MNHMH, Proceedings of the 17th International Conference of Aegean Prehistory, University of Udine; Ca' Foscari University of Venice, 17-21 April 2018, E. Borgna, I. Caloi, F. Carinci, & R. Laffineur, eds. Aegaeum 43, Liege, pp. 3-14., 2019
An essay on how memory works and the application of concepts of memory to the archaeology of preh... more An essay on how memory works and the application of concepts of memory to the archaeology of prehistory Greece. Considered are aspects of memory for Place, in Movement, in Labor, and for Power, with a final note on the Ethics of Memory in archaeological practice
The Mycenaean Entranceway to the Acropolis of Athens, (with an appendix on the topography of the northeast corner of the Akropolis),” Hesperia, 63 ,1994, pp. 323-360., 1994
A study based on a thorough documentation of the evidence for traces of remains of the walls, ter... more A study based on a thorough documentation of the evidence for traces of remains of the walls, terraces, and cuttings that formed the Mycenaean entrance to the Acropolis of Athens from its west side during the LH III period.
Food, Cuisine and Society in Prehistoric Greece. Sheffield Studies in Aegean Archaeology, 5, P. Halstead and J. C. Barrett, eds., pp. 90-104, Oxford., 2004
An examination of evidence for drinking rituals in Mycenaean society based on study of the presen... more An examination of evidence for drinking rituals in Mycenaean society based on study of the presence of drinking services from the period of the Shaft Graves at Mycenae through those of cost burials and chamber tombs at Asine and Dendra during the LH III period.
The Middle and Late Helladic Settlement on Tsoungiza, Ancient Nemea (in Greek) in The Corinthia and the Northeast Peloponnese: Topography and History from Prehistory until End of the Antiquity, K. Kissas and W.-D. Niemeier, eds, (Athenaia, 11.4), München, 2014, pp. 351-361., 2014
Summary of the Middle and Late Bronze Age remains from the settlement on Tsoungiza Hill, Ancient ... more Summary of the Middle and Late Bronze Age remains from the settlement on Tsoungiza Hill, Ancient Nemea
“Political Economies of the Aegean Bronze Age: A Response,” The 2007 Langford Conference: Political Economies of the Aegean Bronze Age (Florida State University, Tallahassee, 22-24 February 2007), edited by D. J. Pullen, pp. 248-266, Oxford: Archaeopress., 2010
Invited response to the papers at The 2007 Langford Conference: Political Economies of the Aegean... more Invited response to the papers at The 2007 Langford Conference: Political Economies of the Aegean Bronze Age (Florida State University, Tallahassee, 22-24 February 2007)
“Mortuary customs, palatial society and state formation in Bronze Age Greece,” in Robin Hägg and Gunlog Nordquist, eds. Celebrations of Death and Divinity in the Bronze Age Argolid, ActaAth 4°, (40), Stockholm, pp. 45-52, 1990
State formation in Minoan Crete and Mycenaean Greece--a comparative approach
“A pollen diagram from the northeast Peloponnese, Greece: implications for vegetation history and archaeology,” The Holocene 3, (4), 1993, pp. 351-356., 1993
A ro1kn diagram is pre~entcd for a sediment core from Klconai in ~onlhcrn Greco:. A set of "even ... more A ro1kn diagram is pre~entcd for a sediment core from Klconai in ~onlhcrn Greco:. A set of "even radio.:arhon daks snggests that the core spans Ihl! lime pcnod from the heginning 01 the Holocene to the Roman period. Pollen preservation in the core is patchy and [here are only rhree zones 011 the pollen diagram wilh countable quanrities of pollen. These LOnE'S correspond with the early NeoliLll1c, BronL(~ Age and Roman penods. The area around the sIte was largely open by the NeoinhlC bIll Lhe wider lancbcapc was slill well wooded. In the BroTln: Age d.ud Roman periods, there IS evidence for arabic agricnllTln:. lnclndmg ollve cnluvalion. By the Roman period, most of the semi•natural woodland~ had disappeared and the landscape wa~ prohably nol nnlIke that of [he present day.
