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Lesson 17.10: Theran Material Culture Other than Architecture, Frescoes, and Pottery

Lesson 17 Bibliography: Akrotiri on Thera, the Santorini Volcano, and the Middle and Late Cycladic Periods in the Central Aegean Islands

E. Asouti, “Wood Charcoal from Santorini (Thera): New Evidence for Climate, Vegetation and Timber Imports in the Aegean Bronze Age,” Antiquity 77(2003) 471-484.

J. L. Crowley, “Prestige Clothing in the Bronze Age Aegean,” in M.-L. Nosch and R. Laffineur (eds.), KOSMOS: Jewellery, Adornment and Textiles in the Aegean Bronze Age [Aegaeum 33] (Leuven/Liège 2012) 231-240.

J. Cutler, “Fashioning Identity: Weaving Technology, Dress and Cultural Change in the Middle and Late Bronze Age Southern Aegean,” in E. Gorogianni, P. Pavúk, and L. Girella (eds.), Beyond Thalassocracies: Understanding Processes of Minoanisation and Mycenaeanisation in the Aegean (Oxford/Philadelphia 2016) 172-185.

A. Devetzi, “The 'Imported' Stone Vases at Akrotiri, Thera: Α New Approach to the Material,” BSA 95(2000) 121-139.

C. Doumas, “Seal Impressions from Akrotiri, Thera: A Preliminary Report,” in W. Müller (ed.), Minoisch-mykenische Glyptik: Stil, Ikonographie, Funktion [CMS Beiheft 6] (Berlin 2000) 57-66.

C. G. Doumas, A. Moundrea-Agrafioti, A. Devetsi, A. Michailidou, C. A. Televantou, and I. Tzachili, Akroteri Theras Dytike Oikia: Trapezes – Lithina – Metallina – Poikila [Bibliotheke tes en Athenais Archaiologikes Etaireias 246] (Athens 2007).

I. Douskos, “The Crocuses of Santorini,“ in TAW II.1(1978) 141-146.

N. H. Gale, M. Kayafa, and Z. A. Stos-Gale, “Early Helladic Metallurgy at Raphina, Attica, and the Role of Lavrion,” in I. Tzachili (ed.), Aegean Metallurgy in the Bronze Age (Athens 2008) 87-104.

N. H. Gale and Z. A. Stos-Gale, “Changing Patterns in Prehistoric Cycladic Metallurgy,” in N. Brodie, J. Doole, G. Gavalas, and C. Renfrew (eds.), ORIZON. A Colloquium on the Prehistory of the Cyclades (Cambridge 2008) 387-408.

A. Karnava, “Written and Stamped Records in the Late Bronze Age Cyclades: The Sea Journeys of an Administration,“ in N. Brodie, J. Doole, G. Gavalas, and C. Renfrew (eds.), ORIZON. A Colloquium on the Prehistory of the Cyclades (Cambridge 2008) 377-386.

A. Karnava and I. Nikolakopoulou, “A Pithos Fragment with a Linear A Inscription from Akrotiri, Thera,” SMEA 47(2005) 213-225.

H. Mangou and P. V. Ioannou, “On the Chemical Composition of Prehistoric Copper-based Artifacts from the Aegean Region,” BSA 92(1997) 59-72.

A. Manike, “Kephale pelinou eidoliou apo to Ysterokykladiko I Akroteri Theras,” in A. Vlachopoulos and K. Birtacha (eds.), ARGONAUTIS: Timetikos tomos yia ton Kathegete Christo G. Douma apo tous mathetes tou sto Panepistimio Athenon (1980-2000) (Athens 2003) 483-489.

M. Masseti, “A Zoomorphic Gold Figurine from the Late Bronze Age on the Island of Thera (Santorini), Greece,” in E. Vila, L. Gourichon, A. M. Choyke, and H. Buitenhuis (eds.), Archaeozoology of the Near East VIII: Proceedings of the Eighth International Symposium on the Archaeozoology of Southwestern Asia and Adjacent Areas, Lyon, June 28-July 1, 2006 II [Travaux de la Maison de l’Orient et de la Méditerranée 49] (Lyon 2008) 553-559.

A. Michailidou, “The Lead Weights from Akrotiri: The Archaeological Record,” TAW  III.1(1990) 407-419.

A. Michailidou, “'Ostrakon' with Linear A Script from Akrotiri (Thera). A Non-Bureaucratic Activity?,” Minos 27-28(1993) 7-24.

A. Michailidou, “Stone Balance Weights? The Evidence from Akrotiri on Thera,” in M. E. Alberti, E. Ascalone, and L. Peyronel, Weights in Context. Bronze Age Weighing Systems of the Eastern Mediterranean: Chronology, Typology, Material and Archaeological Contexts (Rome 2006) 233-263.

