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Latest news & updates about Minoan art & archaeology 3 (Feb. 2015)

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New books

o Physis. L'environnement naturel et la relation homme-milieu dans le monde

égéen protohistorique – G. Touchais, R. Laffineur & F. Rougemont
http://www.peeters-leuven.be/boekoverz.asp?nr=9936

o Η γυναικεία ενδυμασία στην ανακτορική Κρήτη. Πρόταση ανάγνωσης ενός κώδικα

επικοινωνίας (with English abstract: Female Dress in Palatial Crete. A Reading
Suggestion of a Communication Code) – E. Stefani
https://www.academia.edu/9711176/Female_Dress_in_Palatial_Crete._A_Reading_Suggestion_of_a_Communication_Code_%CE%97_%CE%B3%CF%85%CE%BD
%CE%B1%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%B4%CF%85%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CF%83%CF%84%CE
%B7%CE%BD_%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B1%CE%BA%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE_%CE%9A%CF%81%CE%AE%CF%84%CE%B7._%CE%A
0%CF%81%CF%8C%CF%84%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%B7_%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%AC%CE%B3%CE%BD%CF%89%CF%83%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%B5%CE%BD%CF
%8C%CF%82_%CE%BA%CF%8E%CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B1_%CE%B5%CF%80%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%BF%CE%B9%CE%BD%CF%89%CE%BD%CE%AF
%CE%B1%CF%82

o Ceramics, Cuisine and Culture: The archaeology and science of kitchen pottery
in the ancient mediterranean world – M. Spataro & A. Villing (eds)
http://www.oxbowbooks.com/oxbow/ceramics-cuisine-and-culture.html#.VNOAp170_Xs.facebook

o Fouilles exécutées à Malia. Les abords Nord-Est du palais I. Les recherches et

l'histoire du secteur – P. Darcque
http://www.mae.u-paris10.fr/arscan/P-Darcque-Fouilles-executees-a.html

New papers available online

o Flora and fauna iconography on strainers and kymbai at Akrotiri: Thera ceramic
vessels of special use and special iconography – M. Kriga
https://www.academia.edu/11081521/Kymbai_and_Strainers_from_the_Late_Cycladic_I_Akrotiri

o Tritons revisited – S. Apostalakou et al.

https://www.academia.edu/11101547/Tritons_revisited

o The religious significance of insects in the Aegean Bronze Age: Three notes –
V.P. Petrakis
https://www.academia.edu/11092771/The_religious_significance_of_insects_in_the_Aegean_Bronze_Age_T
hree_notes

o Old, Worn and Obscured: Stamped Pot Handles at Pyrgos – J. Weingarten

https://www.academia.edu/11080449/Old_Worn_and_Obscured_Stamped_Pot_Handles_at_Pyrgos

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 o The Minoan Mastiffs of Juktas – A. Karetsou & R.B. Koehl
https://www.academia.edu/11081470/The_Minoan_Mastiffs_of_Juktas

o |Poster| The Accuracy Requirements and Sources for 3D Reconstructions of the

Prehistoric Archaeological Sites: The Case of Agios Antonios Chomatas Site 9
(Crete) – T. Alusik & D. Sovarova
https://www.academia.edu/11075695/The_Accuracy_Requirements_and_Sources_for_3D_Reconstructions
_of_the_Prehistoric_Archaeological_Sites_The_Case_of_Agios_Antonios_Chomatas_Site_9_Crete_

o The natural world and its representations: a view from Akrotiri, Thera –
F. Georma, A. Karnava & I. Nikolakopoulou
https://www.academia.edu/11084874/The_natural_world_and_its_representations_a_view_from_Akrotiri_T
hera

o The influence of Aegean iconography on the design of the Linear B logograms

for animals, plants and agricultural products – J. Weilhartner
https://www.academia.edu/11045782/The_influence_of_Aegean_iconography_on_the_design_of_the_Line
ar_B_logograms_for_animals_plants_and_agricultural_products

o Sects and the City: Factional ideologies in representations of performance from

