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Lesson 17.7: The Frescoes of Akrotiri, Ayia Irini, and Phylakopi

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

K. Abramovitz, “Frescoes from Ayia Irini, Keos. Part II-IV,” Hesperia 49(1980) 57-85.

N. Akrivaki, “Toichographia me parastase odontophraktou kranous apo ten Xeste 4 tou Akroteriou 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) 527-541.

L. Alberti, “La raccolta del croco a Thera: un tipo particolare di iniziazione femminile?,” SMEA 51(2009) 37-69.

S. Alexiou, “The Naval Wall-painting of Thera,” in C. F. Macdonald, E. Hatzaki, and S. Andreou (eds.), The Great Islands: Studies of Crete and Cyprus Presented to Gerald Cadogan (Athens 2015) 152-158.

S. Amigues, “Le crocus et la safran sur une fresque de Théra,” RA (1988) 227-242.

P. Angelidis, E. Kalambouki, S. Soriopoulou, and M. Hamaoui, “The Preliminary Designs in the Akrotiri Wall-paintings,” in A. G. Vlachopoulos (ed.), ΧΡΩΣΤΗΡΕΣ/Paintbrushes: Wall-painting and Vase-painting of the Second Millennium BC in Dialogue (Athens 2018) 359-370.

N. Angelopoulou, “Nature Scenes: An Approach to a Symbolic Art,” in S. Sherratt (ed.), Proceedings of the First International Symposium "The Wall Paintings of Thera" (Athens 2000) II: 545-554.

K. Asimenos, “Technological Observations on the Thera Wall-Paintings,” TAW II.1(1978) 571-578.

R. L. N. Barber, “Subject and Setting: Early Representatinal Motifs on Pottery from Phylakopi (Early Cycladic IIIIB-Middle Cycladic) and Their Relevance to Fresco Scenes,” in A. G. Vlachopoulos (ed.), ΧΡΩΣΤΗΡΕΣ/Paintbrushes: Wall-painting and Vase-painting of the Second Millennium BC in Dialogue (Athens 2018) 155-162.

I. Berg, “Aegean Bronze Age Seascapes – A Case Study in Maritime Movement, Contact and Interaction,” in S. Antoniadou and A. Pace (eds.), Mediterranean Crossroads (Athens 2007) 387-415.

K. Birtacha and M. Zacharioudakis, “Stereotypes in Theran Wall Paintings: Modules and Patterns in the Procedure of Painting,” in S. Sherratt (ed.), Proceedings of the First International Symposium "The Wall Paintings of Thera" (Athens 2000) I: 159-172.

F. Blakolmer, “The Functions of Wall Painting and Other Forms of Architectural Decoration in the Aegean Bronze Age,” in S. Sherratt (ed.), Proceedings of the First International Symposium "The Wall Paintings of Thera" (Athens 2000) I: 393-412.

F. Blakolmer, “‘Sculpted with the Paintbrush’”? On the Interrelation of Relief Art and Painting in Minoan Crete and Thera,” in A. G. Vlachopoulos (ed.), ΧΡΩΣΤΗΡΕΣ/Paintbrushes: Wall-painting and Vase-painting of the Second Millennium BC in Dialogue (Athens 2018) 143-153.

C. Boulotis, “Problemata tes Aigiakes zographikes kai oi toichographies tou Akroteriou,” in C. Doumas (ed.), Akroteri Theras: Eikosi chronia erevnas (1967-1987) (Athens 1992) 81-93.

C. Boulotis, “Travelling Fresco Painters in the Aegean Late Bronze Age: The Diffusion Patterns of a Prestigious Art,” in S. Sherratt (ed.), Proceedings of the First International Symposium “The Wall Paintings of Thera” I-II (Athens 2000) 844-858.

C. Boulotis, “Ptyches theskeutikes ekphrases sto Akrotiri,” Als 3(2005) 20-75.

A. Brysbaert, “Rotating Angles in Measuring the Aegean Bronze Age. The Technology of Bronze Age Painted Plaster from the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean,” in K. P. Foster and R. Laffineur (eds.), METRON: Measuring the Aegean Bronze Age [Aegaeum 24] (Liège/Austin 2003) 167-177.

