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Tracing The Patterns: Fields, Villages, And Burial Places In Lebanon, Pascal Flohr, Jennie Bradbury, Letty Ten Harkel
Tracing The Patterns: Fields, Villages, And Burial Places In Lebanon, Pascal Flohr, Jennie Bradbury, Letty Ten Harkel
Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Faculty Research and Scholarship
Archaeological research in Lebanon often focuses on settlement from the Bronze Age to Romanperiods, while surrounding landscapes, earlier and later periods are under-represented. Largedatasets collecting information from all periods and site types, such as the EndangeredArchaeology in the Middle East and North Africa (EAMENA) database, address this imbalance.EAMENA predominantly uses satellite imagery to identify archaeological sites and the threatsposed to them, leading to the recognition of many previously unpublished sites, includingabandoned buildings and agricultural terraces. Here we explore how such data can be used totrace patterns of settlement and landscape use. Transects running from coast to uplands innorthern and southern …
The Neolithic Settlement On Tsoungiza At Ancient Nemea, Mary K. Dabney, Susan E. Allen, Anne Kugler, Anastasia Papathanasiou, James C. Wright
The Neolithic Settlement On Tsoungiza At Ancient Nemea, Mary K. Dabney, Susan E. Allen, Anne Kugler, Anastasia Papathanasiou, James C. Wright
Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Faculty Research and Scholarship
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The "Classical" Concept In Art Through The Ages And The Inventiveness Of Roman Art, Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway
The "Classical" Concept In Art Through The Ages And The Inventiveness Of Roman Art, Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway
Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Faculty Research and Scholarship
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Agriculture In The Fertile Crescent, From The Deep Past To The Modern Conflict, Jennie Bradbury, Philip Proudfoot
Agriculture In The Fertile Crescent, From The Deep Past To The Modern Conflict, Jennie Bradbury, Philip Proudfoot
Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Faculty Research and Scholarship
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From Above And On The Ground: Geospatial Methods For Recording Endangered Archaeology In The Middle East And North Africa, Louise Rayne, Jennie Bradbury, David Mattingly, Graham Philip, Robert Bewley, Andrew Wilson
From Above And On The Ground: Geospatial Methods For Recording Endangered Archaeology In The Middle East And North Africa, Louise Rayne, Jennie Bradbury, David Mattingly, Graham Philip, Robert Bewley, Andrew Wilson
Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Faculty Research and Scholarship
The EAMENA (Endangered Archaeology of the Middle East and North Africa) project is a collaboration between the Universities of Leicester, Oxford and Durham; it is funded by the Arcadia Fund and the Cultural Protection Fund. This paper explores the development of the EAMENA methodology, and discusses some of the problems of working across such a broad region. We discuss two main case studies: the World Heritage site of Cyrene illustrates how the project can use satellite imagery (dating from the 1960s to 2017), in conjunction with published data to create a detailed set of database records for a single site …
Reply To Marom Et Al.: Mitochondrial Panmixia In Dromedaries Predates Ancient Caravan Trading, Pamela A. Burger, Joris Peters, Peter Magee, Olivier Hanotte
Reply To Marom Et Al.: Mitochondrial Panmixia In Dromedaries Predates Ancient Caravan Trading, Pamela A. Burger, Joris Peters, Peter Magee, Olivier Hanotte
Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Faculty Research and Scholarship
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Endangered Archaeology In The Middle East And North Africa: Introducing The Eamena Project, Robert Bewley, Andrew Wilson, David Kennedy, David Mattingly, Rebecca Banks, Michael Bishop, Jennie Bradbury, Emma Cunliffe, Michael Fradley, Richard Jennings, Robyn Mason, Louise Rayne, Martin Sterry, Nichole Sheldrick, Andrea Zerbini
Endangered Archaeology In The Middle East And North Africa: Introducing The Eamena Project, Robert Bewley, Andrew Wilson, David Kennedy, David Mattingly, Rebecca Banks, Michael Bishop, Jennie Bradbury, Emma Cunliffe, Michael Fradley, Richard Jennings, Robyn Mason, Louise Rayne, Martin Sterry, Nichole Sheldrick, Andrea Zerbini
Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Faculty Research and Scholarship
This project uses satellite imagery and historic aerial photographs to discover and interpret archaeological sites. It has created an open access database of archaeological records that provides basic information so that the sites can be better under- stood and preserved in the future. The threats to sites in the Middle East and North Africa are increasing and creating a record of previously unrecorded sites using this methodology may be our the last chance before they are destroyed.