Autochthon. Papers Presented to O.T.P.K. Dickinson on the Occasion of his Retirement, A. Dakouri-Hild and S. E. Sherratt, eds. pp. 191-99, BAR IS, Archaeopress: Oxford, 2005, 2005
An 'offset' is a vertical joint that marks a change in the course of a wall, such that one sectio... more An 'offset' is a vertical joint that marks a change in the course of a wall, such that one section of the wall is not aligned with its neighbour. Offsets in Mycenaean masonry constructions are common but not uniformly similar. They are not explained by reference to other ancient masonry traditions. This paper explores their technical purpose and argues that they are a uniquely Mycenaean solution to large-scale masonry construction.
“Mycenaeans Up-to-date: Current concepts and new directions. Edited by A.-L. Schallin and I. Tournavitou, Series: ActaAth-4˚, vol. 56, 2015, pp. 211-219. , 2015
Mycenaean occupation of the watersheds that comprise the Longopotamos, Nemea, and Asopos Valleys
R. Treuill and P. Darcque, eds. L’habitat égéen préhistorique. Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique. Supplément XIX, 1990
A study of the relationship of the Mycenaean settlement on Tsoungiza hill at Ancient Nemea in the... more A study of the relationship of the Mycenaean settlement on Tsoungiza hill at Ancient Nemea in the Corinthia, Greece to its surroundings in the NE Peloponnesos.
R. Laffineur and W.-D. Niemeier, eds. Politeia, Society and State in the Aegean Bronze Age. (Proceedings of the 5th International Aegean Conference, Heidelberg, 10-13 April 1994). Aegaeum , 1995
A conceptual study of religion and its manifestations in archaeological remains. This study outli... more A conceptual study of religion and its manifestations in archaeological remains. This study outlines the ways and structure of the embedded nature of religious practice within a socio-political order that would be applicable to the emerging political order of the Bronze Age communities of the Aegean.
Paul Rehak, ed. The Role of the Ruler in the Prehistoric Aegean. (Proceedings of a Panel Discussion at the Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, New Orleans, Louisiana, December 29, 1992). Aegaeum , 1995
An attempt to model the nature of leadership that led to the formation of the Mycenaean state. Th... more An attempt to model the nature of leadership that led to the formation of the Mycenaean state. The study looks at the archaeological evidence that would correlate with current models for early state formation and argues that the model of the chiefdom would be applicable for understanding the formation of the palace states of the Mycenaean era (Late Bronze Age) on the mainland of Greece.
Placing the Gods: Sanctuaries and Sacred Space in Ancient Greece. Susan Alcock and Robin Osborne, eds.Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1994,, 1994
An examination of the nature of religion and ritual practice and their material correlates, espec... more An examination of the nature of religion and ritual practice and their material correlates, especially as they relate to the architectural development of places of worship in Mycenaean society.
Athenische Mitteilungen des deutschen archäologischen Instituts, 1980
A study of the form and structure of terraces built to support monumental architecture on the mai... more A study of the form and structure of terraces built to support monumental architecture on the mainland of Greece during the Mycenaean period. The paper explains the planning of these terraces and their organization to support the superstructure of room complexes in elite residential and industrial installations and the palaces and buildings associated with them.
Meletemata, Studies in Aegean Archaeology presented to Malcolm H. Wiener as he Enters his 65th Year. P. P. Betancourt and R. Laffineur, eds. Aegaeum, 20. Liège, 1999
The publication of a marble Late Neolithic figurine of Thessalian type from Tsoungiza Hill, Ancie... more The publication of a marble Late Neolithic figurine of Thessalian type from Tsoungiza Hill, Ancient Nemea.
