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Saville, A. — 2009-08-11

A Conversation With Colin Renfrew (Professor Lord Renfrew of Kaimsthorn)

Harding, A. — 2009-08-11

Islands in the Mediterranean: Introduction

Marangou, C., Della Casa, P. — 2009-08-11

What Is an Island? Concepts, Meanings and Polysemies of Insular Topoi in Greek Sources

Kopaka, K. — 2009-08-11

This article proposes an alternative way to explore a series of definitions, concepts, meanings and, sometimes, polysemies of island worlds, by using mainly ancient Greek literary sources, diachronic island names, and their etymologies, epithets, and other systems of labelling and describing them. It argues that such evidence literally and metaphorically involves mirrors and maps, and transcribes important parameters of an eloquent cognitive geography, forged from long-established knowledge and empirical wisdom, and relevant to modern scientific insights, including archaeological ones. If systematically investigated and thoroughly deciphered, this may disclose numerous meaningful elements of the insular topoi we study; and thus enrich significantly our efforts to conceive them as `total' natural and cultural geographies — or `insularities' — through time. Here, a limited number of cited examples illustrate a few, and mainly physical, aspects of their morphological, geological, topographic and other environmental traits — only tentatively touching upon their human-made landscapes. All the same, the information this provides may be also relevant, even if indirectly, to the islands' cultural environments. Furthermore, this approach can certainly be expanded to cover various other general and specific insular properties — including their inhabitants and diachronic monuments.

The Marine Environment and Its Influence On Seafaring and Maritime Routes in the Prehistoric Aegean

Papageorgiou, D. — 2009-08-11

This article seeks to illustrate the decisive contribution of the sea environment and particularly the sea-surface circulation (which is determined by the circulation of sea currents and the winds) to the early growth of seafaring and maritime communications in the prehistoric Aegean. Given the means and techniques of navigation in that era, an attempt is made to reveal a dense network of sea routes which vessels could follow through the Aegean, in order to facilitate their trip. These sea routes are primarily based on environmental data and are confirmed concurrently by archaeological evidence and data of ancient sources. Therefore, it is evident that these sea routes played an important role not only in the early inhabitation of the Aegean islands and the foundation of coastal settlements throughout the Aegean area from the sixth millennium BC to the end of the third millennium BC, but in the development of the Aegean civilization during earlier prehistoric times as well.

Archaeological Record of the Adriatic Offshore Islands as an Indicator of Long-Distance Interaction in Prehistory

Forenbaher, S. — 2009-08-11

This article explores the proposition that the archaeological record of small, remote islands with scarce resources reflects the intensity of long-distance interaction in prehistory, taking as an example the Adriatic offshore islands. The best represented periods, the early Neolithic and the end of the Copper Age, correspond to the times of large-scale stylistic unity, the former, of the Mediterranean Impressed Wares, and the latter, of Bell Beakers. During those periods, radical innovations were introduced over vast areas of Europe, first, a new subsistence economy, and second, a different kind of social organization. In both cases, long-distance interaction would have played a crucial role.

Early Neolithic Communities in Southern Dalmatia: Farming Seafarers or Seafaring Farmers?

Bass, B. — 2009-08-11

Palaeoenvironmental data and vegetation histories derived from local datasets are examined in the light of Early Neolithic agro-pastoral activities and resource exploitation in the south-eastern Adriatic Sea. Palynological evidence is summarized from three locations within the study area and compared to contemporaneous archaeological evidence. Coastal marine archaeological assemblages in the study area indicate that Early Neolithic inhabitants expended significant energy on terrestrial and marine hunting and gathering, and long distance maritime travel, well after the regional introduction of agro-pastoralism.

