Archaeology of Ancient Greece

Author : James Whitley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2001-10-04
Category : Art
ISBN : 0521627338

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The Archaeology of Ancient Greece by James Whitley Pdf

A synthesis of research on the material culture of Greece in the Archaic and Classical periods.

Contesting Ethnoarchaeologies

Author : Arkadiusz Marciniak,Nurcan Yalman
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781461491170

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Contesting Ethnoarchaeologies by Arkadiusz Marciniak,Nurcan Yalman Pdf

Contesting Ethnoarchaeologies provides a systematic overview of major non-American traditions of ethnoarchaeology, with a particular focus on Europe and Asia. It explores all stages of their research agenda. These ethnoarchaeologies were embedded in theoretical traditions of local archaeologies. Moreover, ethnoarchaeological studies carried out in these different settings targeted a wide range of different issues and addressed numerous questions of covering all sorts of different issues. Consequently, achieved results and data have been largely idiosyncratic and hardly compatible. Hence, this volume aims not only to conceptualize characteristics of these diverse ethnoarchaeologies but more importantly put them in a broader context of the development of archaeology in different parts of Europe and Asia. The contributors to the volume express their own diverse views on the cognitive and interpretative value of ethnoarchaeology for studying prehistoric past, based on particular cases of experience and research. As such, the volume is not only a valuable overview of numerous ethnoarchaeological practices in different parts of the region, but also a significant contribution to the history of archaeological thought. This perspective shall make the book of wider applicability and make possible to put up ethnoarchaeology as an immanent and important element of archaeological theory.

AEGIS

Author : Zetta Theodoropoulou Polychroniadis,Doniert Evely
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2015-11-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781784912017

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AEGIS by Zetta Theodoropoulou Polychroniadis,Doniert Evely Pdf

Festschrift in honour of Matti Egon. Papers range from prehistory to the modern day on Greece and Cyprus. Neolithic animal butchery rubs shoulders with regional assessments of the end of the Mycenaean era, Hellenistic sculptors and lamps, life in Byzantine monasteries and the politics behind modern museum exhibitions.