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 Contents Berit Wells, ‘Preface’, p. 7 Eva Rystedt, ‘Introduction’, pp. 9–11 Part I Joost Crouvel, ‘Late Mycenaean pictorial pottery, A brief review’, pp. 15–22 Fanouria Dakoronia, ‘Mycenaean pictorial style at Kynos, east Lokris’, pp. 23–29 Katie Demakopoulou, ‘Mycenaean pictorial pottery from Midea’, pp. 31–43 Elisabeth French, ‘The functional contexts of pictorial pottery at Mycenae with a note on a recent join by Kim Shelton nd Diana Wardle and a note on a recent find by Kim Shelton’, pp. 45–50 Wolfgang Güntner, ‘Mycenaean pictorial vase-painters: a view from Tiryns’, pp. 51–61 Stefan Hiller, ‘The rise of the pictorial style and the art of Amarna’, pp. 63–71 Stefan Hiller, ‘Keramik mit Pictorial Style-Dekor aus Ägina Kolonna’, pp. 73–82 Nicolle Hirschfeld, ‘Vases marked for exchange: the not-so-special case of pictorial pottery’, pp. 83–96 Christine Morris, ‘Design element analysis of Mycenaean chariot kraters: style complexity and significance’, pp. 97–106 P.A. Mountjoy, ‘Mycenaean pictorial pottery from Anatolia in the transitional LH IIIB2–LH IIIIC Early…

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…