Published by the Swedish Institute at Athens. Distributed by Astrom Editions. Celebrations of death and divinity in the Bronze Age Argolid. Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium at the Swedish Institute at Athens, 11–13 June, 1988 Edited by Robin Hägg & Gullög C. Nordquist Abstract Twenty-four papers on various aspects of burial customs and religious cult practice in the region Argolis (Greece) during the Bronze Age, read at an international conference in Athens; the papers are followed by transcripts of the discussions of the symposium. The papers are arranged in six groups, discussing (1) ceremonial practices in the Early and Middle Helladic periods, (2) mortuary customs, state formation and Mycenaean society, (3) burial rites in tumuli, tholoi and chamber tombs, (4) symbols and symbolism in Mycenaean celebrations, (5) Mycenaean cults and cult practices, and (6) religious aspects of the post-Bronze-Age period. Contents Preface (p. 7) Ceremonial practices in the Early and Middle Helladic periods Daniel J. Pullen, ‘Early Helladic burials at Asine and Early Bronze Age mortuary practices’, pp. 9–12 Miriam Caskey, ‘Thoughts on Early Bronze Age hearths’, pp. 13–21 Carol Zerner, ‘Ceramics and ceremony: Pottery and burials from Lerna in the Middle and early Late Bronze Ages’, pp. 23–34…

Published by the Swedish Institute at Athens. Distributed by Astrom Editions. Opuscula Atheniensia 18 Contents Articles Paul Åström, Katie Demakopoulou, Nicoletta Divari-Valakou, Peter M. Fischer & Gisela Walberg, ‘Excavations in Midea 1987’, 9–22. Birgitta Bergquist, ‘Primary or secondary temple function: the case of Halieis’, 23–37. Danali-Giole, ‘Ikonographische Beobachtungen zu drei Mythologischen Themen: Pentheus, Phineus, Prometheus’, 39–44. Søren Dietz & Nicoletta Divari-Valakou, ‘A Middle Helladic III/Late Helladic I grave group from Myloi in the Argolid (Oikopedon Manti)’, 45–62. Carole S. Gillis, ‘Statistical analyses and conical cups. A preliminary report from Akrotiri, Thera’, 63–93. Robin Hägg, ‘The Cretan hut-models’, 95–107. Bernard Knapp, ‘Copper production and Mediterranean trade: the view from Cyprus’, 109–116. A.A.D. Peatfield, ‘Minoan peak sanctuaries: history and society’, 117–131. Francis Piejko, ‘To the inscriptions of Labraunda’, 133–156. Gery de Pierpont, ‘Aegean jewellery: a new approach to a typology. Application on gold and silver Minoan jewellery (2700–1450)’, 157–165. Eva Rystedt, ‘On distinguishing hands in Mycenaean pictorial vase-painting’, 167–176. Eva Rystedt, ‘Die Wagenfriese der attischen geometrischen Keramik und die Frage ihrer Ablesung. Vorläufige Bemerkungen anlässlich einer Vase im Louvre’, 177–183. Charlotte Scheffer, ‘“Domus Regiae”—a Greek tradition?’, 185–191. Peter Warren, ‘Of baetyls’, 193–206. Berit Wells, Curtis Runnels & Eberhard Zangger, ‘The Berbati-Limnes archaeological…

Published by the Swedish Institute at Athens. Distributed by Astrom Editions. Opuscula Atheniensia 17 Contents Articles Paul Åström, Katie Demakopoulou & Gisela Walberg, ‘Excavations in Midea 1985’, pp. 7–11. Valerie Cook, ‘Cyprus and the outside world during the transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age’, pp. 13–32. Kåre Fagerström, ‘Fnds, function and plan: a contribution to the interpretation of Iron Age Nichoria in Messenia’, pp. 33–50. Arne Furumark (†), ‘Linear A and Minoan religion’, pp. 51–90. Heinz-Eberhard Giesecke, ‘Kretische Schurze’, pp. 91–98. Robin Hägg, ‘The last ceremony in the Throne Room at Knossos’, pp. 99–105. Pontus Hellström, ‘The planned function of the Mnesiklean Propylaia’, pp. 107–121. Bente Kiilerich, ‘Bluebeard—a snake-tailed Geryon?’, pp. 123–136. Nanno Marinatos, ‘The “African” of Thera reconsidered’, pp. 137–141. Susana Sjödin, ‘Bronze Age pottery sherds from Cyprus. Further supplementary material from Kalopsidha trench 9’, pp. 143–165. Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood, ‘”Myth” and history: on Herodotus III.48 and 50–53’, pp. 167–182. Colette Verlinden, ‘Réflexions sur la function et la production des figurines anthropomorphes Minoennes en bronze’, pp. 183–189. Anna Wærn-Sperber, ‘Mössbauer spectroscopy and quantitative chemical analyses of Early Cypriote black-topped pottery. A preliminary investigation’, pp. 191–197. Gisela Walberg, ‘Was Evans right? Further notes on Middle Minoan chronology’, pp….

