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CURRICULUM VITAE

Gisela E. Walberg
giswalberg@fuse.net
Department of Classics
University of Cincinnati
P.O. Box 210226
Cincinnati OH 45221
Tel. (513) 556-1938, fax (513) 556-4366

Academic Training

• Fil. kand., University of Stockholm
• Fields: Archaeology and Ancient History, Latin, Greek, North European and Comparative Archaeology, Egyptology
  Completed by
  North European and Comparative Archaeology (1974)
  Egyptology (1976).
• Ph.D. May 10, 1976 Institutionen för antikens kultur och samhällsliv, University of Uppsala.
  Title of dissertation: Kamares. A Study of the Character of Palatial Middle Minoan Pottery
  Advisor: A. Furumark
• Docent, University of Uppsala

Professional Experience

• Assistant at Institutionen for Klassisk Fornkunskap, University of Stockholm 1962-64
• Assistant at Institutionen för antikens kultur och samhällsliv, University of Uppsala 1969-71 and 1971-75
• Assistant at Medelhavsmuséet, Stockholm, in periods 1964-1967, 1969-70
• Assistant Director, Swedish Institute in Athens 1967-69
• Teacher at undergraduate level at Institutionen för antikens kultur och samhällsliv, University of  Uppsala 1974-76 teaching Ancient History, Art, Religion, Field Archaeology and Prehistory  (Oriental, Aegean, Italian)
• Assistant Professor at Uppsala, 1976-78
• Assistant Professor at University of Cincinnati, September  1979-82
• Associate Professor 1982-84Full Professor 1984-
• Marion Rawson Professor of Aegean Prehistory 1993-

Courses taught in Cincinnati:

• 32 different graduate classes (including seminars)
• 10 different undergraduate classes
• Directed completed 12 PhD dissertations and 8 MA theses at the University of Cincinnati

Honors, Fellowships, Grants, Etc.

• Fellowship, the Lerici-Foundation for archaeological prospecting 1966,
• Fellowship, from the Swedish State for studies at the Swedish Institutes in Athens and Rome 1967-68,
• Fellowship, University of Uppsala 1971-74
• Grant, from the Swedish National Endowment for the Humanities 1977/92
• Fellowship, from the Alexander-von-Humboldt-Stiftung (Bonn University) 1978-9, 1981, 1985, 1988-89
• Grant, from the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung for the publication of
• Provincial Middle Minoan Pottery 1983
• Fellow of the Graduate School, University of Cincinnati 1986-
• Grant, Institute for Aegean Prehistory (INSTAP) for the study of botanical remains at Midea, 1994 (given to J. and T.C. Shay, Manitoba)
• Award, the Governor of the Argolid, Greece, for the excavations on the Lower Terraces at Midea 1994
• Grant from the National Geographic for the study of botanical remains at Midea, 1995 (given to J. and T.C. Shay, Manitoba)
• Research grant from the German State (DAAD) 1996-97
• Grant from the Institute for Aegean Prehistory (INSTAP) for the publication of the Midea finds 1998
• Grant from the Institute for Aegean Prehistory (INSTAP) for the publication of Midea finds 1999
• Grant from the Institute for Aegean Prehistory (INSTAP) for the publication of Midea finds 2000
• Chris Award (first place), Columbus International Film and Video Festival, 2001

Excavations, Archaeological Field Work

• Excavation of Iron Age Tombs at Huddinge, near Stockholm, 1963
• Excavation at Dendra-Midea (Greece) 1963, preparation of the Midea material for publication 1965
• Surveying at Calatia (Italy) 1966
• Excavation at Hala Sultan Tekke (Cyprus) 1972
• Study of Minoan material, from Quartier Mu, Mallia, Chania, 1980.
• Investigation of possible sites for new University of Cincinnati Excavations in Greece, 1984.
• Studies of finds from Midea 1992-93, 1998, 1999
• Director, Excavation of Lower Terraces at Midea, 1985, 1987, 1989-
• Director, Excavations at Episkopi-Bamboula, Cyprus, 2002-

