JAMES C. WRIGHT ADDRESS
Department of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, PA 19010-2899 Office Tel: (610) 526-5340/5336 Fax: (610)-526-7955 Email:
[email protected] http://www.brynmawr.edu/archaeology/jwright_bio.htm EDUCATION B.A. Haverford College 1968 M.A. Bryn Mawr College 1972 Ph.D. Bryn Mawr College 1978 PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS • Summer term 2005 Visiting Professor, Seminar für Ur- und Frühgeschichte und Vorderasiatische Archäologie, University of Heidelberg • 1993-1995, 2002-present Chairman, Department of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology • 1995-2000 Dean, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences • 1991-present Professor, Bryn Mawr College • 1989-1992 Acting Director, Growth and Structure of Cities Program, Bryn Mawr College • 1985-1991 Associate Professor, Bryn Mawr College • 1978-1985 Assistant Professor, Bryn Mawr College • 1975-1977 Secretary, American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Greece ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH AWARDS • NEH Research Fellowship, January 2006-June 2006 • 2003 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation New Directions Fellowship Award (fall 2003) • 2002 NEH Senior Scholar, Summer Stipend • 1985-1986 Fulbright Research Fellow, United States Educational Foundation in Greece. • 1982-1983 Fellow, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany (in residence at the Archaeological Seminar, Philipps University, Marburg, Nov. 1982 - June 1983) • 1981-1983 Rosalyn R. Schwartz Lecturer, Bryn Mawr College • 1979 Grant-in-aid for Recent Ph.D. Recipients, American Council of Learned Societies. • 1977-1978 Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation Fellowship PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
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2005-2008, Executive Committee of the Managing Committee, American School of Classical Studies at Athens. ∗ 2006-08 Chair, Subcommittee on Financial and Strategic Planning 2004-2008, Student Paper Award, Archaeological Institute of America; Chair 2005-08 2007-2009, 2005-2007, 1998-2004 Professional Responsibilities Committee, Archaeological Institute of America 1997-1999 Executive Committee, Northeast Association of Graduate Schools 1988-1997 Publications Committee, Archaeological Institute of America; ∗ Co-Chair, Publications of Conferences and Colloquia, 1993-1997 1994-1995 President, Philadelphia Society, Archaeological Institute of America 1979-1980 Vice-president, Philadelphia Society, Archaeological Institute of America Regular and Associate member, American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Greece, 1972-8, 1982-3, 1985-6 1994- present Lerna Publications Committee, American School of Classical Studies at Athens 1989-1993 Excavation and Survey Committee, American School of Classical Studies at Athens 1986-present Institutional Representative, Managing Committee, American School of Classical Studies at Athens 1981-1985 Secretary-Treasurer, Alumnae/i Association of the American School of Classical Studies
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS • Archaeological Institute of America • Society for American Archaeology ACADEMIC SERVICE (since 1988) SERVICE • 2007-2009 Chair, Faculty of Arts and Sciences • 2007-2009 Faculty Representative to the Board of Trustees • 1993-1995, 2003-present Chair, Department of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology, • 1989-1992, Acting Director, Growth and Structure of Cities Program • 1987-1990, Grand Marshal, Commencement COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
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Graduate Council, 2009-2012 Committee to Nominate Dean of Graduate Studies, 2009 Committee on Academic Computing, 2001-2004 College Collections Committee, 1998-present College Web/Home Page Committee, 1998-1999 1997-1999, Haverford College Middle States Accreditation, (Bryn Mawr Representative) 2
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∗ Self Study Steering Committee ∗ Academic Programs and Curriculum Task Force 1996-present, Haverford College, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, 1995-1997 Committee on Administrative Computing 1993-1995, Steering Committee, Agenda for the Future of the College ∗ Task Force on Facilities, Technology and the Organization of Work 1993-1994, Pew Charitable Trusts Higher Education Roundtable Cluster 1992-1997, Planning Committee for the Rhys Carpenter Library 1989-1994, Committee on Academic Priorities, ∗ 1993-94, Convenor, Committee on Academic Priorities ∗ Bryn Mawr Council ex officio ∗ Two College Committee on Academic Cooperation, ex officio 1987-1989, ad hoc committee on Academic Planning, ∗ Chair, 1988-1989, Secretary, 1987- 1988 1989-1991, Anna Howard Shaw Lecture Committee 1987-1992, Library Committee 1987-1988, Interdepartmental Committee to Study the Formation of an Institute of Material Culture and the Visual Arts 1978-1995, Growth and Structure of Cities Program