C. D. Cain, The Question of Narrative in Aegean Bronze Age Art (Ph. D. dissertation, University of Toronto 1997).

M. A. S. Cameron, “Theoretical Interrelations among Theran, Cretan and Mainland Frescoes,” TAW II.1(1978) 578-592.

A. P. Chapin, “Maidenhood and Marriage: The Reproductive Lives of the Girls and Women from Xeste 3, Thera,” Aegean Archaeology 4(1997-2000) 7-25.

A. P. Chapin, “A Man’s World? Gender and Male Coalitions in the West House Miniature Frescoes,” in P. P. Betancourt, M. C. Nelson, and H. Williams (eds.), Krinoi kai Limenes: Studies in Honor of Joseph and Maria Shaw (Philadelphia 2007) 139-144.

A. P. Chapin, “Boys Will Be Boys: Youth and Gender Identity in the Theran Frescoes,” in A. Cohen and J. B. Rutter (eds.), Constructions of Childhood in Ancient Greece and Italy [Hesperia Supplement 41] (Princeton 2007) 229-255.

A. P. Chapin, “The Lady of the Landscape: An Investigation of Aegean Costuming and the Xeste 3 Frescoes,” in C. S. Colburn and M. K. Heyn (eds.), Reading a Dynamic Canvas: Adornment in the Ancient Mediterranean World (Newcastle 2008) 48-83.

A. P. Chapin, “Constructions of Male Youth and Gender in Aegean Art: The Evidence from Late Bronze Age Crete and Thera,” in K. Kopaka (ed.), FYLO. Engendering Prehistoric ‘Stratigraphies’ in the Aegean and the Mediterranean [Aegaeum 30] (Liège/Austin 2009) 175-182.

A. P. Chapin, “Gender and Coalitional Power in the Miniature Frescoes of Crete and the Cycladic Islands,” Pepragmena tou I' Diethnous Kretologikou Synedriou (Chania 2011) A3: 507-522.

E. Chrysikopoulou and S. Sotiropoulou, “To iodes sten paleta tou Theraiou zographou,” 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) 490-504.

D. Constantinidis, “From Fields to Feasts: Interpreting Aegean Architecture and Iconography in Relation to Feast Preparations,” in L. A. Hitchcock, R. Laffineur, and J. Crowley (eds.), DAIS: The Aegean Feast [Aegaeum 29] (Liège/Austin 2008) 65-74.

E. N. Davis, “The Iconography of the Ship Fresco from Thera,” in W. Moon (ed.), Ancient Greek Art and Iconography (Madison 1983) 3-14.

E. N. Davis, “Youth and Age in the Thera Frescoes,” AJA 90(1986) 399-406.

E. N. Davis, “The Cycladic Style of the Thera Frescoes,” TAW III.1(1990)  214-228.

E. N. Davis, “The Organization of the Theran Artists,” in S. Sherratt (ed.), Proceedings of the First International Symposium “The Wall Paintings of Thera” (Athens 2000) II: 859-872.

E. Davis, “Brush Work,” in P. P. Betancourt, M. C. Nelson, and H. Williams (eds.), Krinoi kai Limenes: Studies in Honor of Joseph and Maria Shaw (Philadelphia 2007) 145-150.

J. L. Davis, “Mycenaeans at Thera: Another Look,” AJA 85(1981) 69-70.

J. Day, “Adventures in Fields of Flowers: Research on Contemporary Saffron Cultivation and Its Application to the Bronze Age Aegean,” in C. Briault, J. Green, A. Kaldelis, and A. Stellatou (eds.), SOMA 2003: Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology [BAR-IS 1391] (Oxford 2005) 49-52.

J. Day, An Exploration of the Social Roles of Plants in the Bronze Age Aegean (Ph.D. dissertation, Trinity College Dublin 2007).