MNHMH, Proceedings of the 17th International Conference of Aegean Prehistory, University of Udine; Ca' Foscari University of Venice, 17-21 April 2018, E. Borgna, I. Caloi, F. Carinci, & R. Laffineur, eds. Aegaeum 43, Liege, pp. 3-14., 2019
An essay on how memory works and the application of concepts of memory to the archaeology of preh... more An essay on how memory works and the application of concepts of memory to the archaeology of prehistory Greece. Considered are aspects of memory for Place, in Movement, in Labor, and for Power, with a final note on the Ethics of Memory in archaeological practice
The Mycenaean Entranceway to the Acropolis of Athens, (with an appendix on the topography of the northeast corner of the Akropolis),” Hesperia, 63 ,1994, pp. 323-360., 1994
A study based on a thorough documentation of the evidence for traces of remains of the walls, ter... more A study based on a thorough documentation of the evidence for traces of remains of the walls, terraces, and cuttings that formed the Mycenaean entrance to the Acropolis of Athens from its west side during the LH III period.
Food, Cuisine and Society in Prehistoric Greece. Sheffield Studies in Aegean Archaeology, 5, P. Halstead and J. C. Barrett, eds., pp. 90-104, Oxford., 2004
An examination of evidence for drinking rituals in Mycenaean society based on study of the presen... more An examination of evidence for drinking rituals in Mycenaean society based on study of the presence of drinking services from the period of the Shaft Graves at Mycenae through those of cost burials and chamber tombs at Asine and Dendra during the LH III period.
The Middle and Late Helladic Settlement on Tsoungiza, Ancient Nemea (in Greek) in The Corinthia and the Northeast Peloponnese: Topography and History from Prehistory until End of the Antiquity, K. Kissas and W.-D. Niemeier, eds, (Athenaia, 11.4), München, 2014, pp. 351-361., 2014
Summary of the Middle and Late Bronze Age remains from the settlement on Tsoungiza Hill, Ancient ... more Summary of the Middle and Late Bronze Age remains from the settlement on Tsoungiza Hill, Ancient Nemea
“Political Economies of the Aegean Bronze Age: A Response,” The 2007 Langford Conference: Political Economies of the Aegean Bronze Age (Florida State University, Tallahassee, 22-24 February 2007), edited by D. J. Pullen, pp. 248-266, Oxford: Archaeopress., 2010
Invited response to the papers at The 2007 Langford Conference: Political Economies of the Aegean... more Invited response to the papers at The 2007 Langford Conference: Political Economies of the Aegean Bronze Age (Florida State University, Tallahassee, 22-24 February 2007)
“Mortuary customs, palatial society and state formation in Bronze Age Greece,” in Robin Hägg and Gunlog Nordquist, eds. Celebrations of Death and Divinity in the Bronze Age Argolid, ActaAth 4°, (40), Stockholm, pp. 45-52, 1990
State formation in Minoan Crete and Mycenaean Greece--a comparative approach
“A pollen diagram from the northeast Peloponnese, Greece: implications for vegetation history and archaeology,” The Holocene 3, (4), 1993, pp. 351-356., 1993
A ro1kn diagram is pre~entcd for a sediment core from Klconai in ~onlhcrn Greco:. A set of "even ... more A ro1kn diagram is pre~entcd for a sediment core from Klconai in ~onlhcrn Greco:. A set of "even radio.:arhon daks snggests that the core spans Ihl! lime pcnod from the heginning 01 the Holocene to the Roman period. Pollen preservation in the core is patchy and [here are only rhree zones 011 the pollen diagram wilh countable quanrities of pollen. These LOnE'S correspond with the early NeoliLll1c, BronL(~ Age and Roman penods. The area around the sIte was largely open by the NeoinhlC bIll Lhe wider lancbcapc was slill well wooded. In the BroTln: Age d.ud Roman periods, there IS evidence for arabic agricnllTln:. lnclndmg ollve cnluvalion. By the Roman period, most of the semi•natural woodland~ had disappeared and the landscape wa~ prohably nol nnlIke that of [he present day.
