Published by the Swedish Institute at Athens. Distributed by Eddy.se AB. All content is available with open access, use links below. Mastos in the Berbati Valley. An intensive archaeological survey Edited by Michael Lindblom & Berit Wells Abstract This study presents the results of a small but intensive surface survey conducted on the Mastos Hill in the Berbati Valley in 1999. While remains from the Early and Late Helladic period were known from previous excavations on its southern and eastern slopes, this is the first analysis of the entire hill. It includes a digital documentation of the local topography as well as an account of the archaeological remains retrieved in the field. The study fills a gap in different data sets and results gained through old excavations and the extensive 1988–1990 Berbati-Limnes survey. The introductory chapter summarizes previous work in the valley, discusses its ancient routes of communication and outlines the method employed in the archaeological survey. This is followed by an account of the topographical survey and the geographical information system used. In the six following chapters the archaeological remains are presented and analyzed in a diachronic fashion. It is concluded that the hill was predominantely settled in prehistory…

Opuscula is published by the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome, with the aid of a grant from the Swedish Research Council. Distributed by Eddy.se AB. View journal at ERIH PLUS. All content available with open access at the platform Publicera, hosted by the National Library of Sweden, use links below. Opuscula. Annual of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome 2, 2009   Contents Articles Excavations in Midea 2007 By Katie Demakopoulou, Nicoletta Divari-Valakou, Monica Nilsson & Ann-Louise Schallin, pp. 7–30, https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-02-02   Radiocarbon analysis and the history of the East Cemetery, Asine By Sofia Voutsaki, Søren Dietz & Albert J. Nijboer, pp. 31–56, https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-02-03   Labraunda 2008. A preliminary report on the Swedish excavations By Lars Karlsson, Jesper Blid & Olivier Henry, pp. 57–87, https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-02-04   Report on the excavations in the years 2007 and 2008 southeast of the Temple of Poseidon at Kalaureia By Arto Penttinen, Berit Wells, Dimitra Mylona, Petra Pakkanen, Jari Pakkanen, Arja Karivieri, Anne Hooton, Emanuel Savini & Tatiana Theodoropoulou, pp. 89–141, https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-02-05   A smiting-god-figurine found in the Sanctuary of Poseidon at Kalaureia By Berit Wells & Andreas Karydas, pp. 143–154, https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-02-06   A new inscribed statue base from the Sanctuary of Poseidon at Kalaureia By Jenny Wallensten…

Published by the Swedish Institute at Athens. Distributed by Eddy.se AB. Opuscula Atheniensia. Annual of the Swedish Institute at Athens 31–32, 2006–2007 Contents Katie Demakopoulou, Nicoletta Divari-Valakou, Monica Nilsson & Ann-Louise –Schallin, ‘Excavations in Midea 2005’, pp. 7–29. Berit Wells, Arto Penttinen & Jenni Hjohlman, with contributions by Kristian Göransson, Arja Karivieri & Maria Daniela Trifirò, ‘The Kalaureia Excavation Project. The 2004 and 2005 seasons’, pp. 31–129. Mats Johnson, ‘Early farming in the land of springs. Settlement patterns and agriculture in Neolithic Greece’, pp. 131–170. Mercourios Georgiadis & Chrysanthi Gallou, ‘The cemeteries of the Argolid and the south-eastern Aegean during the Mycenaean period. A landscape and waterscape assessment’, pp. 171–182. Helène Whittaker, ‘Burnt animal sacrifice in Mycenaean cult. A review of the evidence’, pp. 183–190. David S. Reese, ‘Organic imports from Late Bronze Age Cyprus (with special reference to Hala Sultan Tekke)’, pp. 191–209. Helen Mangou, Michalis Petropoulos, Alexander Gasparatos, Elias Tsakmakis & Panayiotis V. Ioannou, ‘The temple of Artemis (F)aontia, at Rakita, Achaia, Greece. Chemical compositions of metal and glass votives’, pp. 211–220. Lena Sjögren, ‘The Eteocretans. Ancient traditions and modern constructions of ethnic identity’, pp. 221–230. Jesper Blid, ‘New research on Carian Labraunda in Late Antiquity’, pp. 231–255….

