Aegis: Essays in Mediterranean Archaeology: Essays in Mediterranean Archaeology: Presented to Matti Egon by the scholars of the Greek Archaeological Committee UK

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The honorand of this volume, Matti Egon, has been a great benefactor to museums, schools, universities and hospitals in the UK and also in Greece: all areas that her background and life&;s interests have made dear to her. One of these is the Greek Archaeological Committee UK, that she helped found in 1992: an organization dedicated to informing academe and the public in Britain of archaeological work carried out in Greece, and of enabling the &;brightest minds&; of Greece and Cyprus to pursue post-graduate research at British institutions, to the mutual enrichment of both. Some fifty-five graduates have so benefited. This volume offers essays by a good half of those so assisted: roughly split between the sexes, they range between post-graduates still completing their studies in the UK, up to those with doctorates, almost half the group, now successfully in employment at Universities and similar Institutions in the UK, Greece, Cyprus and the USA, with rather fewer working in Museums, within the Greek Ephorates and even at a Foreign School in Athens. The hugely varied topics they offer cover the entire range of prehistory and history down to the modern day on Greek and Cypriot soil. Neolithic animal butchery rubs shoulders with regional assessments of the end of the Mycenaean era, investigations into Hellenistic sculptors and lamps, life in Byzantine monasteries and the politics behind modern exhibitions; the Phoenicians and even an Islamic general make cameo appearances. This startling range of subjects accurately reflects the depth of scholarship Matti Egon has nurtured into being; the affection and gratitude expressed by the graduates equally mirrors the deep appreciation they acknowledge for the opportunities so given. Cover Title Page Copyright Page The Founder of GACUK Matti Egon with the ‘unusual bouquet’ offered by the scholars. The Founder of GACUK Matti Egon with the ‘unusual bouquet’ offered by the scholars. The scholars of GACUK and its Founder Matti Egon The scholars of GACUK and its Founder Matti Egon, the Chair Zetta Theodoropoulou and the Treasurer Panos Arvanitakis in the garden of the BSA, September 2014. Contents List of Figures Foreword The value of digital recordings and reconstructions for the understanding of three-dimensional archaeological features The value of digital recordings and reconstructions for the understanding of three-dimensional archaeological features Constantinos Papadopoulos Fig. 1. 3D models of the figurines from Koutroulou Magoula, without an accurate representation of colour and texture. Laser scanned with Konica Minolta Vivid 9i in 2010. Fig. 2. 3D models of a figurine from Koutroulou Magoula (Trench Θ4 703/07) with problems in the depiction of geometry, colour and texture. Laser Scanned with Creaform VIUScanner in 2014. Fig. 3. A. 3D model of Building 1 from Koutroulou Magoula; B. 3D model of Building 2 from Koutroulou Magoula. Photogrammetry application with Agisoft Photoscan in 2012. Fig. 4. Homemade light box with 3 LED lights for photographing and producing 3D models of the figurines from Koutroulou Magoula; 3D model of figurine Θ4 703/07 produced in Agisoft Photoscan. Fig. 5. The exterior and interior of Building 1 at Koutroulou Magoula, with three different types of roof and the corresponding supporting beams. Top to bottom: Flat/slightly gabled roof; Gabled roof; Saddle roof. Fig. 6. The interior of Building 1 at Koutroulou Magoula, at night time with human figures around the hearth. Fig. 7. The ‘window of light’ in the interior of Building 1 at Koutroulou Magoula. The contribution of systematic zooarchaeological analysis in understanding the complexity of prehistoric societies The contribution of systematic zooarchaeological analysis in understanding the complexity of prehistoric societies The example of late Neolithic Toumba Kremastis-Koiladas in northern Greece The example of late Neolithic Toumba Kremastis-Koiladas in northern Greece Vasiliki Tzevelekidi Fig. 1. Plan of the 1998–1999 excavation campaign at TKK. (after Hondrogianni-Metoki 2009). Fig. 2. Location of two sheep skeletons found in Pit 225. (photograph courtesy of A. Hondrogianni-Metoki). Fig. 3. Location of the pig skeleton, accompanied by the skull of a dog in Pit 132. (photograph courtesy of A. Hondrogianni-Metoki). A preliminary technological and provenance assessment of the Early Bronze Age II late to III (c. 2500–2000 BC) pottery Sergios Menelaou A preliminary technological and provenance assessment of the Early Bronze Age II late to III (c. 2500–2000 BC) pottery The Heraion of Samos under the microscope The Heraion of Samos under the microscope Fig 1. a-f. Micrographs: (a) Fabric 1b, Fine mica and monocrystalline