This volume is the ninth report in the series of final publications of the excavations and studies of the Vasilikos Valley Project in the Larnaca District adjacent to the southern coast of Cyprus. The volume contains details of the sites discovered during the course of the field survey of the Vasilikos valley. Analyses of the settlement pattern in the various periods and of the artifacts found on the sites will be presented in VVP 10. While it was originally hoped that the field survey would cover every area of the Vasilikos valley, it became apparent early in the field work that a sampling procedure had to be adopted. The number of sites of different periods was much greater than originally anticipated, and sufficient project staff members were not available for an adequate length of time to render complete coverage feasible.

Vasilikos Valley Project 9: The Field Survey of the Vasilikos Valley (Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology, Vol. Lxxi)

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Todd, Ian A.

Archaeology

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Marks and Makers: Appearance, Distribution, and Function of Middle and Late Helladic Manufacturers' Marks on Aeginetan Pottery (Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology, 78)

Lindblom, Michael

"Minoan seals have often been described as probelmatically ambiguous. By assembling and reframing current discourse, this volume challenges the value of characterising glyptic imagery in this way. Istead ambiguity may indicate the presence of deliberate practice, incorporateing varied meaning through multivalent or condensed expression, well suited to the compact size of the glyptic medium. Using a form of relational network theory, the author explores the ways in which a selection of glyptic images from Ayia Triada respond to different coneptual and associative contexts and suggests that the idea of indeterminate ambiguity--as a by-product of western taxonomic systems--may mask this multivalent aspect. By positioning glyptic imagery as multivalent this volume makes a signficant contribution to debates within Aegean Bronze Age archaeology and current interpretative practice."--[P] 4 of cover.

Ambiguity and Minoan Neopalatial Seal Imagery (Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology and Literature)

History

McGowan, Erin

Ancient Civilizations

"The 'Ochsenkrater-Grab' from Nicosia Ayia Paraskevi in Cyprus has long been known but never fully documented. Named after the Mycenaean IIIB crater decorated with bulls included amongst its contents, the presumed tomb group was acquired by Max Ohnefalsch-Richter in the 1880s and subsequently sold to the Kèonigliche, now Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany, where part of what is left of it remains. For the first time all the objects, which originally numbered more than 150, have been catalogued, drawingon personal examination as well as published and archival information. As the cemetery from which the antiquities came has now been completely built over, this study adds significantly to our knowledge of Middle and Late Bronze Age habitation in the modern capital of Cyprus. e ways in which a selection of glyptic images from Ayia Triada respond to different conceptual and associative contexts and suggests that the idea of indeterminate ambiguity--as a by-product of western taxonomic systems--may mask this multivalent aspect. By positioning glyptic imagery as multivalent this volume makes a significant contribution to debates within Aegean Bronze Age archaeology and current interpretative practice."--Publisher's website.

Ochsenkrater-Grab from Nicosia Ayia Paraskevi

Merrilees, R. S.

Anthropology

Funerary Portraiture of Roman Palestine: An Analysis of the Production in Its Culture : Historical Context

Skupinska-Lovset, Llona

Middle East

The Zakro Master and His Place in Prehistory

Weingarten, Judith

Deeds and Misdeeds in Classical Art and Antiquities (STUDIES IN MEDITERRANEAN ARCHAEOLOGY POCKET BOOK) (English and Swedish Edition)

Andren, Arvid

Arts & Photography

Cults, Myths, Oracles, and Politics in Ancient Greece

Nilsson, Martin P.

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