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Polargebiet. Edition Woldan|KKW. Kommentierter Katalog der alten Drucke in der Wiener Sammlung Woldan Edition Woldan Band 8|
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Table of Contents. Veröffentlichung der Mykenischen Kommission|(Social) Place and Space in Early Mycenaean Greece Mykenische Studien 35|
No full textAnhang. Other Online Editions|Die Operisti als kulturelles Netzwerk Theatergeschichte Österreichs Band X: Donaumonarchie, Heft 8|Band 2|
No full textThe Archaeological Site of Kleidi-Samikon: An Early Mycenaean Settlement in Northern Triphylia Reconsidered. Veröffentlichung der Mykenischen Kommission|(Social) Place and Space in Early Mycenaean Greece Mykenische Studien 35|
No full textThe archaeological site of ‘Kleidi’ (meaning ‘key’) at Samikon is located between the sandy beach of theIonian Sea on the Gulf of Kyparissia and the Mount of Lapithos, essentially monitoring the route overland from thenorthwest to the southwest Peloponnese. Its strategic location has attracted the intensive habitation of the site from theMiddle Bronze Age up to the years of Ottoman domination. The Hellenistic fortification of the acropolis of Samikon,just opposite the prehistoric burial and residential contexts, described by Strabo and Pausanias, testifies once again tothe importance of this specific area. The present contribution attempts to reconsider the outcome of the old and recentexcavations in the area. The first archaeological investigations were carried out by Wilhelm Dörpfeld in the early 20thcentury, and the authors of this article conducted the latest excavations at the beginning of the 21st century. Althoughthe project for the overall publication of the findings is still at an early stage, our contribution intends to examine therole and the ‘status’ of Samikon within the so-called Mycenaean world and the kingdom of Pylos. Moreover, we wouldlike to clarify the relations and the connections with other adjacent archaeological sites, such as Kakovatos, Epitalionand Makrysia. The discussion of the historical topography, the burial and domestic architecture, the burial customs andthe presentation of new finds, will help to create a clearer picture of the habitation of the site
Social Places and Spaces on and beyond Kythera during the Second Palace Period: Exploring the Island’s Landscape and Connectivity. Veröffentlichung der Mykenischen Kommission|(Social) Place and Space in Early Mycenaean Greece Mykenische Studien 35|
No full textThe impact of Crete on the societies and material culture of the Greek mainland, particularly in relation tothe emergence of elite groups during the early Mycenaean period, has long been a focus of debate between proponentsof indigenist versus interactionist models of mainland dynamics. The intervening island of Kythera has played animportant role in this phenomenon not least because of its location as a stepping stone between these two distinctivegeographical and cultural regions. The 1960s excavations at the coastal site of Kastri revealed a unique case ofMinoanisation, both due to its early beginnings and its intensity. Understanding of this phenomenon has since beensignificantly enhanced through an intensive field survey that covered one third of the island, as well as through severalexcavations, including those on two peak sanctuaries. What becomes apparent, after c. 2000 BC, is the exclusive presenceof a Cretan-style culture and the lack of any contrastive continuing local tradition, thereby rendering Kythera incultural terms effectively a part of Crete.The intensive field survey results for this period reveal a landscape with dispersed rural settlements and an extensive,multi-focal, potentially urban zone at coastal Kastri. The multidisciplinary study of these two parallel dimensions ofthe island’s landscape provides significant insight into local and regional dynamics. Spatial analysis combined withgeoarchaeological investigations gives a better understanding of the development of the settlement pattern and accompanyingagricultural regimes, while the stylistic and scientific/technological study of material culture (mainly pottery)provides unprecedented knowledge of the island’s craft traditions and their reproduction through time and across space,under strong Cretan influence. Such an approach to the island’s craft products makes even more meaningful the contextualstudy of their spatial distribution both among the numerous communities of the island, but also beyond, amongPeloponnesian groups, so shedding new light on the transfer and reproduction of technological traditions, as well as onconsumer’s preferences and the social context of innovation
The Monumental Architecture of Iklaina. Veröffentlichung der Mykenischen Kommission|(Social) Place and Space in Early Mycenaean Greece Mykenische Studien 35|
No full textThe excavations of the Athens Archaeological Society at Iklaina have brought to light a major LH settlementthat is identified with *a-pu2, one of the district capitals of the Mycenaean state of Pylos. One of the most strikingfeatures of the site is its monumental architecture, which includes at least two large buildings, two paved roads, a pavedpiazza, and massive built stone drains. The presence of this kind of monumentality outside the traditionally defined‘palaces’, combined with other markers of advanced socio-political complexity, opens up a number of questions regardingthe processes of the unification of the Mycenaean state of Pylos. In the present paper I review the relevant architecturaland stratigraphic evidence and assess its possible implications for this issue. It is concluded that the emergenceof monumental architecture at Iklaina could have been initiated either by the Palace of Nestor following a peacefulannexation of Iklaina in the early Mycenaean period, or by the local Iklaina rulers following a period of continuousgrowth before a forced annexation in LH IIIB
