Published by the Swedish Institute at Athens. Distributed by Astrom Editions. The function of the “Minoan villa”. Proceedings of the Eight International Symposium at the Swedish Institute at Athens, 6–8 June, 1992 Edited by Robin Hägg Abstract These twenty papers, presented at an international conference in Athens, deal with various aspects of the so-called villas in Neopalatial Crete and their possible predecessors or equivalents in the preceding, Protopalatial period. They are followed by transcripts of the discussions of the symposium. Among the problems treated are: the origin of the “villa system”, the definition of the “villa”, the architectural analysis of buildings and building complexes, the magico-religious background of the “villa”, the role of religious painting, the origin of the Cretan andreion, and a study of ceramic exchange between towns and outlying settlements in Neopalatial eastern Crete. Special discussions concern the functional analysis of the architecture, administration and bureaucracy, with special reference to seals, sealings and Linear A tablets and political geography. Contents ‘Preface’, p. 7. Henri van Effenterre & Micheline van Effenterre, ‘Towards a study of Neopalatial “villas”: modern words for Minoan things’, pp. 9–13. Wolf-Dietrich Niemeier, ‘The origins of the Minoan “villa” system’, pp. 15–19. J.A. MacGillivray, ‘The Cretan…

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. Sanctuaries and cults in the Aegean Bronze Age. Proceedings of the First International Symposium at the Swedish Institute at Athens, 12-13 May, 1980 Edited by Robin Hägg & Nanno Marinatos Contents ‘Preface’, p. 9 J.C. van Leuven, ‘Problems and methods of Prehellenic naology’, pp. 11–25. ‘Discussion’, p. 26. Colin Renfrew, ‘Questions of Minoan and Mycenaean cult’, pp. 27–33. ‘Discussion’, p. 33. Robin Hägg, ‘Official and popular cults in Mycenaean Greece’, pp. 35–39. ‘Discussion’, p. 40. Elizabeth French, ‘Cult places at Mycenae’, pp. 41–48. ‘Discussion’, p. 48. Klaus Kilian, ‘Zeugnisse mykenischer Kultausübung in Tiryns’, pp. 49–58. ‘Discussion’, p. 58. V. Lambrinudakis, ‘Remains of the Mycenaean period in the Sanctuary of Apollon Maleatas’, pp. 59–65. ‘Discussion’, p. 64. Colin Renfrew, ‘The sanctuary at Phylakopi’, pp. 67–79. ‘Discussion’, pp. 79-80. Rainer C.S. Felsch, ‘Mykenischer Kult im Heilogtum bei Kalapodi?’, pp. 81–88. ‘Discussion’, p. 89. Robin Hägg, ‘The house sanctuary at Asine revisited’, pp. 91–94. ‘Discussion’, p. 94. Stefan Hiller, ‘Mykenische Heiligtümer: Das Zeugnis der Linear B-Texte’, pp. 95–125. ‘Discussion’, pp. 125-126. Miriam Ervin Caskey, ‘Ayia Irini, Kea: The terracotta statues and the cult in the temple’, pp. 127–135. ‘Discussion’, p. 135. ‘Discussion…