Bronze Age Crete – K. Soar
https://www.academia.edu/5798738/Sects_and_the_City_Factional_ideologies_in_representations_of_perf
ormance_from_Bronze_Age_Crete

o Physis and Techne on Thera: Reconstructing Bronze Age environment and

land-use based on new evidence from phytoliths and the Akrotiri wall-
paintings – A. Vlachopoulos & L. Zorzos
https://www.academia.edu/9286042/A._Vlachopoulos_and_L._Zorzos_Physis_and_Techne_on_Thera_Reconstructing_Br
onze_Age_environment_and_land-use_based_on_new_evidence_from_phytoliths_and_the_Akrotiri_wall-
paintings_in_PHYSIS_AEGAEUM_37_2014_183-197

o The urbanisation of Prehistoric Crete: settlement perspectives on Minoan state

formation – T. Whitelaw
https://www.academia.edu/11015230/The_urbanisation_of_Prehistoric_Crete_settlement_perspectives_on_Minoan_stat
e_formation._In_I._Schoep_P._Tomkins_and_J._Driessen_eds_2012._Back_to_the_Beginning._Reassessing_social_and_poli
tical_complexity_on_Crete_during_the_Early_and_Middle_Bronze_Age._Oxford_Oxbow_Press_114-76

o Mochlos IIC: The Fish Remains – D. Mylona

https://www.academia.edu/10950808/Fish_remains_from_the_Mycenean_Settlement_at_Mochlos

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 o Mochlos IC: The Fish Remains – D. Mylona
https://www.academia.edu/10950719/Fish_remains_from_the_Neopalatial_settlement_on_the_coast_of_Mochlos_The_A
rtisans_Quarter_and_the_Farmhouse_at_Chalinomouri

o Trekking and tracking - GIS and Minoan land use: between landscape and
computer screen – S. Beckmann
https://www.academia.edu/10787115/Beckmann_S._Trekking_and_tracking_-
_GIS_and_Minoan_land_use_between_landscape_and_computer_screen._In_Papadopoulos_et_al._Archaeological_Research_in_the_Digital_Age_Proceedings_of_
the_1_st_Conference_on_Computer_Applications_and_Quantitative_Methods_in_Archaeology_CAA-GR_3_2014._Rethymnon_2015

o Technological transfers of luxury craftsmanship between Crete and the Orient

during the Bronze Age – R. Prévalet & E. Morero
http://archeorient.hypotheses.org/3696

o Mochlos ΙΙΒ. Period IV. The Mycenaean Settlement and Cemetery:

Petrographic analysis of the LM III pottery assemblage – E. Nodarou
https://www.academia.edu/669769/Nodarou_E._2010._Chapter_1_Petrographic_analysis_of_the_LM_III_pottery_assembl
age._In_R.A.K._Smith_Mochlos_%CE%99%CE%99%CE%92._Period_IV._The_Mycenaean_Settlement_and_Cemetery._The_
pottery_3-14._INSTAP_Academic_Press

o Some notes on the place of ku-do-ni-ja in Late Minoan III political geography
– V. Petrakis
https://www.academia.edu/10698007/Some_notes_on_the_place_of_ku-do-ni-
ja_in_Late_Minoan_III_political_geography

o E-qe-ta and e-mi-to on Linear B tablet KN Am(2) 821: military officials and
soldiers? – B. Montecchi
https://www.academia.edu/9816148/E-qe-ta_and_e-mi-
to_on_Linear_B_tablet_KN_Am_2_821_military_officials_and_soldiers

o Aegean Prehistoric Cultures: Minoan Culture – L. Hitchcock

https://www.academia.edu/10582071/Aegean_Prehistoric_Cultures_Minoan_Culture

o Études complémentaires aux ‘Magasins Dessenne’ à Malia – M. Devolder,

I. Caloi & T. Claeys
https://www.academia.edu/10511348/%C3%89tudes_compl%C3%A9mentaires_aux_Magasins_Dessenne_
%C3%A0_Malia_BCH_138.2_forthcoming_

o Dressing priestly shoulders: suggestions from the Campstool Fresco –

V. Lenuzza
https://www.academia.edu/1058635/Dressing_priestly_shoulders_suggestions_from_the_Campstool_Fresco

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 o The British School at Athens: Annual Report 2013-2014
http://www.bsa.ac.uk/doc_store/Administration/Annual-Report_2013-2014_web.pdf

o A Newly Discovered Minoan Faience Plaque from the Knossos Town Mosaic in
the Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery: A Technological Insight –
N. Momigliano
https://www.academia.edu/10484636/A_NEWLY_DISCOVERED_MINOAN_FAIENCE_PLAQUE_FROM_THE_KNOSSOS_TO
WN_MOSAIC_IN_THE_BRISTOL_CITY_MUSEUM_AND_ART_GALLERY_A_TECHNOLOGICAL_INSIGHT