Exhibitions

• The Dirt on Midea (interdisciplinary project with DAAP), Cincinnati Convention Center, 2000
• Midea (part of North Americans in the Aegean Bronze Age. The Discovery of Minoan and Mycenaean Civilizations Hosted by the Institute for Aegean Prehistory) Arthur Ross Gallery, Philadelphia, 2001

Publications

Books and Monographs, Published

1a. Kamares. A Study of the Character of Palatial Middle Minoan Pottery , Almkvist & Wiksell, Uppsala 1976
1b. Second edition, Paul Χströms Förlag, Gothenberg, 1987
2. Kamares Style. The Overall Effects of Palatial Middle Minoan Pottery, Almkvist & Wiksell, Uppsala 1978
3. Provincial Middle Minoan Pottery, von Zabern, Mainz 1983
4. Tradition and Innovation. Essays in Minoan Art, von Zabern,
Mainz 1986.
Published with the aid of a grant from the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, Bonn.
5. Middle Minoan III. A Time of Transition, (SIMA XCVII) Gothenburg 1992
6. The Nelson and Helen Glueck Collection of Cypriot Pottery with a Biography of Nelson Glueck by R. G. Bullard (SIMA Pocketbook 111) Gothenburg 19927. Illustration Volume to Furumark, The Mycenaean Pottery, Mycenaean Pottery III. Plates, edited by P. Χström, R. Hägg and G. Walberg (Acta Instituti Regni Sueciae 20:3) Stockholm 1992. Published with the aid of a grant from the Swedish Council for research in the Humanities and Social Sciences
8. Excavations on the Acropolis of Midea I. Results of the Greek-Swedish Excavations. Vol. I:1-2. The Excavations on the Lower Terraces 1985-1991, Stockholm 1998 (1999)
9. J. Neils and G. Walberg, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Fasc. 2 (USA Fasc. 35) 2000

 

Work in Completed Manuscript

Midea II
Middle Minoan and Other Imported Pottery from Tiryns, The German Archaeological Institute, for volume in the Tiryns-series (the appearance of this book has been delayed by the premature deaths of the editors, Professors Klaus Kilian and Christian Podzuweit)

