- Aegean Prehistory (Archaeology), Archaeological Theory, Landscape Archaeology, Funerary Customs, Research Methodology, Minoan art and archaeology, and 21 moreGender, Philosophy, Culture, Digital Humanities, Archaeology, Classics, Architecture, Art History, Humanities, Anthropology, Cultural Theory, Symmetrical Archaeology, Theoretical Archaeology, Digital Archaeology, Archaeological Method & Theory, History, Human Georgraphy, Aegean Archaeology, Aegean Prehistory, Aegean Bronze Age (Bronze Age Archaeology), and Aegean Archaeology, Mediterranean Archeology, the island of Creteedit
Πόσο εύκολο είναι να εξετάσει κανείς τα θεμέλια του Παρθενώνα ή τα νεολιθικά στρώματα κατοίκησης κάτω από την κεντρική αυλή του ανακτόρου της Κνωσού; Η αρχαιολογική έρευνα συχνά και αναπόφευκτα βασίζεται σε απεικονίσεις των μνημείων, όπως... more
Πόσο εύκολο είναι να εξετάσει κανείς τα θεμέλια του Παρθενώνα ή τα νεολιθικά στρώματα κατοίκησης κάτω από την κεντρική αυλή του ανακτόρου της Κνωσού; Η αρχαιολογική έρευνα συχνά και αναπόφευκτα βασίζεται σε απεικονίσεις των μνημείων, όπως οι φωτογραφίες, τα αρχιτεκτονικά σχέδια και πλέον οι ψηφιακές εικόνες και αναπαραστάσεις. Το παρόν βιβλίο αναδεικνύει τις εικόνες ως μεθοδολογικά σύνθετα ερευνητικά εργαλεία μελέτης της προϊστορικής αρχιτεκτονικής στην Ελλάδα. Εξετάζονται 200 και πλέον τελικές δημοσιεύσεις ανασκαφών προϊστορικών αρχαιολογικών θέσεων από την πρώτη ανασκαφή του Heinrich Schliemann στις Μυκήνες το 1876 μέχρι σήμερα. Καταγράφονται οι τύποι και τα χαρακτηριστικά των αρχιτεκτονικών σχεδίων και των ψηφιακών εικόνων και η συμμετοχή αρχιτεκτόνων, τοπογράφων, σχεδιαστών, γραφιστών κ.ά., στην εικονογράφηση και μελέτη της προϊστορικής αρχιτεκτονικής. Διαπιστώνεται ότι οι επιλογές στην εκπόνηση και χρήση των εικόνων σχετίζονται όχι μόνο με τις ιδιαιτερότητες των ίδιων των αρχιτεκτονικών καταλοίπων ή τα εκάστοτε διαθέσιμα τεχνικά, αλλά – και κυρίως – με τα ερωτήματα και τις προτεραιότητες της έρευνας. Αυτή η σύνθετη σχέση μνημείων, εικόνων και ερευνητών χαρτογραφείται εδώ για πρώτη φορά με τρόπο άμεσο και λεπτομερή, στοχεύοντας στη διάκριση βέλτιστων εναλλακτικών ερευνητικών πρακτικών, κυρίως όμως στην ανάδειξη των εικόνων ως οχημάτων επιστημονικού λόγου της αρχαιολογίας.
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Abstract During the 1950s Nikolaos Platon excavated a Neo-palatial (ca. 17001480 BC) building complex at the site of Klimataria, in eastern Crete, Greece. Since then many researchers have investigated Klimataria in an at-tempt to... more
Abstract During the 1950s Nikolaos Platon excavated a Neo-palatial (ca. 17001480 BC) building complex at the site of Klimataria, in eastern Crete, Greece. Since then many researchers have investigated Klimataria in an at-tempt to understand whether the building there is a villa ...
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Final publications include a variety of illustrations, for the recording, study and interpretation of architectural remains, such as ground plans, sections, elevations, isometric drawings, free perspectives and computer graphics. It is... more
Final publications include a variety of illustrations, for the recording, study and interpretation of architectural remains, such as ground plans, sections, elevations, isometric drawings, free perspectives and computer graphics. It is argued that traditional illustrations comprise ...
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The term “International Spirit” denotes the network of maritime communication and exchange in the southern Aegean during the third millennium BC, which is usu- ally considered to be a relatively bounded sociohistorical phenomenon. This... more
The term “International Spirit” denotes the network of maritime communication and exchange in the southern Aegean during the third millennium BC, which is usu- ally considered to be a relatively bounded sociohistorical phenomenon. This article exposes the need for under- standing the International Spirit as a heterogeneous, dynamic, and open-ended field of social discourse. Such understanding is supported through the employment of recent advances in archaeological theory regarding cul- tural hybridization. It is suggested that the latter shares the same basic ways of operation with almost all other types of social communication. Therefore, the Early Bronze Age cemeteries in Attica, Euboea, or northern Crete, featuring assemblages with mixed cultural traits, should be considered as examples of such intense, and thus hybridizing, cultural discourse. The Early Cycladic communities may have pursued this type of interaction in order to balance between two pressing needs: subsis- tence through agropastoral activity and social reproduc- tion through seafaring and exchange.
