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This paper presents an overview of the analyses by X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (XRF) of metal objects from Cretan sites, carried out in the frame of a research project on Bronze Age Cretan metallurgy, sponsored by the Institute for Aegean Prehistory (
Alessandra R. Giumlia-Mair +1 more
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ABSTRACT Since 2000, archaeological excavations have brought to light the sanctuary of Athena in Castro (Apulia, Italy), including terracotta roofs dated between the 6th and 4th centuries bce. Based on their morphological and stylistic features, it is suggested that the terracotta items were manufactured in the Greek colony of Taras (modern Taranto ...
M. M. N. Franceschini +7 more
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A Comparative Analysis of Motifs from Minoan and Hungarian Folk Art
This paper presents a similarity measure for motives. The similarity measure is applied to several ceramic and metal artifacts that contain spiral motives.
Revesz Peter Z.
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The Function of the Minoan Palaces
HÄGG, R. & MARINATOS, N. (eds.) The Function of the Minoan Palaces. Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium at the Swedish Institute in Athens, 10/16 June 1984. Estocolmo, 1987, 344 págs.
Norberto Luiz Guarinello
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ABSTRACT Lactose tolerance (lactase persistence) represents a very progressive human adaptation, the origins of which remain incompletely understood. This study aims to examine the geographical distribution of the two alleles associated with lactose tolerance in Eurasia (13910*T and 13915*G) in relation to the main Y haplogroups and autosomal ancestry ...
Pavel Grasgruber
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Creating history by re-creating the Minoan Snake Goddess [PDF]
The small faience figurine generally called the ‘Snake Goddess’ is an ubiquitous representation of the Minoan, prevalent in current art history texts and popular cultural publications, and even personified as leading the development of all Greek culture
Diane Boze
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CULTURAL FUSION IN LATE BRONZE AGE GOLDWORK: DIADEMS AND MOUTH‐PIECES FROM HALA SULTAN TEKKE, CYPRUS
Summary This study investigates recently discovered gold diadems and mouth‐pieces from seven chamber tombs and one shaft tomb at the Late Bronze Age cemetery of Hala Sultan Tekke, dating from the fifteenth to the thirteenth centuries BC. The chamber tombs, all containing multi‐generational burials, yielded a variety of ornaments, which are analysed in ...
Peter M. Fischer
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ABSTRACT This study investigates long‐term impacts of empires on local socio‐ecosystems in western Anatolia (modern western Türkiye) over the past four millennia. We focus on Buldan Yayla Lake, located in a small mountain basin north of the Büyük Menderes (Great Meander) River valley.
Sabina Fiołna +7 more
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Gastronomy Tourism: The Case of Crete Through the Eyes of Domestic Visitors
Many tourism scholars have recognised food as a research topic, and not only because of its nutritional importance (Hjalager & Richards, 2002; Hall & Sharples, 2003; Cohen & Avieli, 2004). This can be credited to the fact that cooking and culinary
Vasiliki Avgeli +2 more
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Abstract International Ocean Discovery Program Expedition 398 recovered more than 2,200 m of volcaniclastic deposits from 12 sites and 28 holes from Santorini Caldera, Greece, and the surrounding rift basins in the South Aegean Volcanic Arc. We compare and contrast discrete shipboard measurements of physical properties (density, P‐wave velocity) of ...
M. Manga +19 more
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