quartz; (b) Fabric 2: Coarse quartz and muscovite mica; (c) Fabric 3: Well-rounded volcanic inclusions; (d) Fabric 4a: Muscovite-schist fragment; (e) HT12/06: Rounded basalt with porphy Time past and time present: the emergence of the Minoan palaces as a transformation of temporality Giorgos Vavouranakis Fig. 1. Map of Cyprus with sites mentioned in the text. (Data provided by the Cyprus Geological Survey Department). Palaepaphos during the Late Bronze Age: characterizing the urban landscape of a late Cypriot polity Artemis Georgiou Palaepaphos during the Late Bronze Age: characterizing the urban landscape of a late Cypriot polity Fig. 2. Landscape map of Kouklia showing the four main plateaus on to which the urban polity of Palaepaphos developed. Fig. 3. Orthophoto map of Kouklia with localities mentioned in the text. Fig. 4. Map of the Paphos hydrological zone, showing the distribution of Middle Cypriot III-Late Cypriot IA sites, the Upper and Lower Pillow Lavas and the distribution of slag heaps in the Paphos forest. Fig. 5. The remains of the megalithic Sanctuary at Palaepaphos with the preserved monolithic blocks. Fig. 6. A “Teratsoudhia ware” jug found at Tomb 104, Chamber B at Palaepaphos-Teratsoudhia. the archaeology of children and death in LH IIIC Greece the archaeology of children and death in LH IIIC Greece Chrysanthi Gallou-Minopetrou ‘What would the world be to us if the children were no more?’:1 ‘What would the world be to us if the children were no more?’:1 Fig. 1. Drawing of side B of a larnax from Tomb 3 at Tanagra. This depicts the preparation of a dead child for burial. Fig. 2. Drawing of a child’s prothesis scene on the lower panel of the short end of a larnax from tomb 22 at Tanagra. The Late Helladic IIIC period in coastal Thessaly The Late Helladic IIIC period in coastal Thessaly Eleni Karouzou Fig. 1. Distribution maps of Late Helladic IIIC (top, a) and Sub-Mycenaean (bottom, b) sites around the Pagasetic Gulf. Fig. 2. a-f. Pottery fragments decorated in the LH IIIC Middle Pictorial Style from the settlement at Kastro, Volos (not to scale) Fig. 3. Plans of the excavation of D. Theocharis at the settlement at Kastro, Volos Fig. 4. Plan of LH IIIC cist tombs (a: Tomb 56, b: Tomb 57) from the cemetery at Nea Ionia, Volos Fig. 5. Aerial photograph indicating the location of site 1990/35 and the cist grave cemetery with inhumations at Voulokaliva Fig. 6. S (a, top) and N (b, bottom) part of the cist grave cemetery with inhumations (LH IIB-SPG) at Voulokaliva in the Almiros plain The Bronze Age on Karpathos and Kythera Mercourios Georgiadis East Phokis revisited: its development in the transition from the Late Bronze to the Early Iron Age in the light of the latest finds Antonia Livieratou East Phokis revisited: its development in the transition from the Late Bronze to the Early Iron Age in the light of the latest finds Fig. 1. East Phokis and neighbouring areas Fig. 2. East Phokis in the Late Bronze Age Fig. 3. East Phokis in the Submycenaean period Fig. 4. East Phokis in the Protogeometric period Early Iron Age Greece, ancient Pherae and the archaeometallurgy of copper Vana Orfanou Early Iron Age Greece, ancient Pherae and the archaeometallurgy of copper Fig. 1. Photomicrograph of the cross-section of a folded metal sheet (no. 1309); plain polarised light, 25x, image length 7mm. Fig. 2. Back-scatter image with a scanning electron microscope (SEM) of ring AE 34, showing growth corrosion on the ring’s surface (patina, dark grey), a corroded layer in the substrate (medium grey) distinguished by a thin corrosion layer (white line) wh Fig. 3. Typical Thessalian bow fibula M 1909 with decoration of alternate globes and disks, long catch-plate and a spring on the fibula’s ‘arm’ to support the ‘foot’, namely the long wire which secured into the catch-plate; samples of this type of object Fig. 4. Chronological distribution of the diagnostic fibulae in the sample (n= 110) according to their typology which covers the time span from the Early Geometric to the Archaic periods (825–600 BC); absolute dating for Thessaly after Coldstream (2003) a Fig. 5. Photomicrograph of sheet/vessel fragment AE 606: a dendritic structure surrounded by corrosion products is visible; plain polarised light, 100x, image length 1.8 mm Fig. 6. Photomicrograph of sheet M 1217.2: a recrystallised grain microstructure with annealing twins and slip lines is visible; plain polarised light, 500x, image length 350 μm (=0.35 mm) Funerary art, ritual and the belief in an after-life Funerary art, ritual and the belief in an after-life Eleftheria Pappa Representations of western Phoenician eschatology Fig. 1 Map of settlements and necropoleis in coastal Malaga and Granada. Fig. 2 Sections of tombs at Laurita. (After Pappa 2013, fig. 32; adapted from the original by Pellicer Catalán 2007, fig. 13). Fig. 3 Table of finds based on information from Pellicer Catalan (2007, fig. 