Articles Published

• 1. “Finds from Excavations in the Acropolis of Midea 1939," OpAth 7, 1967
  2. “An Architectural Terracotta from Veii,” OpRom 6, 1968
  3. “Two Attic Lamps from Marcopoulo,” OpAth 9, 1979
  4. “Some Cypriote and Palestinian Pottery and Figures,” Medelhavsmuseets Bulletin 9, 1974
  5. “Northern Intruders in Myc. IIIC?,” AJA 80, 1976
  6. “Tempel eller palats?”, Hellenika 2, 1978
  7. “En mykensk begravningssed som försvann,” Hellenika 2, 1978
  8. “Five Yortan Vases and Some Remarks on the Date and the Function of Yortan Pottery,” Boreas 9, 1978
  9. “An Ear-ring Pendant in the Shape of a Bull's Head from Sinda and Other Types of Bull's Head Ear-rings,” Boreas 9, 1978
  10. “A Private Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in Uppsala,” Boreas 9, 1978
  11. “A Bichrome Bowl with Wavy Sides ,” RDAC 1979
  12. “Mittelminoische Keramik, Methoden und Probleme,” AA 1981
  13. “The Identification of MM Painters and Workshops,” AJA 85, 1981
  14. “The Date of the Archivio di Cretule at Phaistos,” Marburger Siegelstudien, 1981
  15. “I riti sacrificali nell' Egeo nell' EtΒ del Bronzo,” Archeologia Viva 3:4, 1984
  16. “The Tod Treasure and Absolute Middle Minoan Chronology,” OpAth 15, 1984
  17. “Early Elements in Middle Minoan Pottery,” TUAS 1985
  18. Student Guide to Scientific Methods in Archaeology, 1986
  19. “Some Reflections on the Relations between Middle Minoan Pottery and Glyptics,” Pepragmena tou E' Diethnous Kretologikou Synedriou, 1986
  20. “Early Cretan Sanctuaries, The Pottery,” Boreas 15, Uppsala 1987
  21. “Middle Minoan Chronology--Relative and Absolute,” Absolute Chronology--High, Middle and Low, Gothenburg 1987
  22. “Early Cretan Tombs, The Pottery,” Aegaeum 1, Liège 1987
  23. “Palatial and Provincial Workshops,” The Function of the Minoan Palaces. Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium at the Swedish Institute in Athens, Stockholm 1987
  24. “Die Sammlung Italischer Bronzen im Akademischen Kunstmuseum, Bonn,” AA 1987.
  25. “Problems in the Interpretation of Some Minoan and Mycenaean Cult Symbols,” Problems in Greek Prehistory, Bristol 1988
  26. “Was Evans Right? Further Notes on Middle Minoan Absolute Chronology,” OpAth 17, 1988
  27. “Excavations in Midea 1985. The Lower Terraces,” OpAth 17, 1988
  28. “Relationships between Kamares and Minoan Stone Vases,” Antike Kunst 31:1, 1988
  29. “The Tomb of the Baron Reconsidered,” Studi Etruschi 54, ser. 3, 1988
  30. “Kamares Imitations in Egypt and their Social and Economic Implications,” Ancient Greek and
  Related Pottery, 1988
  31. “Middle to Late Minoan, Changes in Ceramic Decoration,” Aegaeum 3, 1989
  32. “Middle Minoan III. Art in Transition,” Festschrift Himmelmann, 1989
  33. “Zur Komposition minoischer Vasenmalerei und Siegel,” Corpus der minoischen und mykenischen Siegel, Beiheft 3, 1989
  34. “Scavi a Midea in Argolide,” L'Universo 68:5, 1988 (1989)
  35. “Excavations in Midea 1987. The Lower Terraces,” OpAth 18:1, 1990
  36. “The Finds in the Sealing Deposit at Phaistos and Minoan Administration,” Aegaeum 6, 1990
  37. “The Finds at Tell el Dab'a and Middle Minoan Chronology,” Ägypten und Levante 2, 1991
  38. “Excavations on the Lower Terraces at Midea in the Argolid,” AR 1989-90, 1991
  39. “A Gold Pendant from Tell el Dab'a,” Ägypten und Levante 2, 1991
  40. “Excavations on the Lower Terraces of Midea in the Argolid,” OWAN 15:1, summer/fall 1991
  41. “The 1991 Season at Midea in the Argolid,” OWAN 15:2, 1991/92
  42. “A Linear B Inscription from Midea,” Kadmos 31, 1, 1992
  43. “Cyprus and Crete, Ceramic Exchange,” Acta Cypria, Jonsered 1992
  44. “Excavations on the Lower Terraces at Midea. The 1989 Season, The 1990 Season,” OpAth 19:2, 1992
  45. “The Finds at Tell-el Dab'a and Middle Minoan Chronology,” Ägypten und Levante 3, 1992
  46. “Minoan Floral Iconography,” Aegaeum 10, 1993
  47. “A Post-Severan Head in the Uppsala Collections,” Festschrift Linders, Boreas 22, 1993
  48. “The Function of the Minoan Villas,” Aegean Archaeology 1, Warsaw 1994
  49. “The 1991 Excavations at Midea in the Argolid,” OpAth 20, 1994
  50. “Establishing the Level and Complexity of Early Cretan Society,” OpAth 20, 1994
  51. “The Find-Context of the Pictorial Stirrup Jar from Midea,” JPR 8, 1994
  52. “Minoan Economy, An Alternative Model,” Aegaeum 12, 1995
  53. “Excavations of a Megaron-Type Building at Midea (Greece),” OWAN 18:3, 1995
  54. “The 1995 Excavations in the Megaron-Area at Midea,” OWAN 19:2, 1996
  55. “Midea”, AR 1995-1996, 1996
  56. The Excavation of the Megaron at Midea,” Proceedings of the Fifth Intern. Congress of Peloponnesian Studies, 1996
  57. “The Midea Megaron and Changes in Mycenaean Ideology,” Aegean Archaeology 2, 1995 (1997)
  58. “Style. Tradition and Innovation”, Aegaeum 16, 1997
  59. “The Excavation of the ‘ Megaron’-Type Building on the Lower Terraces at Midea”, OpAth 21, 1996 (1997)
  60. “Excavations on the Lower Terraces at Midea in the Argolid”, Atti e memorie del secondo Congresso internazionale di Micenologia, 1, 1996 (1997)
  61. “The Excavations of the Midea Megaron”, BICS 42,1998
  62. “The Date and Origin of the Kamares Cup from Tell el Dab’a”, Ägypten und Levante VIII,
  1998
  63.“The 1995 Excavations of the Megaron-Complex at Midea”, OpAth 22, 1997-1998
  64.“The 1996 Excavations of the Megaron-Complex at Midea”, OpAth 22, 1997-1998
  65.“The End of the Late Bronze Age at Midea”, Aegaeum 17,
  66.”Two Nodules from the Lower Terraces at Midea”, Minos 31-32, 1996-1997
  67.“The Megaron Complex on the Lower Terraces at Midea”, Meletemata (Festschrift Wiener), 1999
  68. “Excavations on the Lower Terraces 1997. The Megaron Complex”, OpAth 23, 2001
  69. “A Peek into History” (with M. Wehrman and M. France, DAAP), 2001
  70. “The Role and Individuality of Kamares Ware”, AEA, 5 (2001), 2002
  71. “Measuring the Aegean Landscape”, session introduction at the Metron conference, Yale University, April 2002
  72. G. Walberg & J. Hancock, “Digital Midea: An Interactive Computer Model of a Mycenaean Citadel”, Metron, Yale 2002