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1997-99 Middle States Accreditation Self Study Steering Committee College Budget Review Committee Council on Institutional Priorities Senior Administrative Staff Administrative Heads Affirmative Action Advisory Committee 1995- present, Bryn Mawr College NEH, Fulbright, Faculty Research review panels Commencement Committee
ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD EXPERIENCE • Co-Director, Excavations of the Chamber Tomb Cemetery at Ayia Sotira (Nemea), 2006-2009 • Director of the Nemea Valley Archaeological Project 1981-present • University of Toronto and the Royal Ontario Museum Excavations at Kommos, Crete 1978-1980 • University of California at Berkeley Excavations of the Sanctuary of Zeus at Nemea 1974-76, 1977 • Excavations at Ancient Corinth 1973 • Excavations at Poggio Civitate, Murlo, Italy 1968, 1971 • Excavations at Wharram Percy, Yorkshire, England 1967 EXTERNAL SUPPORTED RESEARCH 3
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2006 NEH Research Fellowship, January 2006-June 2006, $24,000 2001 NEH, Summer Stipend for Senior Scholars, $5,000. 2001 Institute for Aegean Prehistory, $69,130 for pilot project excavating tombs at Parnavos, Ancient Nemea, Greece 1999 Institute for Aegean Prehistory, $10,000 for print publication project, Nemea Valley Archaeological Project 1998 Institute for Aegean Prehistory, $10,000 for digital publication project, Nemea Valley Archaeological Project 1994 Institute for Aegean Prehistory, $6,450, for the Aegean Prehistory Database Archives Project (Bryn Mawr, Heidelberg, Liège, Nottingham) 1993 Institute for Aegean Prehistory, $5,550 for the Nemea Valley Archaeological Project, Radiocarbon Project. 1991 Institute for Aegean Prehistory, $6,650 for the Nemea Valley Archaeological Project. 1989 Institute for Aegean Prehistory, $8,000 for the Nemea Valley Archaeological Project. 1988-1990 National Endowment for the Humanities, RO-20715 $75,000 outright funds for the Nemea Valley Archaeological Project. 1984-1986 National Endowment for the Humanities, RO-20731 Matching funds for the Nemea Valley Archaeological Project, $132,116. 1987 Institute for Aegean Prehistory, for the Nemea Valley Archaeological Project, $16,600. 1986 National Geographic Society, Grant 3265-86 for the Nemea Valley Archaeological Project $17,000. 1986 Institute for Aegean Prehistory, for the Nemea Valley Archaeological Project, $10,000. 1985 National Geographic Society, Grant 2971-84 for the Nemea Valley Archaeological Project, $10,000. 1985 Institute for Aegean Prehistory, for Nemea Valley Archaeological Project, $10,000. 1984 Institute for Aegean Prehistory, for Nemea Valley Archaeological Project, $5,000.
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Site Visitor, National Endowment for the Humanities, 2009 External Reviewer for Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique – FNRS, Belgium External Promotion Reviewer, University of Cyprus. External Manuscript Reviewer, School of American Research Press External reviewer for Lise Meitner-Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF). Reviewer for National Endowment for the Humanities, National Geographic Society, National Science Foundation, J.D. & C.T. MacArthur Foundation, Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada Advisory Board: Bryn Mawr Classical Review 4
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Chair, External Review Committee, Department of Classics, Duke University, February 11-13, 2007. Trustee, Friends Central School 2002-2006, 2006- present ∗ Clerk, Long-Range Planning Committee, 2003- present. ∗ Clerk, Nominating Committee, 2003- present ∗ Executive Committee, 2004- present ∗ Recording Secretary, 2004-present Member of the Corporation, Haverford College 1999-present Trustee (School Committee), Friends School, Haverford, PA. 19941997, 1997-2002 ∗ Clerk, Property Committee, 1997-2000. ∗ Capital Campaign Committee, 1998-2000 ∗ Development Committee, 1998-2000 ∗ Executive Committee, 1997-2000 ∗ Annual Fund Committee, 1998-1999 External Reviewer, Institute for Humanities, University of Michigan, 1999 Panelist for National Endowment for the Humanities, Challenge Grants, 1995 Manuscript reviewer for Harvard University Press, Cambridge University Press, Blackwell, British Archaeological Reports. American Journal of Archaeology, Hesperia, Journal of Field Archaeology. Tenure and promotion reviewer: University of Cyprus, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, University of Nebraska, Florida State University, University of Southern California, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Hamilton College, Hunter College, City University of New York Academic Consultant: Time-Life Books, Lost Civilizations Series (Realms of the Aegean), 1992.
ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS (* Peer/Editorial Review; ‡ invited publication) in final preparation. The Middle Helladic and Early Mycenaean Settlement on Tsoungiza, Ancient Nemea. To be published by the American School of Classical Studies. From Communities to States: The Middle and Late Bronze Ages on the Mainland of Greece (tentative title) book manuscript draft written winter-spring 2006. in print or in press: 1.
*‡ “Political Economies of the Aegean Bronze Age: Our Way Forward,” Invited Response to Papers, The 2007 Langford Conference: Political Economies of the Aegean Bronze Age (Florida State University, Tallahassee, 22-24 February 2007), edited by D. J. Pullen, Oxford: Archaeopress, in press.
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Co-editor, MESOHELLADIKA (Proceedings of the International Conference, Athens, Greece, March 8-12, 2006), two volumes, Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique. Supplément. Paris, 2010. 5
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“Towards a Social Archaeology of Middle Helladic Greece,” in Co-editor, MESOHELLADIKA (Proceedings of the International Conference, Athens, Greece, March 8-12, 2006), two volumes, Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique. Supplément. Paris, 2010.
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with Gilles Touchais, “Concluding Comments,” in Co-editor, MESOHELLADIKA (Proceedings of the International Conference, Athens, Greece, March 8-12, 2006), two volumes, Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique. Supplément. Paris, 2010.
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‡ “Chamber Tombs, Family, and State in Mycenaean Greece”, in ΔΙΟΣΚΟΥΡΟΙ. Studies presented to Bill Cavanagh and Chris Mee for their contribution to Aegean Archaeology, editors Chrysanthi Gallou, Mercouris Georgiadis and Gina Muskett, pp. 144-153. British Archaeological Reports (BAR), International Series, 1889. 2008.
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“2006-2007 Excavations of the Mycenaean Cemetery at Ayia Sotira, Ancient Nemea,” Robert Angus K. Smith, Evangelia Pappi, Mary K. Dabney, Sevasti Triantaphyllou, James C. Wright, Aegean Archaeology 8 (2005-06), pp. 1-15.
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*With E. Pappi S. Triantaphyllou, M. Dabney, and P. Karkanas,” Barnavos Cemetery Excavations: Final Report, 2002-2003 Seasons,” Hesperia 77, 4 (2008) pp. 605-652.
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‡“A Model of Domesticity”, Krinoi kai Limenes: Studies in Honor of Joseph and Maria Shaw, P.P. Betancourt, M. C. Nelson and Hector Williams, eds., pp. 26370, Philadelphia: INSTAP Academic Press, 2007.
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*‡”Early Mycenaean Greece,” Chapter 10, Cambridge Companion to the Aegean Bronze Age, Cynthia W. Shelmerdine, ed. , pp. 230-57, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008.
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‡ “The social production of space and the architectural reproduction of society in the Bronze Age Aegean during the 2nd millennium BCE,” in Constructing Power (International Symposium, Altertumswissenschaftliches Kolleg, Heidelberg, 30 June – 2 July 2005, Heidelberg), J. Maran, U. Thaler, and C. Uwig, eds., pp. 49-74, Heidelberg: Universitätsforschungen zur Prähistorischen Archäologie. 2006.
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‡ “The Formation of the Mycenaean Palace,” in Ancient Greece from the Mycenaean palaces to the Age of Homer, Edinburgh Leventis Studies 3, pp. 751. S. Deger-Jalkotzy and I. S. Lemos, eds. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. 2006.
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‡”Offsets in Mycenaean Architecture,”in Autochthon. Papers Presented to O.T.P.K. Dickinson on the Occasion of his Retirement, A. Dakouri-Hild and S. E. Sherratt, eds., pp. 191-99, BAR IS, Archaeopress: Oxford, 2005.
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‡ “The Emergence of Leadership and the Origins of Civilisation in the Aegean,” in J. C. Barrett and P. Halstead, eds., The Emergence of Civilisation Revisited. Sheffield Studies in Aegean Archaeology, 6, pp. 64-89, Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2004.
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‡ “Mycenaean Drinking Service and Standards of Etiquette,” in P. Halstead and J. C. Barrett, eds., Food, Cuisine and Society in Prehistoric Greece. Sheffield Studies in Aegean Archaeology, 5, pp. 90-104, Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2004. 6
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*editor, The Mycenaean Feast, Hesperia 73, 2004; and separately issued by the American School of Classical Studies, Princeton, NJ.
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*”Introduction,” in J. Wright, ed. The Mycenaean Feast, Hesperia 73, 2004, 121123. (pp. 1-12 in separate issue).
