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Classics Scholarly Works: Recent submissions
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Work Sections and Repeating Patterns in the Parthenon Frieze
(Cambridge University Press, 2004)This study examines how the Parthenon frieze was sculpted: in work sections, separated from each other by narrow spaces, filled in later, the whole composed of transferable cartoons and repeated patterns. -
International Styles in Ivory Carving in the Bronze Age
(Aegaeum, 1998)The study discusses the "international style" in ivory carving in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean in the 14th-13th centuries B.C.E. -
Minoan and Mycenaean Administration in the Early Late Bronze Age: An Overview. Pt. I: Minoan Seals, Sealings and Administrative Change; Pt. 2: The Earliest Mycenaean Administration on the Mainland?
(Ministero per i Beni Culturali e Ambientali, Ufficio Centrale per i Beni Archivistici, Naples., 2000)This study argues for shared authority in early Mycenaean administration based on the archaeological evidence from burials and sealstones. -
New Observations on the Mycenaean 'Warrior Goddess'
(Archaologischer Anzeiger, 1984)This study focuses on the enigmatic plaster plaque from Mycenae's Cult Center and details all the parallels that help delineate an Aegean "Warrior Goddess." -
The Ionic Temple Relief in the Capitoline - The Temple of Victory on the Palatine?
(Journal of Roman Archaeology, 1990)This study identifies the temple depicted on a Roman relief now in the Capitoline as the Temple of Victory on the Palatine. -
Livia's Dedication in the Temple of Divus Augustus on the Palatine
(Latomus, 1990)This study discusses the importance of Livia's dedication of cinnamon on the Palatine. -
Is Female to Male as Nature Is to Culture? Medicine, Myth and Matriarchy in the Thera Frescoes
(American Philological Association, 1997)This abstract is of a paper given at the 1997 American Philological Association meetings; it describes how saffron is rich in vitamin A and vitamin A's beneficial and deleterious effects as a pharmaceutical. -
Minoan Vessels with Figure-Eight Shields: Antecedents to the Knossos Throneroom Alabastra
(Opuscula Atheniensia, 1992)This study of figure-8 shield motifs on Minoan pottery associates the motif with women. -
The Statues of Alexander the Great in the Forum Augustum and the Reiga
(American Journal of Archaeology, 1990)This study suggests that the four Victories set up in the Forum Augustum and the Regia in Rome by Augustus may once had belonged to the tent of Alexander the Great. The abstract of this study was published in the AJA (94, ... -
Seven Types of Ring Construction in the Greek Late Bronze Age
(Publications de la Sorbonne; Histoire ancienne et mediévale 15; Paris, 1984)This study examines how Minoan and Mycenaean gold rings were made and creates a typology. -
The 'Sphinx' Head from the Cult Center at Mycenae
(British Archaeological Reports, 2005)This study identifies the well-known plaster female head (often called a sphinx head) as the head of a cult statue. -
Some Similarities in Mycenaean Palace Pla
(British Archaeological Reports, 2005)This study takes the more complete plans of the Mycenaean palaces at Pylos and Tiryns and attempts a reconstruction of the early palace at Mycenae. -
Children's Work: Girls as Acolytes in Aegean Ritual and Cult
(American School of Classical Studies, Athens, 2007)This study examines the depictions of girls in Minoan and Mycenaean art and their relation to Aegean religion. -
The Monkey Frieze from Xeste 3, Room 4: Reconstruction and Interpretation
(Aegaeum, 1999)This study presents a new reconstruction of the monkey frieze from Xeste 3, Akrotiri, Thera, as a satire of human action. -
The Cave 'To Kleisidi' near Myrtos in Southern Crete
(Athens Annals of Archaeology, 1977)This short account describes a cave visited by the author and Bernd Kaiser (died 15 Sept 1974) in the summer of 1974; the cave seems to have been used in EM II. -
Creating a Sealstone: A Study of Seals in the Greek Late Bronze Age
(Expedition (Philadelphia PA), 1981)This study describes how Minoan-Mycenaean sealstones were created, using evidence of unfinished seals. -
Semi-Precious Stones to the Aegean
(Archaeological News (Talahassee FL), 1979)A short review of the imported stones used for sealstones in the Aegean Bronze Age, and their possible sources. -
Seals and Sealing Practices: The Ancient Near East and Bronze Age Aegean
(American Journal of Archaeology, 1996)This review article summarizes first the achievements of the Corpus der minoischen und mykenischen Siegel, and then what is known about early administration and sealing practices in the prehistoric Aegean and Near East. -
Cretan Hieroglyphic Transaction Terms: 'Total Paid' and 'Total Owed'
(Cretan Studies, 2003)This study examines the use of transaction terms in Cretan Hieroglyphic, identifying words for "total paid" and "owed." -
Behind the Mask of Agamemnon
(Archaeology, 1999-08)The proposal put forth by William Calder and David Trail, that Heinrich Schliemann had the Mask of Agamemnon made, is debated by several scholars.