J. Day, “Counting Threads: Saffron in Aegean Bronze Age Writing and Society,” OJA 30(2011) 369-391.

J. Day, “Crocuses in Context: A Diachronic Survey of the Crocus Motif in the Aegean Bronze Age,” Hesperia 80(2011) 337-379.

C. Doumas, “Conventions artistiques à Théra et dans la Méditerranée orientale à l'époque préhistorique,” in P. Darcque and J-C. Poursat (eds.), L'iconographie minoenne (BCH Supplément 11) (Paris 1985) 29-40.

C. Doumas, “E Xeste 3 kai oi kyanokephaloi sten techne tes Theras,” in EILAPINE. Tomos timetikos gia ton Kathegete Nikolao Platona (Heraklion 1987) 151-159.

C. Doumas, The Wall-Paintings of Thera (Athens 1992).

C. Doumas, “Age and Gender in the Theran Wall Paintings,” in S. Sherratt (ed.), Proceedings of the First International Symposium “The Wall Paintings of Thera” (Athens 2000) II: 971-980.

C. Doumas, “La répartition topographique des fresques dans les bâtiments d’Akrotiri à Théra,” in I. Bradfer, B. Detournay, and R. Laffineur (eds.), KRES TECHNITES: L’artisan crétois: Recueil d’articles en l’honneur de Jean-Claude Poursat, publié à l’occasion des 40 ans de la découverte du Quartier Mu [Aegaeum 26] (Liège/Austin 2005) 73-81.

C. Doumas, “The Human Condition as Reflected in Early Aegean Art,” in R. B. Koehl (ed.), Studies in Aegean Art and Culture: A New York Aegean Bronze Age Colloquium in Memory of Ellen N. Davis (Philadelphia 2016) 47-58.

C. Doumas, “The Human Figure at the Mercy of the Paintbrush,” in A. G. Vlachopoulos (ed.), ΧΡΩΣΤΗΡΕΣ/Paintbrushes: Wall-painting and Vase-painting of the Second Millennium BC in Dialogue (Athens 2018) 27-42.

P. S. Economidis, “The ‘Little Fisherman’ and the Fish He Holds,” in S. Sherratt (ed.), Proceedings of the First International Symposium “The Wall Paintings of Thera” (Athens 2000) II: 555-560.

A. Farnoux, “Image et paysage: l'exemple des fresques de la Maison Ouest de Théra,” Ktéma 15(1990) 133-142.

S. C. Ferrence and G. Bendersky, “Therapy with Saffron and the Goddess at Thera,” Perspectives in Biology and Medicine 47(2004) 199-226.

S. Ferrence and G. Bendersky, “Deformity in the ‘Boxing Boys’,” Perspectives in Biology and Medicine 48(2005) 105-123.

S. E. Filippakis, “Analysis of Pigments from Thera,” TAW II.1(1978) 599-604.

K. P. Foster, “A Flight of Swallows,” AJA 99(1995) 409-425.

W. Friedrich and A. Sørensen, “New Light on the Ship Fresco from Late Bronze Age Thera,” PZ 85(2010) 243-257.

F. Georma, “The Representation of the Human Figure on Theran Wall-paintings: Conventions and Stylistic Observations,” in A. G. Vlachopoulos (ed.), ΧΡΩΣΤΗΡΕΣ/Paintbrushes: Wall-painting and Vase-painting of the Second Millennium BC in Dialogue (Athens 2018) 293-299.

F. Georma, A. Karnava, and I. Nikolakopoulou, “The Natural World and Its Representations: A View from Akrotiri, Thera,” in G. Touchais, R. Laffineur, and F. Rougemont (eds.), PHYSIS: Natural Environment and Human Interaction in the Prehistoric Aegean [Aegaeum 14] (Liége 2014) 175-182.

G. C. Gesell, “The ‘Town Fresco’ of Thera: A Reflection of Cretan Topography,” Pepragmena tou Δ' Diethnous Kretologikou Synedriou (Athens 1980) 197-204. 

H.-E. Giesecke, “The Akrotiri Ship Fresco,” IJNA 12:2(1983) 123-143.

