Aegean

Discussion chaired by Lindsey Fine and Michael Loy.

There is no requirement to read all or any of the papers in order to participate in the discussion; just turn up and we shall see where the conversation leads.

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Discussion chaired by Ester Salgarella and Natalia Elvira Astoreca.

There is no requirement to read any or all of the papers; just turn up and we shall see where the conversation leads.

Suggested readings:

BENNET, J. 1984 'Text and Context: levels of approach to the integration of archaeological and textual data in the Late Bronze Age Aegean', Archaeological Review from Cambridge 3.2, 63-75

FERRARA, S. 2013 Cypro-Minoan Inscriptions. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1-12

This presentation deals with the so-called 'Kampos group' pottery in Crete (Greece), dated to the end of the Early Bronze I period (c.2800 BC). Although it is encountered of Cycladic origin on the basis of pottery shapes and technology of manufacture. From this point of view, the 'Kampos group' pottery constitutes a key element in the debate concerning the relationship between Crete and the Cyclades, the presence of islanders in Crete, and the character of the 'International Spirit', an Aegean koine that characterises the Aegean Early Bronze Age.

Discussion chaired by Lindsey Fine.

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Discussion chaired by Emily Wright.

For over half a century, the Swiss School of Archaeology in Greece (ESAG) has conducted excavations in Eretria which have revealed a wealth of information regarding most of the site's history. Nevertheless, the Archaic period remains a desideratum despite systematic study (mainly published in the "Eretria" series). While a number of built structures and other material remains dated to that period have been individually studied, it has been difficult to offer a global picture od the city and its development between the beginning of the sixth and the beginning of the fifth centuries BCE.

It has been 24 years since Christopher Chippindale and I published our study, 'The material and intellectual consequences of esteem of Cycladic figures'. Our concern at that particular time was that there was a growing threat to the archaeological record, and that Cycladic figures, found in a relatively narrow geographical area, were able to indicate not just the scale of looting, but also the impact on the way that scholarship interpreted the finds.

Discussion chaired by Lindsey Fine and Michael Loy.

There is no requirement to read all or any of the papers in order to participate in the discussion; just turn up and we shall see where the conversation leads.

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BOARDMAN, J. 1977 'The Parthenon Frieze: another view' in Festschrift fur Frank Brommer. Mainz, 39-49

Discussion chaired by Lindsey Fine and Michael Loy.

There is no requirement to read all or any of the papers in order to participate in the discussion; just turn up and we shall see where the conversation leads.

Suggested readings:

THOMAS, R. 1994 'Literacy and the city-state in archaic and classical Greece' in A. K. Bowman and G. Woolf (eds) Literacy and Power in the Ancient World. Cambridge, 33-50