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Research Interests: Prehistoric Archaeology, Mediterranean prehistory, Bronze Age Europe (Archaeology), Theoretical Archaeology, Bronze Age Archaeology, and 17 moreAegean Bronze Age (Bronze Age Archaeology), Philosophy of Time, Aegean Prehistory (Archaeology), Aegean Archaeology, Bronze Age (Archaeology), Minoan art and archaeology, European Prehistory (Archaeology), Prehistory, Minoan Archaeology, Minoan Civilisation, Aegean Prehistory, Aegean Bronze Age, Bronze Age, Aegean Archaeology, Mediterranean Archeology, the island of Crete, Minoan, Minoan and Myceanean Archaeology, and Minoan Crete
The paper argues that a bottom-up approach to the Minoan palaces needs to re-appreciate their political features and see them as part of a phenomenon, which involved the institutionalisation of social organisation and authority on Crete.... more
The paper argues that a bottom-up approach to the Minoan palaces needs to re-appreciate their political features and see them as part of a phenomenon, which involved the institutionalisation of social organisation and authority on Crete. This phenomenon was triggered by the rapid and wide emergence of bottom-up self-organised and networked social groups, which facilitated the passage of Crete into urban life and claimed power for themselves. The constitution of such a Minoan socio-political 'multitude' became a threat to other social groups, which had traditionally retained a distinguished status and triggered their reaction. The result was the fluid and yet structured society of Protopalatial Crete.
Research Interests: Urbanism, Aegean Bronze Age (Bronze Age Archaeology), Aegean Prehistory (Archaeology), Aegean Archaeology, Minoan art and archaeology, and 10 moreMinoan Archaeology, Minoan Civilisation, Aegean Prehistory, Archaeology of Crete, Crete, Aegean Archaeology, Mediterranean Archeology, the island of Crete, Minoan, Minoan and Myceanean Archaeology, Minoan and Mycenaean Architecture and Urbanism, and Minoan Crete
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The issue of power comprises a coin with two sides: There are –usually – the ‘few’ that exert it and the ‘many,’ upon which it is exerted. Minoan archaeology has formed a relatively detailed picture of the one side of the coin and... more
The issue of power comprises a coin with two sides: There are –usually – the ‘few’ that exert it and the ‘many,’ upon which it is exerted. Minoan archaeology has formed a relatively detailed picture of the one side of the coin and specifically the appearance of palatial authority on Crete. The seminar focuses upon the examination of the second side of the coin, i.e. the importance and role of the many in the transformation of Crete from a kin-based society during the Prepalatial period to a society of early states during the Old Palace period.
The critical review of past research shows that a better understanding of the phenomenon of palatial power requires a methodological switch, so as to examine the mechanisms of the social consent by the many that supported the power of the few. The usual typological analysis of morphological features of Minoan society should be replaced by a focus upon the agency of social subjects, not as individuals but as group members. A key-role to this approach is played by the search for collective values and concepts that contain social groups and dictate their action.
The above suggestions are examined in reference to the funerary remains in Crete. Funerary ritual comprises the par excellence field of (re-) negotiation of collective attiudes and systems of value, while it was a prominent feature of prepalatial social life. As a result, changes in funerary customs may shed light upon the ways in which the social whole reacted to the agency of the emerging palatial power groups during the sensitive period of the transition to a new way of life in Crete. Special reference will be made to the preliminary results of the study of the assemblage of τηε ΕΜ Ι – ΜΜ ΙΙΙ tholos tomb Β at Apesokari, Mesara.
The critical review of past research shows that a better understanding of the phenomenon of palatial power requires a methodological switch, so as to examine the mechanisms of the social consent by the many that supported the power of the few. The usual typological analysis of morphological features of Minoan society should be replaced by a focus upon the agency of social subjects, not as individuals but as group members. A key-role to this approach is played by the search for collective values and concepts that contain social groups and dictate their action.
The above suggestions are examined in reference to the funerary remains in Crete. Funerary ritual comprises the par excellence field of (re-) negotiation of collective attiudes and systems of value, while it was a prominent feature of prepalatial social life. As a result, changes in funerary customs may shed light upon the ways in which the social whole reacted to the agency of the emerging palatial power groups during the sensitive period of the transition to a new way of life in Crete. Special reference will be made to the preliminary results of the study of the assemblage of τηε ΕΜ Ι – ΜΜ ΙΙΙ tholos tomb Β at Apesokari, Mesara.