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 By Robin Hägg & Gullög C. Nordquist (eds.) 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…
Published by the Swedish Institute at Athens. Opuscula selecta, linguis Anglica, Francogallica, Germanica conscripta Vol. 1. By Martin P. Nilsson. Out of print. Open access, use link below. Lectori benevolenti Amicis et collegis, qui Actis Instituti Atheniensis Regni Sueciae praesunt, monentibus ut scripta mea minora collecta publici iuris facerem, tanta aestimatione mei sane valde gravisus sum. Neque tamen fieri non potuit, quin scrupulus quidam iniceretur, reputanti quanto simplicius negotium foret, si post mortem auctoris illa ederentur, quippe cum ad verbum, apertis solum mendis correctis, exprimi par esset. Qui vero sua ipse opera iterum prelo mandare audeat, ab eo tuo iure exspectes, ut illa diligenter, novissima quaeque scripta et inventa respiciens. Quod si ego facere aggressus essem, vereor ne futurum fuerit ut vitae spatium seni non sufficeret. Itaque satis habui paucissima et quae iamdudum adnotassem addere, more solito uncis inclusa. Menda tacitus correxi. Multa sane opuscula per longum aevum conscripsi, neque omnia denuo edere placuit. Exclusi fere: quae in seriem aliquam inserta tamen separatim veneunt; quae lingua suetica composita sunt (cum multa tum de vetustis moribus popularium meorum); quae in encyclopaediis, imprimis ea quam Pauly et Wissowa institerunt, disputavi; quae librorum alienorum existimator scripsi; quae minoris moment esse iudicavi; quae post…