U. Günkel-Maschek, “‘Verwundet’ und ‘verhüllt’ – Vom  Mädchen zur Frau in den Darstellungen von Xeste 3, Akrotiri,” in M. Meyer and V. Gassner (eds.), Standortbestimmung. Akten des 12. Österreichischen Archäologentages (Vienna 2010) 11-18.

U. Günkel-Maschek, “Reflections on the Symbolic Meaning of the Olive Branch as Head-Ornament in the Wall Paintings of Building Xeste 3, Akrotiri,” in M.-L. Nosch and R. Laffineur (eds.), KOSMOS: Jewellery, Adornment and Textiles in the Aegean Bronze Age [Aegaeum 33] (Leuven/Liège 2012) 361-367.

E. Guralnick, “Proportions of Painted Figures from Thera,” in S. Sherratt (ed.), Proceedings of the First International Symposium “The Wall Paintings of Thera” (Athens 2000) I: 173-90.

K. Harte, “Birds of the Thera Wall Paintings,” in S. Sherratt (ed.), Proceedings of the First International Symposium “The Wall Paintings of Thera” (Athens 2000) II: 691-698.

S. Hiller, “The Miniature Frieze in the West House - Evidence for Minoan Poetry?,” TAW III.1(1990) 229-236.

A. H. Sørensen, “Metamorphoses and Hybridity in the Wall-paintings at Akrotiri, Thera,” in G. Vavouranakis, K. Kopanias, and C. Kanellopoulos (eds.), Popular Religion and Ritual in Prehistoric and Ancient Greece and the East Mediterranean (Oxford 2018) 47-54.

M. B. Hollinshead, “The Swallows and Artists of Room Delta 2 at Akrotiri, Thera,” AJA 93(1989) 339-354.

S. Iakovides, “Thera and Mycenaean Greece,” AJA 83(1979) 101-102.

K. Iliakis, “Morphological Analysis of the Akrotiri Wall-paintings of Santorini,” TAW II.1(1978) 617-628.

S. A. Immerwahr, “Mycenaeans at Thera: Some Reflections on the Paintings from the West House,” in K. H. Kinzl (ed.), Greece and the Eastern Mediterranean in Ancient History and Prehistory (Berlin/New York 1977) 173-191.

S. A. Immerwahr, “The Peoples in the Frescoes,” in O. Krzyszkowska and L. Nixon (eds.), Minoan Society (Bristol 1983) 143-153.

S. A. Immerwahr, Aegean Painting in the Bronze Age (University Park 1990).

S. A. Immerwahr, “Swallows and Dolphins at Akrotiri: Some Thoughts on the Relationship of Vase-painting to Wall-painting,” TAW III.1(1990) 237-245.

B. Jones, “Veils and Mantles: An Investigation of the Construction and Function of the Costumes of the Veiled Dancer from Thera and the Camp Stool Banqueter from Knossos,” in K. P. Foster and R. Laffineur (eds.), METRON: Measuring the Aegean Bronze Age [Aegaeum 24] (Liège/Austin 2003) 441-450.

B. R. Jones, “The Crocus Gatherer’s Costume Revisited,” in R. B. Koehl (ed.), AMILLA: The Quest for Excellence: Studies Presented to Guenter Kopcke in Celebration of His 75th Birthday (Philadelphia 2013) 77-90.

J. Jungfleisch, “For Further Information Please See the Back of the Plaster: Architectural Impressions in the ‘Aegean’-style Wall Paintings from Tell el-Dab’a,” in J. Becker, J. Jungfleisch, and C. von Rüden (eds.), Tracing Technoscapes: The Production of Bronze Age Wall Paintings in the Eastern Mediterranean (Leiden 2018) 191-211.

V. Karageorghis, “Rite de Passage at Thera: Some Oriental Comparanda,” in TAW III.1 (1990) 67-71.

R. B. Koehl, “From Pot Patterns to Pictures: Thoughts on the Evolution of Aegean Wall-painting,” in A. G. Vlachopoulos (ed.), ΧΡΩΣΤΗΡΕΣ/Paintbrushes: Wall-painting and Vase-painting of the Second Millennium BC in Dialogue (Athens 2018) 225-234.

