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A Comparative Approach to Methods of Inscribing Clay Tablets. Interaction and Innovation in Cyprus and Ugarit
Get PDFClay tablets of different types played primary roles in Near Eastern and Aegean bureaucratic systems during the Bronze Age. Cyprus stands between these two traditions, but from surviving evidence does not seem to have developed its own well-established tradition of writing on tablets. Nevertheless, small numbers of tablets written in Cypro-Minoan script are found both on Cyprus and at Ugarit.
This paper examines the methods of inscription of two sets of Cypro-Minoan clay tablets: three found at Enkomi in eastern Cyprus and four found at Ugarit in Syria. These tablets have been claimed to be strongly influenced by cuneiform, both in the typology and shape of the tablets and in some visual aspects of the signs written on them. However, more recent scholarship has rejected this ‘cuneiformisation’ as superficial resemblance.
We compare these documents with examples from the Aegean, Ugarit and elsewhere in Cyprus. We consider features including find context, size and shape of document, layout, text formatting techniques, depth and method of incision and type of implement or stylus. This holistic approach to the physical properties of the documents allows us to better understand Cypriot responses to the wider sphere of Mediterranean and Near Eastern literacy
(F.) Mavridis and (J.T.) Jensen Eds. Stable Places and Changing Perceptions: Cave Archaeology in Greece (BAR International Series 2558). Oxford: Archaeopress, 2013. Pp. xxi + 333, illus. £51. 9781407311791
Get PDFBook Review: Greek Federal States and their Sanctuaries: Identity and Integration. Proceedings of an International Conference of the Cluster of Excellence ‘Religion and Politics' Held in Münster, 17.06: Funke (P.) and Haake (M.) Eds. Greek Federal States and their Sanctuaries: Identity and Integration. Proceedings of an International Conference of the Cluster of Excellence ‘Religion and Politics' Held in Münster, 17.06. - 19.06.2010. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2013. Pp. 244. €52. 9783515103077
Get PDFThe Cyclades in the late antique period:churches, networks and Christianization
No full textWhile new research on the Cyclades in the Roman period is challenging traditional ideas of the islands as pirate infested backwaters, little is known about them in the Late Antique period (c. 400-700 C.E.); in fact they have been largely written off as too provincial by ancient and contemporary historians. Some 41 Late Antique churches are known from 12 islands, but the synthesis and contextualization of this data has been lacking. Consequently, detailed analysis of Christianization of the East Mediterranean is restricted by a significant gap in the evidence. Scattered data from the Cyclades suggest that they were Christianized earlier than many of the surrounding areas. Other than the Christian catacombs on Melos (1st -4th century), there is literary evidence of an early and energetic Christian community on the islands. For example, some of the islands had early Bishoprics like Amorgos and Santorini. A number of Cycladic bishops also attended the early Ecumenical councils (Bishops from Paros and Naxos attended the 3rd and 4th Councils). Excavations at church of Panagia Ekatontapyliani, Paroikia, Paros, indicate a 4th century foundation, and literary sources tie its establishment to Agia Eleni of the Imperial family. This positive data is bolstered by recent research on surrounding areas, such as the Peloponnese and Crete, which provides clear indications that the Cyclades were conduits for Christianization in the Aegean. However, the processes of how and why this was the case were unknown in part because of the skewed perceptions (often from an Imperial top-down view) and the difficulties of synthesizing the data from the islands. To address this issue, we undertook an architectural and topographic survey of the churches to understand how Christianity was adopted on the islands. It became clear that locations were chosen to draw on tradition and memory to help peacefully situate the new religion in the community. This analysis, combined with a study of the architecture and excavation data (including mortuary and epigraphic) sheds light on the diverse local communities as well as agents of conversion. Rather than insularity, the innovative aspects of church building and early conversion indicate the receptiveness to new ideas on the part of island communities. Altogether, this paper provides an original synthesis of the Late Antique Cyclades from the perspective of the islands themselves which highlights their vibrancy, innovativeness and important roles they played on network routes in the Aegean
Book Review: Stable Places and Changing Perceptions: Cave Archaeology in Greece: Mavridis (F.) and Jensen (J.T.) Eds. Stable Places and Changing Perceptions: Cave Archaeology in Greece (BAR International Series 2558). Oxford: Archaeopress, 2013. Pp. xxi + 333, illus. £51. 9781407311791
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Greek Federal States and their Sanctuaries: Identity and Integration. (P.) Funke and (M.) Haake Eds. Proceedings of an International Conference of the Cluster of Excellence ‘Religion and Politics’ Held in Münster, 17.06. – 19.06.2010. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2013. Pp. 244 9783515103077.
Get PDFMusical Instruments and the Festivals of Apollo A Study of the Auloi Dedications in the Sanctuary of Delos
No full textGoing Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
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