Overview

Joseph and Maria Shaw received the Archaeological Institute of America's Gold Medal for a lifetime of outstanding achievement in January of 2006. This volume is a collection of the papers presented at the Gold Medal Colloquium held in their honour during the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America in Montreal, Quebec. Additional articles have also been written for this volume. Many of the articles pertain to different aspects of Aegean Bronze Age architecture, harbors, frescoes, and trade, which are all keen interests of the Shaws.

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Author:   Philip P. Betancourt ,  Michael C. Nelson ,  Hector Williams
Publisher:   INSTAP Academic Press
Imprint:   INSTAP Academic Press
Volume:   22
Dimensions:   Width: 22.40cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 28.40cm
Weight:   1.625kg
ISBN:  

9781931534222

ISBN 10:   1931534225
Pages:   372
Publication Date:   31 December 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

Architecture: 1. Minoan Archaeology and the Quest for the Primitive Hut by John C. McEnroe; 2. The Roofing of Early Minoan Round Tombs: The Evidence of Lebena Tomb II (Gerokampos) and of Cretan Mitata by Peter Warren; 3. Minoan and Mycenaean Stone Revetment by Michael C. Nelson; 4. New Data on the Western Facade of the Phaistian Palace by Vincenzo La Rosa; 5. The Cosmopolitan Harbor Town of Ugarit and the 'Aegean' Aspects of Its Architecture by Clairy Palyvou; 6. The Central Court of the Palace of Petras by Metaxia Tsipopoulou; 7. Building Megara for Dummies: The Conception and Construction of Architectural Forms at Late Minoan IIIC Chalasmenos (Monasteraki, Ierapetra, Crete) by David Rupp; 8. A Chorotaxia at the Late Minoan III Cemetery of Armenoi by Yannis Tzedakis and Holley Martlew; 9. Richard Seager in 1902-1903 by D.J. Ian Begg. Harbors: 10. Akrotiri, Thera: Some Additional Notes on its Plan and Architecture by Christos G. Doumas; 11. A New Exploration of Priniatikos Pyrgos, Primary Harbor Settlement and Emporium of the Vrokastro Survey Region by Barbara J. Hayden, Yannis Bassiakos, Thanasis Kalpaxis, Apostolos Sarris, and Metaxia Tsipopoulou; 12. Harbors and Social Change in Ancient Crete by L. Vance Watrous; 13. The Harbors of Ancient Lesbos by E. Hector Williams. Frescoes: 14. Paintings, Harbors, and Intercultural Relations by Lyvia Morgan; 15. Disiecta Membra: The Wall Paintings from the 'Porter's Lodge' at Akrotiri by Andreas Vlachopoulos; 16. A Man's World? Gender and Male Coalitions in the West House Miniature Frescoes by Anne P. Chapin; 17. Brush Work by Ellen Davis; 18. A Reconsideration of the Kneeling Figure Fresco from Hagia Triada by Bernice Jones; 19. Throne Room Griffins from Pylos and Knossos by Elizabeth Shank. Trade: 20. Hippopotamus Ivory in EM-MM Lasithi and the Implications for Eastern Mediterranean Trade: New Evidence from Hagios Charalambos by Susan C. Ferrence; 21. The Harbor of Kommos and Its East Mediterranean Connections in the Protopalatial Period by Aleydis Van de Moortel; 22. An Orientalizing Type of Minoan Rhyton from House X at Kommos by Jeremy B. Rutter; 23. Marketing Mycenaean Pottery in the Levant by Mary Dabney; 24. What Aegean 'Simple Style' Pottery Reveals about Interconnections in the 13th Century B.C.E. Eastern Mediterranean by Robert B. Koehl and Joseph Yellin. Administration and Regionalism: 25. Lasithi and the Malia-Lasithi State by Philip P. Betancourt; 26. Minoanization at Miletus: The Middle Bronze Age Ceramics by Amy Raymond; 27. Neopalatial Knossos: Rule and Role by Malcolm H. Wiener; 28. Evidence for Ceramic Regionalism in Early Final Palatial Crete: New Perspectives by Jan Arvanitakis; 29. Saevus Tridens by Jeffrey Soles. Culture and Religion: 30. Color and Brilliance: Obsidian, Chert, and Quartz in Sphakia, Crete by Lucia Nixon; 31. Modeling Domesticity by James C. Wright; 32. The Lily Crown and Sacred Kingship in Minoan Crete by Nanno Marinatos; 33. The Neopalatial Chalice: Forms and Function in the Cave of Skoteino by Loeta Tyree, Athanasia Kanta, and Dimitris Sphakianakis; 34. A Unique Cult Scene by Birgita Hallager; 35. Faunal Remains from the Sacred Spring (Corinth) by David S. Reese.

Reviews

'This volume, comprising 36 papers by colleagues, friends, and students, honors [Joseph and Maria Shaws] outstanding contribution to Aegean prehistory. [...] Papers in the frescoes section are beautifully illustrated by color plates at the end of the volume.'--Ilse Schoep AJA Online Book Reviews (01/01/0001)

'This volume, comprising 36 papers by colleagues, friends, and students, honors [Joseph and Maria Shaws] outstanding contribution to Aegean prehistory. [...] Papers in the frescoes section are beautifully illustrated by color plates at the end of the volume.' -- Ilse Schoep AJA Online Book Reviews July 2009

Author Information

Philip P Betancourt is Laura H Carnell Professor of Art History and Archaeology in the Department of Art History, Temple University, Philadelphia. Michael C Nelson is based at the Classics Department, Macalester College, St. Paul. E Hector Williams is a Professor in the Department of Classical, Near Eastern, and Religious Studies, University of British Columbia, Vancouver.

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