Minoan Seminar

The program of the Minoan Seminar has been announced for winter and spring 2011. Unless otherwise stated, all seminars begin at 6:30 pm at the Archaeological Society, 22 Panepistimiou, Athens; those planning to attend should inform the This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Further information is available at http://www.minoanseminar.gr/.

17 December 2010: Γ. Βαβουρανάκης, "Ταφική τελετουργία και κοινωνική δομή λίγο πριν και αμέσως μετά την ίδρυση των πρώτων ανακτόρων. Funerary ritual and social structure just before and right after the establishment of the first palaces"

28 January 2011: Β. Πετράκης, "Ιχνηλατώντας τον άνακτα: Συνάγοντας το ρόλο του ηγεμόνα στην Υστερομινωική ΙΙ‐ΙΙΙΒ Κρήτη από την ανάλυση των τεκμηρίων Γραμμικής Β. Tracing the wanax: Inferring the role of the ruler in Late Minoan II‐IIIB Crete from analysis of Linear B documents"

25 February 2011: G. Cadogan, "A few new thoughts on old Knossos: the Prepalatial era. Μερικές νέες σκέψεις για την παλιά Κνωσό: Η Προανακτορική εποχή"

18 March 2011: L. Tyree, "Artifacts as an indicator of Late Bronze Age cave ritual: A reassessment. Τα αντικείμενα ως ενδείξεις τελετουργιών σε σπήλαια κατά την ΥΕΧ: μία επανεκτίμηση"

8 April 2011: T. Whitelaw, M. Mpredaki, and A. Vasilakis, "Knossos: the long‐term dynamics of a prehistoric urban centre. Κνωσός: οι ακροπρόθεσμες δυναμικές ενός προϊστορικού αστικού κέντρου"

6 May 2011: S. Wallace, "Karfi revisited: elements of 'successful collapse' in Crete c. 1200 BC. Επανεξετάζοντας το Καρφί: στοιχεία για «επιτυχημένη κατάρρευση» στην Κρήτη κατά τον 12ο αιώνα π.Χ."

Mycenaean Seminars

The University of London School of Advanced Study, Institute of Classical Studies has announced the following schedule of Mycenaean Seminars for winter and spring 2011, to take place in the Institute of Classical Studies, Senate House South Block Ground Floor G22 / 26, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU. Unless otherwise stated, Mycenaean Seminars begin at 3:30 pm. Further information is available from Dr. Olga Krzyszkowska at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (telephone: 020‐7862‐8700) or at http://icls.sas.ac.uk/institute/meetingslist/index.html.

9 January 2011: O. Kouka, "Prehistoric Ionia reconsidered: new excavations at the Heraion, Samos, and on the western littoral of Asia Minor"

16 February 2011: K. Kotsakis, "Domesticating the periphery: New research in the Neolithic of Northern Greece"

16 March 2011: K. Shelton, "Tsountas House and cult at Mycenae"

11 May 2011, 5:00 pm: M. Tsipopoulou, "Michael Ventris Memorial Lecture: Twenty‐five years of excavation at Petras Siteia"