New abstracts available online

o Mycenaean Seminar: Political formations in Prehistoric Crete – T. Whitelaw

https://www.academia.edu/11015366/Mycenaean_Seminar_Political_formations_in_Prehistoric_Crete_Abst
ract_._2014._Bulletin_of_the_Institute_of_Classical_Studies_57_2_143-44

February lectures, workshops…

o Athens, Minoan Seminar, Feb. 27 2015: Kolonna on Aegina, A Central Aegean

Hub: Helladic, Cycladic and/or Minoan? – W. Gauss
http://www.minoanseminar.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8&Itemid=3&lang=en

o London, Feb. 18 2015: Mycenaean Crete: Religion, State Authority and Royal
Symbolism. New Evidence from Crete – A. Kanta
http://www.aegeussociety.org/images/uploads/lectures/2015/kanta_blue_february_2015.pdf

o Athens, 14-15 Feb. 2015: 2nd International Petras Symposium – The Pre- and
Proto-palatial Cemetery in Context
https://www.facebook.com/Petras.excavations/posts/1671271533099661?ref=notif&notif_t=notify_me

Abstracts, Part 1 :
https://www.facebook.com/Petras.excavations/posts/1672959316264216?notif_t=notify_me

Abstracts, Part 2 :
https://www.facebook.com/Petras.excavations/posts/1673366479556833?notif_t=notify_me

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Forthcoming lectures, workshops…

o Brussels, March 4, 5th Day of Belgian Archaeological Research in Greece:

- The Dessenne Building and the area to the South-West of the Palace at
Malia – M. Devolder
- Contextualizing a Minoan town: a preliminary report on the PALAP
excavations 2013-4 – T. Cunningham
https://www.facebook.com/176859362431597/photos/pcb.719571418160386/719571304827064/?type=
1&theater

o Cambridge, 20-21 March 2015: Understanding Relations Between Scripts: The

Aegean Writing Systems
http://www.cambridgeadventurer.net/urbs/papers.html

Book reviews

o W. Manning, A Test of Time. The Volcano of Thera and the chronology and
history of the Aegean and East Mediterranean in the mid second millenium BC
– M. Bietak
https://www.academia.edu/10492184/Manfred_Bietak_Rev._of_Sturt_W._Manning_A_Test_of_Time._Oxbo
w_Books_Oxford_and_Oaksville_1999_in_Bibliotheca_Orientalis_LXI_N_1-2_januari-april_2004_199-222

Call for papers

o Warsaw, April 24 2015: The 3rd Young Researchers' Conference in Aegean

Archaeology |Deadline: Feb. 15|
https://www.academia.edu/10249727/THE_3rd_YOUNG_RESEARCHERS_CONFERENCE_IN_AEGEAN_ARCH
AEOLOGY_-_CALL_FOR_PAPERS

o Louvain-la-Neuve, Oct. 2015: From Crisis to Collapse: Archaeology and the

Breakdown of Social Order |Deadline: Feb. 15|
https://www.academia.edu/10194102/From_Crisis_to_Collapse

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 o AIA, San Francisco, Jan. 2016: The uses of terracotta figurines in non-official
ritual |Deadline: Feb. 15|
http://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2015/01/15/uses-terracotta-figurines-non-
official-ritual/

o ASA, Edinburgh, June 2015 |Deadline: March 5|

http://conferences.hss.ed.ac.uk/asa2015/call-for-papers/

o EAA, Glasgow, Sept. 2015 |Deadline: Feb. 16|

http://eaaglasgow2015.com/

o Athens, Sept. 2015: The 13th European Meeting on Ancient Ceramics

|Deadline: Feb. 13|
http://www.emac2015.gr/

o Barcelona, Sept. 2015: 'On the Rocks'. International Symposium on Knappable

Materials |Deadline: Feb. 28|
https://www.academia.edu/9689858/On_the_Rocks__International_Symposium_on_Knappable_Materials_-
_Call-for-papers

Useful FB links, websites…

o CMS Heidelberg on Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/pages/CMS-Heidelberg/1388559858106703?fref=ts

Elsewhere on the web

o The work of the British School at Athens in 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8MPlU1qJek&feature=youtu.be&a

o CMS – Seal of the month

http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/fakultaeten/philosophie/zaw/cms/monthlySeal/monthlySeal.html

o |PhD positions| University of Gothenburg |Deadline: Feb. 18|

http://historiskastudier.gu.se/english/education/doctoral-studies-third-
cycle/announcement/instructions-for-applicants

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 o Minoan News 2 (Jan. 2015)
https://www.academia.edu/10425782/Minoan_News_2_Jan._2015_
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