Exploring Kastro Kallithea On The Surface: The Foundation And Occupation Of Kastro Kallithea, Thessaly, Greece, Laura Surtees, Sophia Karapanou, Margriet J. Haagsma
Exploring Kastro Kallithea On The Surface: The Foundation And Occupation Of Kastro Kallithea, Thessaly, Greece, Laura Surtees, Sophia Karapanou, Margriet J. Haagsma
Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Faculty Research and Scholarship
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Loomweights, Laura Surtees
Loomweights, Laura Surtees
Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Faculty Research and Scholarship
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A Type Γ Courting Scene For Alan: The Spitzer Amphora At Bryn Mawr College, Robert F. Sutton
A Type Γ Courting Scene For Alan: The Spitzer Amphora At Bryn Mawr College, Robert F. Sutton
Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Faculty Research and Scholarship
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Chronology, Uncertainty And Gis: A Methodology For Characterising And Understanding Landscapes Of The Ancient Near East, Dan Lawrence, Jennie Bradbury, Robert Dunford
Chronology, Uncertainty And Gis: A Methodology For Characterising And Understanding Landscapes Of The Ancient Near East, Dan Lawrence, Jennie Bradbury, Robert Dunford
Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Faculty Research and Scholarship
Modern archaeological research is confronted with a legacy of projects which stretch back to the early 20th century. Alongside this, massive amounts of disparate data are being generated by on-going excavation and survey. Scholars are also beginning to use satellite imagery to interpret and re-interpret archaeological data-sets both old and new. In the Near East this disparity is compounded by the diversity of dating schemes and inter- pretative frameworks used by archaeologists studying the region. Faced with these issues, how is it possible to combine such data into a coherent and comprehensive format, adding value to both old and on-going …
Approaches To The Study Of Personhood In The Early Mycenaean Era, James C. Wright
Approaches To The Study Of Personhood In The Early Mycenaean Era, James C. Wright
Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Faculty Research and Scholarship
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Revisiting Indian Rouletted Ware And The Impact Of Indian Ocean Trade In Early Historic South Asia, Peter Magee
Revisiting Indian Rouletted Ware And The Impact Of Indian Ocean Trade In Early Historic South Asia, Peter Magee
Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Faculty Research and Scholarship
Indian Rouletted Ware pottery is the iconic marker of the overseas reach of the subcontinent at the turn of the first millennium AD. In the mid twentieth century this was naturally seen as prompted by the contemporary Roman Empire, while the later post-colonial discourse has emphasised the independence and long life of Indian initiatives. In this new analysis the author demonstrates a more complex socio-economic situation. While Greyware is distributed long term over south India, Rouletted ware is made in at least two regional centres for coastal communities using a new ceramic language, one appropriate to an emerging international merchant …
The Porticello Bronzes Once Again, Brunilde S. Ridgway
The Porticello Bronzes Once Again, Brunilde S. Ridgway
Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Faculty Research and Scholarship
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The Porticello Bronzes Once Again, Brunilde S. Ridgway
The Porticello Bronzes Once Again, Brunilde S. Ridgway
Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Faculty Research and Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Review Of Unthinking The Greek Polis: Ancient Greek History Beyond Eurocentrism, By K. Vlassopoulos, James C. Wright
Review Of Unthinking The Greek Polis: Ancient Greek History Beyond Eurocentrism, By K. Vlassopoulos, James C. Wright
Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Faculty Research and Scholarship
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Review Of In The Shadow Of The Ancestors: The Prehistoric Foundations Of The Early Arabian Civilization In Oman, By Serge Cleuziou And Maurizio Tosi, Peter Magee
Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Faculty Research and Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Nemea Valley Archaeological Project, Excavations At Barnavos: Final Report, James C. Wright, Evangelia Pappi, Sevasti Triantaphyllou, Mary K. Dabney, Panagiotis Karkanas, Georgia Kotzamani, Alexandra Livarda
Nemea Valley Archaeological Project, Excavations At Barnavos: Final Report, James C. Wright, Evangelia Pappi, Sevasti Triantaphyllou, Mary K. Dabney, Panagiotis Karkanas, Georgia Kotzamani, Alexandra Livarda
Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Faculty Research and Scholarship
In 2002 and 2003 the 4th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities and the Nemea Valley Archaeological Project (NVAP) excavated a robbed Late Helladic (LH) IIIA2 chamber tomb at Barnavos, west of the village of Ancient Nemea. Through application of a novel method of stratigraphic analysis and careful documentation of the scattered remains, it was ascertained that the tomb was opened as many as six times for four or five interments, including a child and probably both male and female adults. No other tomb was found in the vicinity. This is the first Mycenaean tomb discovered in the valley, and …
Beyond The Desert And The Sown: Settlement Intensification In Late Prehistoric Southeastern Arabia, Peter Magee
Beyond The Desert And The Sown: Settlement Intensification In Late Prehistoric Southeastern Arabia, Peter Magee
Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Faculty Research and Scholarship
Arabia lies outside the focus of most archaeologists working in western Asia and is considered to have been a periphery in the past and therefore peripheral to contemporary research interests. The reasons for this include generalized assumptions about human-environmental dynamics and a belief in the necessity of foreign intervention as a spur for innovation and change in arid environments. In this paper, these two assumptions are examined, and a case study from southeastern Arabia is presented which details evidence for indigenous adaptation and a concomitant emergence of political and economic complexity in the early first millennium B.C.