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*”The Iconographic and Artifactual Evidence for Mycenaean Feasting,” in J. Wright, ed. The Mycenaean Feast, Hesperia 73, 2004, 133-178. (pp. 13-58 in separate issue).
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‡”Comparative Settlement Patterns During the Bronze Age in the Peloponnesos,” J. Cherry and S. Alcock, eds. Side-by-Side Survey: Comparative Regional Studies in the Mediterranean, pp. 114-131. London: David Brown, 2004.
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“Factionalism and the Origins of Leadership and Identity in Mycenaean Society,“ abstract. Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies, University of London. Proceedings of the Mycenaean Seminar, 45 (2001), p. 182.
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‡ “A Marble Figurine from Tsoungiza, “ in P. P. Betancourt and R. Laffineur, eds. Meletemata, Studies in Aegean Archaeology presented to Malcolm H. Wiener as he Enters his 65th Year. Aegaeum, 20. Liège, (1999), pp. 945-951.
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‡ Mary K. Dabney, James C. Wright, and Donald H. Sanders, “Virtual Reality and the Future of Publishing Archaeological Excavations: the multimedia publication of the prehistoric settlements on Tsoungiza at Ancient Nemea, “in David Bearman and Jennifer Trant. eds. Cultural Heritage Informatics 1999: selected papers from ichim99. Pittsburgh: Archives and Museum Informatics. 1999, pp. 125-132.
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‡ “The Place of Troy Among the Civilizations of the Bronze Age,” Classical World, 91 (1998), pp. 356-368.
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‡ “The Place of Troy Among the Civilizations of the Bronze Age,” in Deborah Boedeker, ed. The World of Troy: Homer, Schliemann, and the Treasures of Priam (Proceedings from a Seminar sponsored by the Society for the Preservation of the Greek Heritage and held at the Smithsonian Institution on February 21-22, 1997). Washington (1997), pp. 35-50.
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‡ “Thugs or Heroes? The Early Mycenaeans and Their Graves of Gold,” in Richard H. Howland, ed. A Mycenaean Treasure Trove: Repatriated Jewelry Goes Home. (Proceedings of a conference sponsored by the Society for the Preservation of the Greek Heritage and held at the Smithsonian Institution, January 26, 1996), Washington, D.C. ,1997, pp. 5-17.
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“Complex Societies in the Bronze Age Aegean: A Survey of the State of Research,” in D. Meyer, P. Dawson, and D. Hama, eds. Debating Complexity. (Proceedings of the 26th Chacmool Conference, Calgary, Alta. Canada, November 11-14, 1993), Calgary, 1996.
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*‡”Aegean Cultures: Helladic (Mycenaean) Culture,” in Brian M. Fagan, ed. The Oxford Companion to Archaeology. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996, pp. 7-9.
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“The Central Hillside at Kommos,” in J. Shaw and M. Shaw, eds. Kommos 1, Part 2. The Minoan Hilltop and Hillside Houses. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1996, pp. 140-199. 7
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‡ “Empty Cups and Empty Jugs: The Social Role of Wine in Minoan and Mycenaean Society, “ in P. McGovern, S. Fleming and S. Katz, eds. The Origins and Ancient History of Wine. New York: Gordon and Breach ,1995, pp. 287-309.
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‘The Archaeological Correlates of Religion: case studies from the Aegean, “ in R. Laffineur and W.-D. Niemeier, eds. Politeia, Society and State in the Aegean Bronze Age. (Proceedings of the 5th International Aegean Conference, Heidelberg, 10-13 April 1994). Aegaeum 12 ,1995, pp. 343-348.
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‡ “From Chief to King in Mycenaean Society,” in Paul Rehak, ed. The Role of the Ruler in the Prehistoric Aegean. (Proceedings of a Panel Discussion at the Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, New Orleans, Louisiana, December 29, 1992, with additions). Aegaeum 11, 1995, pp. 63-80.
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*‡ “The Spatial Configuration of Belief: The Archaeology of Mycenaean Religion,” in Susan Alcock and Robin Osborne, eds. Placing the Gods: Sanctuaries and Sacred Space in Ancient Greece. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1994, pp. 37-78.
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*’The Mycenaean Entranceway to the Acropolis of Athens, (with an appendix on the topography of the northeast corner of the Akropolis),” Hesperia, 63 ,1994, pp. 323-360.
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*Margaret Atherden, Jean Hall and James C. Wright, “A pollen diagram from the northeast Peloponnese, Greece: implications for vegetation history and archaeology,” The Holocene 3, (4), 1993, pp. 351-356.