D. Mylona, “Marine Resources and Coastal Communities in the Late Bronze Age Southern Aegean: A Seascape Approach,” AJA 124(2020) 179-213.

I. Nikolalopoulou, Storage, Storage Facilities and Island Economy: The Evidence from LC I Akrotiri, Thera (Ph.D. dissertation, University of Bristol 2002).

E. Notti, “A Catalogue of the Masons’ Marks at Akrotiri,” Pasiphae 8(2014) 97-136.

E. Notti, “Writing in Late Bronze Age Thera. An Overview of the Development of Writing Practices, stricto sensu and lato sensu, during the Minoan Cultural Expansion of the 2nd Millennium BC,” in K. Mitsotaki and L. Tzedaki-Apostolaki (eds.), Pepragmena ΙΒ' Diethnous Kretologikou Synedriou (Heraklion 2018) <9 pp.> [https://12iccs.proceedings.gr/en/proceedings/category/38/32/174]

G. A. Owens, “The Theran Linear A Inscriptions,” Kadmos 35(1996) 168-169.

G. Owens, “Further Comments on the Linear A Inscriptions from Thera,” Kadmos 36(1997) 172-173.

Th. Pantazis, A. Karydas, C. Doumas, A. Vlachopoulos, P. Nomikos, and M. Dinsmore, “X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis of a Gold Ibex and Other Artifacts from Akrotiri,” in K. P. Foster and R. Laffineur (eds.), METRON: Measuring the Aegean Bronze Age [Aegaeum 24] (Liège/Austin 2003) 155-160.

I. Papageorgiou, “Truth Lies in the Details: Identifying an Apiary in the Miniature Wall Painting from Akrotiri, Thera,” BSA 111(2016) 95-120.

M. N. Pareja, P. P. Betancourt, V. Apostolakou, T. M. Brogan, and A. J. Koh, “Aegean Dyes: Unearthing the Colors of Ancient Minoan Textiles,” Expedition 58:3(2016) 20-27.

A. Sarpaki, “A Palaeoethnobotanical Study of the West House, Akrotiri, Thera,” BSA 87(1992) 219-230.

A. Sarpaki, “Processed Cereals and Pulses from the Late Bronze Age Site of Akrotiri, Thera: Preparations Prior to Consumption: A Preliminary Approach to Their Study,” BSA 96(2001) 27-40.

E. Schofield, “Evidence for Household Industries on Thera and Kea,” TAW III.1(1990) 201-211.

V. Stürmer, “’Naturkulträume’ auf Kreta und Thera: Ausstattung, Definition und Funktion,” in R. Laffineur and R. Hägg, POTNIA. Deities and Religion in the Aegean Bronze Age [Aegaeum 22] (Liège/Austin 2001) 69-75.

C. A. Televantou, “E gynaikeia endymasia sten proïstorike Thera,” ArchEph (1982) 113-135.

C. A. Televantou, “Kosmemata apo ten proïstorike Thera,” ArchEph (1984) 14-54.

I. Tzachili, “All-Important Yet Elusive: Looking for Evidence of Cloth-making at Akrotiri,” TAW III.1(1990) 380-389.

I. Tzachili, “A Similar Way of Counting: The Clay Cylinders from Akrotiri, Thera, and Their Eastern Counterparts,” in R. Laffineur and E. Greco (eds.), EMPORIA. Aegeans in the Central and Eastern Mediterranean [Aegaeum 25] (Liège/Austin 2005) 743-747.

I. Tzachili, “Anthodokoi talaroi: The Baskets of the Crocus Gatherers from Xeste 3, Akrotiri, Thera,” in L. Morgan (ed.), Aegean Wall Painting. A Tribute to Mark Cameron [BSA Studies 13] (London 2005) 229-240.

S. Vakirtzi, “Akr 8794: A Miniature Artifact from Akrotiri, Therea, and the ‘Whorl or Bead’ Question in Light of New Textile Evidence,” in M.-L. Nosch and R. Laffineur (eds.), KOSMOS: Jewellery, Adornment and Textiles in the Aegean Bronze Age [Aegaeum 33] (Leuven/Liège 2012) 215-220.

A. Vlachopoulos and F. Georma, “Jewellery and Adornment at Akrotiri, Thera: The Evidence from the Wall Paintings and the Finds,” in M.-L. Nosch and R. Laffineur (eds.), KOSMOS: Jewellery, Adornment and Textiles in the Aegean Bronze Age [Aegaeum 33] (Leuven/Liège 2012) 35-42.

P. M. Warren, “The Stone Vessels from the Bronze Age Settlement at Akrotiri, Thera,” ArchEph (1979) 82-113.


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