The Boy Strangling The Goose: Genre Figure Or Mythological Symbol?, Brunilde S. Ridgway
The Boy Strangling The Goose: Genre Figure Or Mythological Symbol?, Brunilde S. Ridgway
Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Faculty Research and Scholarship
Kunze has suggested that Hellenistic sculpture depicting themes of everyday activities that are traditionally classified as genre Subjects may carry very different meanings. This note argues that, in Graeco-Roman terms, the chubby personage in depictions of the Boy Strangling the Goose is not simply a child but the personification of Dienysos/Harpokrates; the goose is not a household pet but an evil spirit over which the Divine Child triumphs. The manner of the representation is Greek and can be read at a superficial level; the deeper content is Egyptian and contains a symbolic message of rebirth and victory.
Review Of Archäologische Berichte Aus Dem Yemen, Vol. 9 (2002), Peter Magee
Review Of Archäologische Berichte Aus Dem Yemen, Vol. 9 (2002), Peter Magee
Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Faculty Research and Scholarship
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The Achaemenid Empire In South Asia And Recent Excavations In Akra In Northwest Pakistan, Peter Magee, Cameron Petrie, Robert Knox, Farid Khan, Ken Thomas
The Achaemenid Empire In South Asia And Recent Excavations In Akra In Northwest Pakistan, Peter Magee, Cameron Petrie, Robert Knox, Farid Khan, Ken Thomas
Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Faculty Research and Scholarship
The impact of the Achaemenid annexation of northwestern Pakistan has remained a focus for archaeological research for more than a century. A lack of well-stratified settlements and a focus on artifacts that are not necessarily appropriate for assessing the effects of imperial control have until now obfuscated our understanding of this issue. In this article, we present the results of three seasons of excavations at Akra located in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan. Although research was cut short in 2001 by global events, our preliminary results indicate that the relation;;hip between urbanism, trade, and the Achaemenid annexation was …
Charles Martin Robertson, 1911-2004, Brunilde S. Ridgway
Charles Martin Robertson, 1911-2004, Brunilde S. Ridgway
Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Faculty Research and Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Review Of Gla And The Kopais In The 13th Century B.C., By Spyros E. Iakovides, James C. Wright
Review Of Gla And The Kopais In The 13th Century B.C., By Spyros E. Iakovides, James C. Wright
Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Faculty Research and Scholarship
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A Survey Of Evidence For Feasting In Mycenaean Society, James C. Wright
A Survey Of Evidence For Feasting In Mycenaean Society, James C. Wright
Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Faculty Research and Scholarship
The study of feasting on the Greek mainland during the Middle and Late Bronze Age provides insights into the nature of Mycenaean society. Grave goods demonstrate changes in feasting and drinking practices and their importance in the formation of an elite identity. Cooking, serving, and drinking vessels are also recorded in Linear B documents. Feasting scenes appear in the frescoes of Crete and the islands, and the Mycenaeans adapt this tradition for representation in their palaces. Feasting iconography is also found in vase painting, particularly in examples of the Pictorial Style. Mycenaean feasting is an expression of the hierarchical sociopolitical …
The Mycenaean Feast: An Introduction, James C. Wright
The Mycenaean Feast: An Introduction, James C. Wright
Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Faculty Research and Scholarship
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Review Of A Comparative Study Of Thirty City-State Cultures: An Investigation Conducted By The Copenhagen Polis Centre, Edited By Mogens Herman Hansen, James C. Wright
Review Of A Comparative Study Of Thirty City-State Cultures: An Investigation Conducted By The Copenhagen Polis Centre, Edited By Mogens Herman Hansen, James C. Wright
Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Faculty Research and Scholarship
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Review Of Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (Limc), Vol. 8 (Thespiades-Zodiacus Et Supplementum) And Indices, Brunilde S. Ridgway
Review Of Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (Limc), Vol. 8 (Thespiades-Zodiacus Et Supplementum) And Indices, Brunilde S. Ridgway
Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Faculty Research and Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Thrown Away Like Rubbish - Disposal Of The Dead In Ancient Greece, Astrid Lindenlauf
Thrown Away Like Rubbish - Disposal Of The Dead In Ancient Greece, Astrid Lindenlauf
Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Faculty Research and Scholarship
In this article, the literary and archaeological evidence for burial practices that can be associated with the English expression ‘to be disposed of like rubbish’ are discussed. These disposal methods (átaphon rhíptesthai) include the exposure of corpses to carrion animals, to the elements, as well as the disposal of corpses into the sea, pits or natural fissures without burial rites. They also include cases in which graves were dug up in order to throw their contents out. Here, the Greek expressions for the English phrase ‘to be thrown away like rubbish’ are explored, as well as its relation …
Review Of Archaic States, Edited By Gary M. Feinman And Joyce Marcus, James C. Wright
Review Of Archaic States, Edited By Gary M. Feinman And Joyce Marcus, James C. Wright
Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Faculty Research and Scholarship
No abstract provided.