L. Kontorli-Papadopoulou, “Fresco Fighting-Scenes as Evidence for Warlike Activities in the LBA Aegean,” in R. Laffineur (ed.), POLEMOS. Le contexte guerrier en Égée à l'Âge du Bronze [Aegaeum 19] (Liège/Austin 1999) 332-339.

D. Kriga, “Appliquéd Pottery Decoration and Stucco Relief Wall-paintings in Crete and Thera in the Second Millennium BC,” in A. G. Vlachopoulos (ed.), ΧΡΩΣΤΗΡΕΣ/Paintbrushes: Wall-painting and Vase-painting of the Second Millennium BC in Dialogue (Athens 2018) 129-141.

M. Krigka, “Tropos: The Paintbrush Then and Now. Touching the Traces of the Theran Wall-paintings,” in A. G. Vlachopoulos (ed.), ΧΡΩΣΤΗΡΕΣ/Paintbrushes: Wall-painting and Vase-painting of the Second Millennium BC in Dialogue (Athens 2018) 371-378.

R. Laffineur, Mycenaeans at Thera: Further Evidence?,” in R. Hägg and N. Marinatos (eds.), The Minoan Thalassocracy: Myth and Reality (Stockholm 1984) 133-139. 

R. Laffineur, “Composition and Perspective in Theran Wall-painting,” TAW III.1(1990) 246-251.

R. Laffineur, “Dress, Hairstyle and Jewellery in the Thera Wall Paintings,” in S. Sherratt (ed.), Proceedings of the First International Symposium "The Wall Paintings of Thera" (Athens 2000) II: 890-906.

Y. Linardos, “Towards a Spatial Understanding of Theran Murals,” Ancient History: Resources for Teachers 27(1997) 90-112.

K. T. Mammel, Bodies in Bloom: The Association of Flora and Female Figures in Late Bronze Age Aegean Iconography (Senior Honors thesis, Dartmouth College 2011). 

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S. W. Manning, S. J. Monks, G. Nakou, and F. A. De Mita, Jr., “The Fatal Shore, the Long Years and the Geographical Unconscious. Considerations of Iconography, Chronology, and Trade in Response to Negbi's 'The "Libyan Landscape" from Thera: A Review of Aegean Enterprises Overseas in the Late Minoan IA Period’ [JMA 7.1],” JMA 7(1994) 219-235.

N. Marinatos, Art and Religion in Thera: Reconstructing a Bronze Age Society (Athens 1984).

N. Marinatos, “The Function and Interpretation of the Theran Frescoes,” in P. Darcque and J-C. Poursat (eds.), L'iconographie minoenne [BCH Supplément 11] (Paris 1985) 219-230.

N. Marinatos, “An Offering of Saffron to the Minoan Goddess of Nature: The Role of the Monkey and the Importance of Saffron,” in T. Linders and G. Nordquist (eds.), Gifts to the Gods (Uppsala 1987) 123-132.

N. Marinatos, “Role and Sex Division in Ritual Scenes of Aegean Art,” JPR 1(1987) 23-34.

N. Marinatos, “The Monkey in the Shrine: A Fresco Fragment from Thera,” in EILAPINE. Tomos timetikos gia ton Kathegete Nikolao Platona (Heraklion 1987) 417-421.

N. Marinatos, “Minoan-Cycladic Syncretism,” TAW III.1(1990) 370-377.

N. Marinatos, “Myth, Ritual, Symbolism and the Solar Goddess in Thera,” in E. Alram-Stern, F. Blakolmer, S. Deger-Jalkotzy, R. Laffineur, and J. Weilhartner (eds.), METAPHYSIS: Ritual, Myth and Symbolism in the Aegean Bronze Age [Aegaeum 39] (Liège 2016) 3-12.