Published by the Swedish Institute at Athens. Distributed by Astrom Editions. Pictorial pursuits. Figurative painting on Mycenaean and Geometric pottery. Papers from two seminars at the Swedish Institute at Athens in 1999 and 2001 Edited by Eva Rystedt & Berit Wells Bibliographical information Eva Rystedt & Berit Wells, eds, Pictorial pursuits. Figurative painting on Mycenaean and Geometric pottery. Papers from two seminars at the Swedish Institute at Athens in 1999 and 2001 (Skrifter utgivna av Svenska institutet i Athen, 4°, 53), Sävedalen 2006. ISSN 0586-0539. ISBN 9789179160531.

Published by the Swedish Institute at Athens. Distributed by Astrom Editions. Pyrgouthi. A rural site in the Berbati Valley from the Early Iron Age to Late Antiquity. Excavations by the Swedish Institute at Athens 1995 and 1997 By Jenni Hjohlman, Arto Penttinen & Berit Wells, with contributions by Yannis Bassiakos, Katie Theodorakopoulou, Hero Granger-Taylor, Sven Isaksson, Petros Lymberakis, Dimitra Mylona, Maria Ntinou, Anaya Sarpaki & George Syrides Abstract This volume presents the results of the excavations in 1995 and 1997 at Pyrgouthi in the Berbati Valley, Argolis, Greece. The toponym is the local denomination for a Hellenistic tower, which has always been a prominent in the landscape. In the surface survey of the valley in 1988–1990 the tower was perceived as part of a Classical farmstead and in the ensuing excavation project it was targeted as such. However, the excavations revealed that this interpretation corresponded to but a fraction of the truth. The tower had been built on a knoll in the center of the valley but the earliest human activities at the site can be dated to the end of the Early Iron Age or the eight century BC. At this point in time, Arto Penttinen argues, the archaeological…

Published by the Swedish Institute at Athens. Distributed by Astrom Editions. Opuscula Atheniensia. Annual of the Swedish Institute at Athens 28, 2003 Contents Katie Demakopoulou, Nicoletta Divari-Valakou & Ann-Louise Schallin | Excavations in Midea 2002 (pp. 7-28) Berit Wells, Arto Penttinen & Marie Françoise Billot | Investigations in the sanctuary of Poseidon on Kalaureia 1997-2001 (pp. 29-87) Charles M. Adelman | The find group pottery from the Swedish excavations at Sina, Cyprus: significant sherds selected by Arne Furumark for his working notebook (pp. 89-171) Robert Parker | The problem of the Greek cult epithet (pp. 173-183) Birgitta L. Sjöberg | Settlement activity at Late Helladic Asine in the Argolid (pp. 185-201) Book reviews Lyvia Morgan | N. Marinatos, The Goddess and the Warrior. The naked goddess and Mistress of Animals in early Greek religion (pp. 203-204) Gunnel Ekroth | M. Deoudi, Heroenkulte in homerischer Zeit (pp. 204-207) Björn Forsén | Y.A. Pikoulas, Αρκαδια. Συλλογὴ μελετών (pp. 207-208) Björn Forsén | Y.A. Pikoulas, Λεξικό των οικισμών της Πελοποννήσου: παλαιά και νέα τοπωνύμια & F.A. Cooper (ed.), Houses of the Morea. Vernacular architecture of the northwest Peloponnesos (1205-1955) (pp. 209-210) Izabella Donkow | V. Tatton-Brown (ed.), Cyprus in the 19th century AD:…

Published by the Swedish Institute at Athens. Distributed by Astrom Editions. New research on old material from Asine and Berbati in celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Swedish Institute at Athens Edited by Berit Wells Abstract After an introductory paper on the creation of a Swedish Archaeological School at Athens, ten papers deal with subjects associated with material excavated at Asine and Berbati in the Argolid before the new wave of excavations in the 1970’s. The following subject matters are discussed in relation to Asine: the emergence of an élite in the Middle Helladic (MH) period; pre-firing marks on MH Aeginetan pottery; wooden boxes used as coffins for infants in MH times; MH child morbidity and child mortality; Asine as a case of economic interaction in the Argolid; the provenience and alloy compositions of metal objects diachronically; the source of iron during the Geometric period; bridging the gap in settlement between 700 and 300 BC. Two papers are concerned with Berbati: one underlines the continuity of the Mastos settlement from Early Helladic II into EH III; and one lays out the possibilities for a detailed study of the provenience of the local Mycenaean ceramics. Contents Preface (p. 7) Berit…