Reviews: Book Review Essays New Perspectives On Roman Pottery: J. Theodore Pena, Roman Pottery in the Archaeological Record. (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007, 430 pp., 90 figs, 12 tables, hbk, ISBN 978 0 521 86541 8). Simonetta Menchelli and Marinella Pasquinucci (eds), Territorio e produzioni ceramiche. Paesaggi, economia e societa in eta romana. Atti del Convegno Internazionale Pisa 20--22 ottobre 2005. (Pisa: Pisa University Press, 2006, [Instrumenta 2], 421 pp., pbk, ISBN 88 8492 366 2)

Bes, P. — 2009-08-11

Reviews: Contemporary and Historical Archaeology in the Making: Mats Burstrom, Samtidsarkeologi. (Lund: Studentliteratur, 2007, 118 pp., 25 figs, pbk, ISBN 9 789144 004303) Laura McAtackney, Matthew Palus and Angela Piccini (eds), Contemporary and Historical Archaeology in Theory. Papers from the 2003 and 2004 CHAT Conferences. (Oxford: British Archaeological Reports [International Series S1677], Studies in Contemporary and Historical Archaeology 4, 2007, 118 pp., illustrated, ISBN 9 781407 301150)

McWilliams, A. — 2009-08-11

Reviews: Exhibition Review: Im Zeichen der Goldenen Greifen: Konigsgraber der Skythen. Ausstellung im Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin (6 Juli--1 Oktober 2007), Hypo-Kunsthalle, Munchen (26 Oktober 2007--27 Januar 2008), und dem Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg (15 Februar--25 Mai 2008)

Burmeister, S. — 2009-08-11

Book Review: Geoff Bailey and Penny Spikins (eds), Mesolithic Europe. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008, xviii+467 pp., many illustrations, hbk, ISBN 978 0521 85503 7)

Eigeland, L. — 2009-08-11

Book Review: Ian Hodder, The Leopard's Tale: Revealing the Mysteries of Catalhoyuk. (New York: Thames & Hudson, 2006, 288 pp., 137 figs, 24 in colour, hbk, ISBN 978 0500051412)

Marciniak, A. — 2009-08-11

Book Review: Michael Balter, The Goddess and the Bull. Catalhoyuk -- An Archaeological Journey to the Dawn of Civilization. (New York: Free Press, 2005, 401 pp., hbk, ISBN 978 0743243605; pbk published at Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press, ISBN 978 1598740691)

Marciniak, A. — 2009-08-11

Book Review: Eszter Banffy and Ida Bognar-Kutzian{dagger}, The Late Neolithic Tell Settlement at Polgar-Csoszhalom, Hungary. The 1957 Excavation. (Oxford: Archaeopress [British Archaeological Reports, International Series S1730], and Budapest: Archaeolingua [Central European Series 4], 2007, 243 pp., 204 figs., pbk, ISBN 978 1 4073 01747)

Starnini, E. — 2009-08-11

Book Review: Douglass W. Bailey, Prehistoric Figurines: Representation and Corporeality in the Neolithic. (London and New York: Routledge, 2005, xx + 243 pp., 64 + 5 figs, ISBN hbk 0 415 33151 X, pbk 0 415 33152 8)

Marangou, C. — 2009-08-11

Book Review: Richard Bradley, The Prehistory of Britain and Ireland. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007, xvii+321pp., illus., pbk, ISBN 978 0 521 61270 8)

Widholm, D. — 2009-08-11

Book Review: Geraldine Stout and Matthew Stout, Newgrange. (Cork: Cork University Press, 2008, vi+122 pp., 70 illus, pbk, ISBN 978 185918 431 8)

Tutusaus, F. A., Guerrero Vila, E. — 2009-08-11

Book Review: M. Pearce, Bright Blades and Red Metal. Essays on North Italian Prehistoric Metalwork. (London: Accordia Research Institute [Specialist Studies on Italy 14], 2007, 144 pp., 34 figs., 14 tables, pbk, ISBN 978 1873415 33 7)

Kienlin, T. L. — 2009-08-11

Book Review: Anthony Harding, Warriors and Weapons in Bronze Age Europe (Budapest: Archaeolingua, 2007, 228 pp., illus., hbk, ISBN 978 963 8046 86 4)