Articles in Press

1. “The LH IIIB-C Periods on the Lower Terraces at Midea. Change and Continuity” Proceedings from the symposium Lighten Our Darkness”, Birmingham, England
2. “Measuring the Aegean Landscape”, session introduction at the Metron conference, Yale University, April 2002
3. G. Walberg & J. Hancock, “Digital Midea: An Interactive Computer Model of a Mycenaean Citadel”, Metron, Yale 2002

Reviews, Published

• Hiller, Altägina IV,1. Mykenische Keramik, Gnomon 50, 1978
• CVA Deutschland 40, Bonn 2, bearb. von B. Kaiser, Gnomon 51, 1979
• Dickinson, The Origins of Mycenaean Civilization (SIMA 49) Gnomon 51, 1979
• Betancourt and others, Vasilike Ware, AJA 84, 1980
• Yule, Early Cretan Seals, AJA 86, 1982
• SMEA 1981, AJA 86, 1982
• Palast und Hütte, AJA 87, 1983
• Kemp and Merrillees, Minoan Pottery in Second Millenium Egypt, Gnomon 55, 1983
• Foresti, Der Ostalpenraum und Italien, Archaeological News, 1985
• Betancourt, East Cretan White-on-Dark Ware, AJA 87, 1985
• Åström, Pomerance & Palmer, Aegean Chronology, Gnomon 57, 1985
• Gesell, Town, Palace, and House Cult in Minoan Crete, Gnomon 58, 1986
• Betancourt, The History of Minoan Pottery, AJA 88, 1986
• Mountjoy, Mycenaean Decorated Pottery (SIMA 73), AJA1987
• Marinatos, Minoan Sacrificial Ritual, JPR III-IV, 1990
• Åkerström, Berbati 2. The Pictorial Pottery, AJA 95, 1991
• Soles, The Prepalatial Cemeteries at Mochlos and Gournia, JPR 7, 1993
• Schiering, Minoische Töpferkunst, AJA 1999

Newspaper Article

A report of the 2001 excavations at Episkopi-Bamboula by me appeared as an article in the Cypriot newspaper Alitheia in the fall of 2001. Another, similar report of the 2002 excavations is under preparation.