Published by the Swedish Institute at Athens. Distributed by Astrom Editions and Eddy.se AB. Asine 3. Supplementary studies in the Swedish excavations 1922–1930 Fasc. 1. Supplementary studies in the Swedish excavations 1922–1930 Edited by Robin Hägg, Gullög C. Nordquist & Berit Wells Abstract This is a collection of eleven papers inaugurating a new series of supplementary studies on the material from the old Swedish excavations at Asine. The first is a summary of the work undertaken between 1922 and 1930 and is intended to help in the study of the published reports and of the unpublished documentation. In further papers additional information is given on the Middle Helladic graves of the Lower Town, the Late Mycenaean terracotta head called “The Lord of Asine” is re-studied, and pottery and small finds from Mycenaean chamber tombs are discussed, including some technical aspects, such as the use of tin foil on pots. A group of Mycenaean vases from the village of Zafer Aga is published for the first time. Another paper deals with the animal bones from the Lower town of Asine. Finally, a concordance of the numbers of the graves and skeletons found at Asine is given as a tool for scholars…

Published by the Swedish Institute at Athens. Distributed by Astrom Editions. The Berbati-Limnes Archaeological Survey 1988–1990 Edited by Berit Wells & Curtis Runnels Abstract This volume presents the results of the surface survey carried out in the Berbati Valley and on the Limnes plateau for three seasons between 1988 and 1990. Both in ancient and modern times the two areas differ considerably both economically and politically, which in part is due to the natural environment, Prosímni (Berbati) lying in a fertile valley and Limnes in a mountainous district. The introductory chapter gives a general background to the project, introducing the two villages involved, presenting the objectives and setting out the methods employed in the field. For much of its history the Berbati-Limnes area depended upon external economic systems and powers. Thus the Final Neolithic–Early Helladic pastoral economy can be explained as part of the developments in the Balkans called the Secondary Products Revolution. These changes resulted in the catastrophic soil erosions which more or less depopulated the area at the end of the EH. The recovery was slow. Only towards the end of Middle Helladic does there seem to be a new beginning, which heralds intensive use of the area…

Published by the Swedish Institute at Athens. Distributed by Astrom Editions. Opuscula Atheniensia. Annual of the Swedish Institute at Athens 21, 1996 Contents Edmund F. Bloedow, ‘‘Olympian’ thoughts: Plutarch on Pericles’ Congress Decree’ Katie Demakopoulou, Nicoletta Divari-Valakou, Paul Åström & Gisela Walberg, ‘Excavations in Midea 1994’ Lola Eriksson, ‘The Greek perception of nature—an ideological strategy? Preliminary outline for a working hypothesis’ Jeannette Forsén, ‘Prehistoric Asea revisited’ Jeannette Forsén, Björn Forsén & Mika Lavento, ‘The Asea valley survey: a preliminary report of the 1994 season’ Göran Henriksson & Mary Blomberg, ‘Evidence for Minoan astronomical observations from the peak sanctuaries on Petsophas and Traostalos’ Elizabeth Kosmetatou, ‘Midea in the post-Bronze-Age period. A preliminary report’ Peter Liljenstolpe & Patric von Schmalensee, ‘The Roman stoa of Poleites at Labraynda. A report in its architecture with an appendix by Johan Flemberg’ Arto Penttinen, ‘Excavations on the Acropolis of Asine in 1990’ Charlotte Scheffer, ‘Return or no return. The so-called ephedrismos group and the Hephaisteion’ Berit Wells, Gunnel Ekroth & Kai Holmgren, ‘The Berbati Valley Project: the 1994 season’ Book reviews E. Schorfield, ‘A.-L. Schallin, Islands under influence. The Cyclades in the late Bronze Age and the nature of the Mycenaean presence’ Carole Gillis, ‘T.P. Hutchinson,…