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STEGA
This volume presents the papers of an international colloquium on the archaeology of houses and households in ancient Crete held in Ierapetra in May 2005. The 38 papers presented here range from a discussion of household activities at Final Neolithic Phaistos to the domestic correlates of "globalization" during the early Roman Empire. These studies demonstrate a variety of methodological approaches currently employed for understanding houses and household activities. Key themes include understanding the built environment in all of its manifestations, the variability of domestic organization, the role of houses and households in mediating social (and perhaps even ethnic) identity within a community or region, household composition, and of course, household activities of all types, ranging from basic subsistence needs to production and consumption at a suprahousehold level.
The Late Geometric and Early Archaic North-Eastern Aegean
The book focuses on the archaeology of the Late Geometric and Early Archaic North-Eastern Aegean through the emergence, manufacture, distribution and consumption of a regional pottery group known as G 2-3 Ware. It offers the first comprehensive, in-depth study through combination of scientific (fabric analysis) and traditional (morphological, stylistic, comparative and distribution analysis) methods. The large body of studied material allows for drawing conclusions on a broader geographical and historical scale, in contrast to earlier studies focused on individual sites. The manufacture, distribution and consumption patterns are characterised by diversity, which reflects a dynamic, multiethn...
Spatial analysis and social spaces
In the past decade a range of formal spatial analysis methods has been developed for the study of human engagement, experience and socialisation within the built environment. Many, although not all, of these emanate from the fields of architectural and urban studies, and draw upon social theories of space that lay emphasis on the role of visibility, movement, and accessibility in the built environment. These approaches are now gaining in popularity among researchers of prehistoric and historic built spaces and are given increasingly more weight in the interpretation of past urban environments. Spatial Analysis and Social Spaces brings together contributions from specialists in archaeology, s...
Matriarchy in Bronze Age Crete
This book makes a compelling case for a matriarchal Bronze Age Crete. It is acknowledged that the preeminent deity was a Female Divine, and that women played a major role in Cretan society, but there is a lively, ongoing debate regarding the centrality of women in Bronze Age Crete. a gap in the scholarly literature which this book seeks to fill.
Bollettino dell'Associazione Iasos di Caria, 20, 2014
Il numero 20 contiene sei articoli, una recensione e il consueto “notiziario”, a cura di Daniela Baldoni. I contributi, su materiali e argomenti di prevalente periodo tardo-imperiale e bizantino, sono di C. Pilo (Statuette fittili d’infanti da Iasos), F. Giberti (Un distanziatore di parete dallo scavo della necropoli preistorica), P. Tagliente e A. von Miller (Probabile testimonianza di una produzione iasia di anfore bizantine, X-XII secolo), V. Cabiale ( Su alcuni coperchi con decorazioni impresse da Iasos), D. Peirano (Un frammento d’ambone inedito di tipo cario), F. Delrieux (Du nouveau sur les monnaies provinciales romaines d’Iasos et de Bargylia. De Jean Vaillant et Théodore-Edme Mionnet aux ventes en ligne). C. Franco recensisce il volume degli atti del convegno tenutosi a Istanbul nel febbraio del 2011 per i 50 anni della Missione Archeologica Italiana di Iasos (titolo: Iasos e il suo territorio) e pubblicato nel 2013 dall’editore Giorgio Bretschneider come quinto della collana che porta il nome della Missione.
Woven Threads
Woven textiles are produced by nearly all human societies. This volume investigates evidence for patterned textiles (that is, textiles woven with elaborate designs) that were produced by two early Mediterranean civilizations: the Minoans of Crete and the Mycenaeans of mainland Greece, that prospered during the Aegean Bronze Age, c. 3000–1200 BC, contemporary with Pharaonic Egypt. Both could boast of specialists in textile production. Together with their wine, oil, and art, Minoan and Mycenaean textiles were much desired as trade goods. Artistic images of their fabrics preserved both in the Aegean and in other parts of the Mediterranean show elaborate patterns woven with rich decorative detail and color. Only a few small scraps of textiles survive but evidence for their production is abundant and frescoes supply detailed information about a wide variety of now-lost textile goods from luxurious costumes and beautifully patterned wall hangings and carpets, to more utilitarian decorated fabrics. A review of surviving artistic and archaeological evidence indicates that textiles played essential practical and social roles in both Minoan and Mycenaean societies.
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Vincenzo La Rosa (1941- 2014): Un archeologo tra Sicilia e Egeo
This volume re-examines the scientific figure of Vincenzo La Rosa, professor of Aegean Civilisations at the University of Catania, exploring his contributions to our knowledge of the prehistory of Crete, Sicily and the Aegean, and to the application of a long-term perspective linking the ancient and modern worlds.