Hansen, S. — 2009-08-11

Book Review: Sylvain Mazet, Les enceintes pre- et protohistoriques de Corse: essai de comparaison avec quelques sites de Toscane (Oxford: Archaeopress [British Archaeological Reports, International Series S1815], 2008, viii + 508 pp; 33 drawings; 43 tables; 310 figs, 2 colour plates, pbk, ISBN 978 1407303017)

Mientjes, A. C. — 2009-08-11

Book Review: A. Bernard Knapp, Prehistoric and Protohistoric Cyprus. Identity, Insularity, and Connectivity. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008. 520 pp, 66 figs, hbk, ISBN 978 0 19 923737 1)

Webb, J. M. — 2009-08-11

Book Review: John Chapman and Bisserka Gaydarska, Parts and Wholes: Fragmentation in Prehistoric Context. (Oxford: Oxbow, 2007, xiv + 233pp, 113 b/w figs, 43 col plates, 38 tables, pbk, ISBN 1 84217 222 0)

Jensen, B. — 2009-08-11

Book Review: Peter Rowley-Conwy, From Genesis to Prehistory. The Archaeological Three Age System and its Contested Reception in Denmark, Britain, and Ireland. (Oxford: Oxford University Press [Oxford Studies in the History of Archaeology], 2007, 362pp., 55 figs., hbk, ISBN 987 0 19 922774 7)

Jensen, O. W. — 2009-08-11

Book Review: Dan Hicks and Mary C. Beaudry (eds), The Cambridge Companion to Historical Archaeology. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006, 404 pp., 31 figs, 1 table, ISBN (hbk) 978 0 521 85375 0, (pbk) 978 0 521 61962 2)

Frommer, S. — 2009-08-11

Book Review: Stefano Campana and Maurizio Forte (eds), From Space to Place: 2nd International Conference on Remote Sensing in Archaeology. Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop, CNR, Rome, Italy, December 4--7, 2006. (Oxford: Archaeopress [British Archaeological Reports, Int. Ser. S1568], 2006, x + 579 pp., illus., pbk, ISBN 1 84171 998 6)

Webster, D. S. — 2009-08-11

Book Review: Philip Duke, The Tourists Gaze, the Cretans Glance: Archaeology and Tourism on a Greek Island. (Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press, 2008, 154 pp., pbk, ISBN 978 1 59874 143 8)

Deltsou, E. — 2009-08-11

Book Review: Sabine Rieckhoff and Ulrike Sommer (eds), Auf der Suche nach Identitaten: Volk -- Stamm -- Kultur -- Ethnos. Internationale Tagung der Universitat Leipzig vom 8.--9. Dezember 2000. (Oxford: Archaeopress [British Archaeological Reports, International Series S1705], 2007, 255 pp., many illustrations, pbk, ISBN: 978 1 4073 0149 5)

Fernandez-Gotz, M. A. — 2009-08-11

Book Review: Tim Ingold, Lines: A Brief History. (London and New York: Routledge, 2007, 186pp., illustrated, pbk, ISBN 978 0 415 42427 1)

Tilley, C. — 2009-08-11

Book Review: Aleksandar Durman (ed.), One Hundred Croatian Archeological Sites. (Zagreb: Leksikografski Zavod Miroslav Krleza, in collaboration with the Croatian Archaeological Society, 2007, xv + 367 pp., c.700 illus., incl. 53 maps and diagrams, hbk, ISBN 953 268 003 9)

Megaw, J.V.S. — 2009-08-11

Book Review: Sten Rentzhog, Open Air Museums -- the History and Future of a Visionary Idea. (Ostersund: Jamtli Forlag, 2007, 528 pp, hbk, ISBN 978 91 7948 208; in North America available through the Association for Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums)

Paardekooper, R. — 2009-08-11

Book Review: Yannis Hamilakis and Philip Duke (eds), Archaeology and Capitalism: From Ethics to Politics. (Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press [One World Archaeology 54], 2007, 352 pp., hbk, ISBN 978 1 59874 270 1)

Albarella, U. — 2009-08-11