N. Marinatos, “The Waz-Spirals of Xeste 3, Thera: Regeneration and Solar Symbolism,” in A. G. Vlachopoulos (ed.), ΧΡΩΣΤΗΡΕΣ/Paintbrushes: Wall-painting and Vase-painting of the Second Millennium BC in Dialogue (Athens 2018) 77-86.

N. Marinatos, “A Minoan Riddle: Suggestions about the Religious Standard on a Fresco from Xeste 4, Akrotiri,” in F. Blakolmer (ed.), Current Approaches and New Perspectives in Aegean Iconography [Aegis 18] (Louvain-la-Neuve 2020) 191-204.

M. Marthari, “The Attraction of the Pictorial: Observations on the Relationship of Theran Pottery and Theran Fresco Iconography,” in S. Sherratt (ed.), Proceedings of the First International Symposium “The Wall Paintings of Thera” I-II (Athens 2000) 873-889.

M. Marthari, “An MM Seal with Swallow Motif from Knossos and Its Interconnections with Late MC – LC I Theran Iconography,” in D. Danielidou (ed.), DORON: Timetikos Tomos gia ton Kathegete Spyro Iakovide (Athens 2009) 419-439.

M. Marthari, “‘The Attraction of the Pictorial’ Reconsidered: Pottery and Wall-paintings, and the Artistic Environment on Late Cycladic I Thera in the Light of the Most Recent Research,” in A. G. Vlachopoulos (ed.), ΧΡΩΣΤΗΡΕΣ/Paintbrushes: Wall-painting and Vase-painting of the Second Millennium BC in Dialogue (Athens 2018) 205-221.

Ph. Mavrides, “Demosio-idiotiko kai threskeftiko-kosmiko: Oi toichographies tou YK I Akroteriou kai ta modela ermeneias tous,” 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) 574-587.

L. Morgan, “Theme in the West House Paintings at Thera,” ArchEph (1983) 85-105.

L. Morgan, The Miniature Wall Paintings of Thera: A Study in Aegean Culture and Iconography (Cambridge 1988).

L. Morgan, “Island Iconography: Thera, Kea, Milos,” TAW III.1(1990) 252-266.

L. Morgan, “The Wall Paintings of the North-East Bastion at Ayia Irini, Kea,” in L. G. Mendoni and A. Mazarakis Ainian (eds.), Kea - Kythnos. History and Archaeology (Paris 1998) 201-210.

L. Morgan, “Form and Meaning in Figurative Painting," in S. Sherratt (ed.), Proceedings of the First International Symposium "The Wall Paintings of Thera" (Athens 2000) II: 925-944.

L. Morgan, “Paintings, Harbors, and Intercultural Relations,” in P. P. Betancourt, M. C. Nelson, and H. Williams (eds.), Krinoi kai Limenes: Studies in Honor of Joseph and Maria Shaw (Philadelphia 2007) 117-129.

L. Morgan, “Forming the Image. Approaches to Painting at Ayia Irini, Kea and Tell el-Dab’a,” in J. Becker, J. Jungfleisch, and C. von Rüden (eds.), Tracing Technoscapes: The Production of Bronze Age Wall Paintings in the Eastern Mediterranean (Leiden 2018) 235-252.

L. Morgan, “Inspiration and Innovation: The Creation of Wall-paintings in the Absence of a Pictorial Pottery Tradition at Ayia Irini, Kea,” in A. G. Vlachopoulos (ed.), ΧΡΩΣΤΗΡΕΣ/Paintbrushes: Wall-painting and Vase-painting of the Second Millennium BC in Dialogue (Athens 2018) 277-292.

L. Morgan, “Colours of Skin: White Taureadors and Yellow Boys,” in B. Davis and R. Laffineur (eds.), NEOTEROS. Studies in Bronze Age Aegean Art and Archaeology in Honor of Professor John G. Younger on the Occasion of His Retirement [Aegaeum 44] (Louvain/Liège 2020) 113-130.

L. Morgan, “Part of the Puzzle: Reconstituting Meaning in a Painted Plaster Fragment from Kea,” in F. Blakolmer (ed.), Current Approaches and New Perspectives in Aegean Iconography [Aegis 18] (Louvain-la-Neuve 2020) 177-191.