76, supplemented with information from 55–71, fig. 76, 97, lám. XIII) a. Wall painting of the two ‘nefesh’ monuments of 4th c. BCE tomb at Jebel Mlezza, Kerkoune, Tunisia. Ostrich eggshell vase from Laurita with bird decoration (adapted from: a. Pellicer Catalán 2007, fig. 85, by permission of Prof. M.E. Aubet); b. Fant Piraeus: beyond ‘known unknowns’ Piraeus: beyond ‘known unknowns’ Florentia Fragkopoulou Table 1. Material from rescue excavations conducted from the 1950’s onwards in modern Piraeus according to the Αρχαιολογικόν Δελτίον. The casting technique of the bronze Antikythera ephebe Kosmas Dafas The casting technique of the bronze Antikythera ephebe Fig. 1. The Antikythera ephebe: front view. Fig. 2. The Antikythera ephebe: rear view. Fig. 3. The Antikythera ephebe: front view of the head. Fig. 4. The Antikythera ephebe: detail of the right hand. Fig. 5. The Antikythera ephebe: front view with drawing of the ancient seams/joins of the statue. Fig. 6. The Antikythera ephebe: detail of the right foot. A brief, phenomenological reading of the Arkteia Chryssanthi Papadopoulou Cylindrical altars and post-funerary ritual in the south-eastern Aegean during the Hellenistic period: 3rd to 2nd centuries BC Vasiliki Brouma Cylindrical altars and post-funerary ritual in the south-eastern Aegean during the Hellenistic period: 3rd to 2nd centuries BC Fig. 1. Cylindrical altars from Rhodes (left) and Kos (right). Fig. 2. Plans of the tomb of Archokrates. Fig. 3. Peribolos with restored cylindrical altars at Korakonero, Rhodes. Fig. 4. Cylindrical altars at Peros plot, Excavation area A. Lamps, symbolism and ritual in Hellenistic Greece Nikolas Dimakis In search of the garden-peristyle in Hellenistic palaces: a reappraisal of the evidence Maria Kopsacheili In search of the garden-peristyle in Hellenistic palaces: a reappraisal of the evidence Fig. 1. Comparison of the Hellenistic palace peristyle courtyards mentioned in the text: size and proportion to total surface, floor type and date (by author). The Doric peristyle in Ai Khanoum cannot be compared to a building section, as it is by itself Fig. 2. Building I, basileion of Pella, reconstruction at foundation level Fig. 3. Palace on the Acropolis, Jebel Khalid Fig. 4. Palace V, Pergamon Fig. 5. Section through the northern part of the peristyle courtyard of Section A, in the palace of Demetrias Fig. 6. House of the Faun, original construction phase Damophon in Olympia: some remarks on his date Eleni Poimenidou Entering the monastic cell in the Byzantine world: archaeology and texts Giorgos Makris Entering the monastic cell in the Byzantine world: archaeology and texts Fig. 1 Monastery of Hosios Meletios, plan Fig. 2 Monastery of Sagmata, monastic cell of the west wing Fig. 3 Monastery of the Panaghia Paregoretissa, monastic cells of the east wing Fig. 4 Monastery of St George Diasorites, aerial view Fig. 5 Monastery at Synaxis, north side, looking east Fig. 6 Monastery at Synaxis, north side, looking west Discovering the Byzantine countryside: the evidence from archaeological field survey in the Peloponnese Discovering the Byzantine countryside: the evidence from archaeological field survey in the Peloponnese Maria Papadaki Fig. 1. The locations of the field surveys in the Peloponnese. Fig. 2. Comparison chart for inland and coastal surveyed sites (Maria Papadaki). Fig. 1. Kursī, carved wood, general view. Egypt, 11th century AD. Monastery of Saint Catherine, Sinai, Egypt. On a Fāṭimid Kursī in the Monastery of Saint Catherine at Mount Sinai On a Fāṭimid Kursī in the Monastery of Saint Catherine at Mount Sinai George Manginis Fig. 2. Kursī, carved wood, side A. Egypt, 11th century. Monastery of Saint Catherine, Sinai, Egypt. Fig. 3. Kursī, carved wood, side B. Egypt, 11th century. Monastery of Saint Catherine, Sinai, Egypt. Fig. 4. Kursī, carved wood, side C. Egypt, 11th century. Monastery of Saint Catherine, Sinai, Egypt. Fig. 5. Kursī, carved wood, side D. Egypt, 11th century. Monastery of Saint Catherine, Sinai, Egypt. Fig. 6. The conjunction of the Moon and Saturn, from a treatise in Persian on astrology, angels and talismans (BN persan 174, folio 109v). Seljuk Anatolia, 1272–1273. © Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. Fig. 7. Prayer niche (lower right). Hagia Koryphē is visible in the distance. October 1998. The discovery of ancient Cyprus: archaeological sponsorship from the 19th century to the present day Anastasia Leriou Showcasing new Trojan wars: archaeological exhibitions and the politics of appropriation of ancient Troy Showcasing new Trojan wars: archaeological exhibitions and the politics of appropriation of ancient Troy Antonis Kotsonas Fig. 1. Cover of catalogue for the German exhibitions in Stuttgart, Braunschweig and Bonn (2001–2002). Fig. 2. Cover of catalogue for the Istanbul exhibition (2002–2003). Fig. 3. Cover of catalogue for the exhibition held in Amsterdam (2012–2013).