Autochthon. Papers Presented to O.T.P.K. Dickinson on the Occasion of his Retirement, A. Dakouri-Hild and S. E. Sherratt, eds. pp. 191-99, BAR IS, Archaeopress: Oxford, 2005, 2005
An 'offset' is a vertical joint that marks a change in the course of a wall, such that one sectio... more An 'offset' is a vertical joint that marks a change in the course of a wall, such that one section of the wall is not aligned with its neighbour. Offsets in Mycenaean masonry constructions are common but not uniformly similar. They are not explained by reference to other ancient masonry traditions. This paper explores their technical purpose and argues that they are a uniquely Mycenaean solution to large-scale masonry construction.
“Mycenaeans Up-to-date: Current concepts and new directions. Edited by A.-L. Schallin and I. Tournavitou, Series: ActaAth-4˚, vol. 56, 2015, pp. 211-219. , 2015
Mycenaean occupation of the watersheds that comprise the Longopotamos, Nemea, and Asopos Valleys
R. Treuill and P. Darcque, eds. L’habitat égéen préhistorique. Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique. Supplément XIX, 1990
A study of the relationship of the Mycenaean settlement on Tsoungiza hill at Ancient Nemea in the... more A study of the relationship of the Mycenaean settlement on Tsoungiza hill at Ancient Nemea in the Corinthia, Greece to its surroundings in the NE Peloponnesos.
R. Laffineur and W.-D. Niemeier, eds. Politeia, Society and State in the Aegean Bronze Age. (Proceedings of the 5th International Aegean Conference, Heidelberg, 10-13 April 1994). Aegaeum , 1995
A conceptual study of religion and its manifestations in archaeological remains. This study outli... more A conceptual study of religion and its manifestations in archaeological remains. This study outlines the ways and structure of the embedded nature of religious practice within a socio-political order that would be applicable to the emerging political order of the Bronze Age communities of the Aegean.
Paul Rehak, ed. The Role of the Ruler in the Prehistoric Aegean. (Proceedings of a Panel Discussion at the Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, New Orleans, Louisiana, December 29, 1992). Aegaeum , 1995
An attempt to model the nature of leadership that led to the formation of the Mycenaean state. Th... more An attempt to model the nature of leadership that led to the formation of the Mycenaean state. The study looks at the archaeological evidence that would correlate with current models for early state formation and argues that the model of the chiefdom would be applicable for understanding the formation of the palace states of the Mycenaean era (Late Bronze Age) on the mainland of Greece.
Placing the Gods: Sanctuaries and Sacred Space in Ancient Greece. Susan Alcock and Robin Osborne, eds.Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1994,, 1994
An examination of the nature of religion and ritual practice and their material correlates, espec... more An examination of the nature of religion and ritual practice and their material correlates, especially as they relate to the architectural development of places of worship in Mycenaean society.
Athenische Mitteilungen des deutschen archäologischen Instituts, 1980
A study of the form and structure of terraces built to support monumental architecture on the mai... more A study of the form and structure of terraces built to support monumental architecture on the mainland of Greece during the Mycenaean period. The paper explains the planning of these terraces and their organization to support the superstructure of room complexes in elite residential and industrial installations and the palaces and buildings associated with them.
Meletemata, Studies in Aegean Archaeology presented to Malcolm H. Wiener as he Enters his 65th Year. P. P. Betancourt and R. Laffineur, eds. Aegaeum, 20. Liège, 1999
The publication of a marble Late Neolithic figurine of Thessalian type from Tsoungiza Hill, Ancie... more The publication of a marble Late Neolithic figurine of Thessalian type from Tsoungiza Hill, Ancient Nemea.
Mycenaean Architecture and Elements of Construction, 1978
This is a pdf of my 1978 doctoral dissertation at Bryn Mawr College. It is a study of Mycenaean a... more This is a pdf of my 1978 doctoral dissertation at Bryn Mawr College. It is a study of Mycenaean architecture with a focus on rubble and megalithic rubble ("Cyclopean) with attention to the use of timbers and of cut ashlar limestone masonry. The sites studied are the core sites of Central and Southern Greece visited and studied between 1974 and 1978.
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