L. Morgan, Keos XI: Wall Paintings and Social Context: The Northeast Bastion at Ayia Irini (Philadelphia 2020).

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L. Morgan and M. Cameron, “The Painted Plasters and Their Relation to the Wall Paintings of the Pillar Crypt,” in C. Renfrew (ed.), Excavations at Phylakopi in Melos 1974-77 [BSA Supplementary Volume 42] (London 2007) 371-399.

S. P. Morris, “A Tale of Two Cities: The Miniature Frescoes from Thera and the Origins of Greek Poetry,” AJA 93(1989) 511-535.

S. P. Morris, “From Thera to Scheria: Aegean Art and Narrative,” in S. Sherratt (ed.), Proceedings of the First International Symposium “The Wall Paintings of Thera” (Athens 2000) I: 317-333.

S. P. Murray, “Reconsidering the Room of the Ladies at Akrotiri,” in A. Chapin (ed.), CHARIS: Essays in Honor of Sara A. Immerwahr [Hesperia Supplement 33] (Princeton 2004) 101-130.

D. Mylona, “The ‘Fisherman’ Frescoes in the Light of the Fish Bone Evidence,” in S. Sherratt (ed.), Proceedings of the First International Symposium “The Wall Paintings of Thera” (Athens 2000) II: 561-567.

M. and O. Negbi, “Domestication of Ornamental and Aromatic Plants in the Aegean : The Case of the Madonna Lily,” in S. Sherratt (ed.), Proceedings of the First International Symposium “The Wall Paintings of Thera” (Athens 2000) II: 593-602.

O. Negbi, “The ‘Miniature Fresco’ from Thera and the Emergence of Mycenaean Art,” TAW II.1(1978) 645-656.

O. Negbi, “The ‘Libyan Landscape’ from Thera: A Review of Aegean Enterprises Overseas in the Late Minoan IA Period,” JMA 7(1994) 73-112.

W.-D. Niemeier, “Mycenaean Elements in the Miniature Fresco from Thera?,” TAW III.1(1990) 267-284.

W.-D. Niemeier, “Iconography and Context: The Thera Frescoes,” in R. Laffineur and J. L. Crowley (eds.), EIKON: Aegean Bronze Age Iconography: Shaping a Methodology [Aegaeum 8] (Liège 1992) 97-104.

I. Nikolakopoulou, “The Painter’s Brush and How to Use It: Elementary and Advanced Lessons from Akrotiri Iconography,” in A. G. Vlachopoulos (ed.), ΧΡΩΣΤΗΡΕΣ/Paintbrushes: Wall-painting and Vase-painting of the Second Millennium BC in Dialogue (Athens 2018) 195-204.

M. Nugent, “Picturing the Feast – Recipes as Art. Botanic Motifs of the Late Bronze Age Cycladic Islands,” in L. A. Hitchcock, R. Laffineur, and J. Crowley (eds.), DAIS: The Aegean Feast [Aegaeum 29] (Liège/Austin 2008) 277-284.

C. Palyvou, “Concepts of Space in Aegean Bronze Age Art and Architecture,” in S. Sherratt (ed.), Proceedings of the First International Symposium “The Wall Paintings of Thera” (Athens 2000) I: 413-436.

C. Palyvou, “Wall Painting and Architecture in the Aegean Bronze Age: Connections between Illusionary Space and Built Realities,” in D. Panagiotopoulos and U. Günkel-Maschek (eds.), Minoan Realities: Approaches to Images, Architecture, and Society in the Aegean Bronze Age [Aegis 5] (Louvain-la-Neuve 2012] 9-26.

I. Papageorgiou, “On the Rites de Passage in Late Cycladic Akrotiri, Thera: A Reconsideration of the Frescoes of the ‘Priestess’ and the ‘Fishermen’ of the West House,” in S. Sherratt (ed.), Proceedings of the First International Symposium “The Wall Paintings of Thera” (Athens 2000) II: 958-969.

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

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