Published by the Swedish Institute at Athens. Distributed by Astrom Editions. Early Greek cult practice. Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium at the Swedish Institute at Athens, 26-29 June, 1986 Edited by Robin Hägg, Nanno Marinatos & Gullög C. Nordquist Bibliographical information Robin Hägg, Nanno Marinatos & Gullög C. Nordquist, eds, Early Greek cult practice. Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium at the Swedish Institute at Athens, 26-29 June, 1986 (Skrifter utgivna av Svenska institutet i Athen, 4°, 38), Jonsered 1988. ISSN 0586-0539. ISBN 9789185086979.

Published by the Swedish Institute at Athens. Distributed by Astrom Editions. Berbati vol 2. The pictorial pottery By Åke Åkerström Bibliographical information Åke Åkerström, Berbati vol. 2. The pictorial pottery (Skrifter utgivna av Svenska institutet i Athen, 4°, 36), Jonsered 1987. ISSN 0586-0539. ISBN 9789185086962.

Published by the Swedish Institute at Athens. Distributed by Astrom Editions. The function of the Minoan palaces. Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium at the Swedish Institute in Athens, 10–16 June, 1984 Edited by Robin Hägg & Nanno Marinatos Abstract Fourty-seven papers on the functions of the palace, the most characteristic phenomenon of the Minoan Bronze Age civilization in Crete, read at an international conference in Athens; the papers are followed by transcripts of the discussion of the symposium. The papers are arranged in eight groups, discussing (1) background (Near Eastern and Egyptian economy), parallels (Mycenaean palaces) and methodology; (2) the emergence of the Cretan palaces; (3) the relations of the palace with town and territory; (4) recent archaeological finds; (5) the palaces as ceremonial and religious centres; (6) the palaces as centres of trade and manufacture; (7) the administrative systems of the Minoans and Mycenaeans; and (8) the function of the frescoes in the palace. For James Walter Graham and to the memory of Spyridon Marinatos. Contents ‘Preface’, p. 9 Background and methodology Benjamin R. Foster, ‘The Late Bronze Age palace economy: A view from the East’, pp. 11–16 Wolfgang Helck, ‘The dissolution of the palace economy in the…

Published by the Swedish Institute at Athens. Distributed by Astrom Editions. Opuscula Atheniensia 16 Contents Paul Åström, ‘Hala Sultan Tekke—an international harbour town of the Late Cypriot Bronze Age’, pp. 7–17. Paul Åström & Katie Demakopoulou, ‘New excavations in the Citadel of Midea, 1983–1984’, pp. 19–25. Paul Åström, R. Maddin, J.D. Muhly & T. Stech, ‘Iron artifacts from Swedish excavations in Cyprus’, pp. 27–41. Kevin Clinton, ‘The author of the Homeric Hymn to Demeter’, pp. 43–49. Harold D. Evjen, ‘Competitive athletics in ancient Greece: the search for origins and influences’, pp. 51–56. Nanno Marinatos & Robin Hägg, ‘On the ceremonial function of the Minoan polythyron’, pp. 57–73. Erik Østby, ‘The archaic temple of Athena Alea at Tegea’, pp. 75–102. Eva Rystedt, ‘The foot-race and other athletic contests in the Mycenaean world. The evidence of the pictorial vases’, pp. 103–116. Charlotte Scheffer, ‘Some further comments on the gorgoneion skyphoi’, pp. 117–122. Miscellanea Yvonne Backe-Forsberg & Christina Risberg, ‘Metal working at Asine. ‘New’ finds from the 1926 season’, pp. 123–125. Robert B. Koehl, ‘Another look at the Mycenaean Base Ring vase from the Athenian Agora’, pp. 125–126. David Symons, ‘An unpublished  tomb group from Paphos’, pp. 127–130. Robin Hägg, ‘The Swedish Institute…

Published by the Swedish Institute at Athens. Distributed by Astrom Editions. The Minoan Thalassocracy. Myth and reality. Proceedings of the Third International Symposium at the Swedish Institute in Athens, 31 May–5 June, 1982 Edited by Robin Hägg & Nanno Marinatos Bibliographical information Robin Hägg & Nanno Marinatos, eds, The Minoan Thalassocracy. Myth and reality. Proceedings of the Third International Symposium at the Swedish Institute in Athens, 31 May–5 June, 1982 (Skrifter utgivna av Svenska institutet i Athen, 4°, 32), Jonsered 1984. ISSN 0586-0539. ISBN 9789185086788.

Published by the Swedish Institute at Athens. Distributed by Astrom Editions. Herakles and the sea monster in Attic black-figure vase-painting By Gudrun Ahlberg-Cornell Bibliographical information Gudrun Ahlberg-Cornell, Herakles and the sea monster in Attic black-figure vase-painting (Skrifter utgivna av Svenska institutet i Athen, 4°, 33), Jonsered 1984. ISSN 0586-0539. ISBN 9789185086795.

Published by the Swedish Institute at Athens. Distributed by Astrom Editions. Opuscula Atheniensia 15 Bibliographical information Opuscula Atheniensia. Annual of the Swedish Institute at Athens 15 (Skrifter utgivna av Svenska institutet i Athen, 4°, 31), Jonsered 1984. ISSN 0586-0539. ISBN 9789185086597.