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James C. Wright, John F. Cherry, Jack L. Davis, Eleni Mantzourani, Robert F. Sutton and Susan B. Sutton, “The Nemea Valley Archaeological Project: A Preliminary Report,” Hesperia, 59, 1990, pp. 579-659.
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“An Early Mycenaean Hamlet on Tsoungiza at Ancient Nemea,” in R. Treuill and P. Darcque, eds. L’habitat égéen préhistorique. Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique. Supplément XIX, 1990, pp. 347-354.
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‡ Mary K. Dabney and James C. Wright, “Mortuary customs, palatial society and state formation in Bronze Age Greece,” in Robin Hägg and Gunlog Nordquist, eds. Celebrations of Death and Divinity in the Bronze Age Argolid, ActaAth 4°, (40), Stockholm, 1990, pp. 45-52.
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“Death and Power at Mycenae,” in R. Laffineur, ed. Thanatos. Les coutumes funéraires en égee a l’âge du bronze, Actes du colloque de Liège (21-23 avril 1986) Aegaeum 1, 1987, pp. 171-184.
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John Cherry, Jack L. Davis, Eleni Mantzourani, and James C. Wright, “Das Nemea Valley Archaeological Project: 1984-1985,” Schriften des Deutschen Archäologen-Verbandes. IX Kolloquium zur ägäischen Vorgeschichte, Mannheim, 1987, pp. 98-113.
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“The History of the Palace at Pylos during the Thirteenth Century B.C.,” Praktika Tritou diethnous synedriou Peloponnesiakon Spoudon (Acts of the Third Congress of the Peloponnesian Studies Association, Kalamata, September 1985), Athens,” 1987-88, pp.346-348.
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John Cherry, Jack L. Davis, Eleni Mantzourani, and James C. Wright “To Erevnitiko Archaiologiko Programma stin koilada tis Nemeas kata ta eti 19841985,” Athens Annals of Archaeology 18, 1985, [1989], pp. 86-104. 8
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The Nemea Valley Archaeological Project, 1986. (In Greek), Archaiologikon Deltion. Chronika 41, 1986, pp. 34-35.
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The Nemea Valley Archaeological Project, 1985. (In Greek), Archaiologikon Deltion. Chronika 40, 1985, 96.
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“The Nemea Valley Archaeological Project, 1984,” (In Greek), Archaiologikon Deltion. Chronika 39, 1984, pp. 75-77.
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Thomas G. Palaima and James C. Wright, “Ins and Outs of the Archives Rooms at Pylos: Form and Function in a Mycenaean Palace,” American Journal of Archaeology, 89, 1985, pp. 251-262.
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‡ “Changes in Form and Function in the Palace at Pylos,” in C. W. Shelmerdine and T. G. Palaima, eds. Pylos Comes Alive. New York, 1984, pp. 19-29.
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“Umpiring the Mycenaean Empire,” Temple University Aegean Symposium 9, 1984, pp. 58-70.
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“Excavations at Tsoungiza (Archaia Nemea): 1981, “ Hesperia, 51, 1982, pp. 375397.
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“The Old Temple Terrace at the Argive Heraeum and the Early Cult of Hera in the Argolid,” Journal of Hellenic Studies, 102, 1982, pp. 186-201.
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* ”Mycenaean Palatial Terraces,”Athenische Mitteilungen des deutschen archäologischen Instituts 95, 1980, pp. 59-86.
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* ”A Poros Sphinx from Corinth,” Hesperia, 46, 1977, pp. 245-254.
BOOK REVIEWS 1.
Vlassopoulos, (K.) Unthinking the Greek Polis. Ancient Greek History beyond Eurocentricism. Pp. xiv + 288. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007. Cased, £55, US$99. ISBN: 978-0-521-87744-2. The Classical Review 59.2 (2008) 507-509.
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The Propylaia to the Athenian Akropolis, vol. I, The Predecessors; William B. Dinsmoor, Jr. (Princeton: The American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1980) 69 pp + xviii, 24 pls., 1 fold-out drawing; $25; The Propylaia to the Athenian Akropolis, vol. II, The Classical Building. William B. Dinsmoor and William B. Dinsmoor, Jr.; ed. Anastasia Norre Dinsmoor (Princeton: The American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 2004) 486 pp, 211 figs., 9 b/w pls., 11 fold-out drawings; $125. In Archaeological Odyssey November/December 2005, pp. 48-49.
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“Wine’s Deep Roots. Ancient Wine: The Search for the Origins of Viniculture. Patrick E. McGovern. Xx + 365 pp. Princeton University Press. 2003. In American Scientist, May-June 2004, p. 281.
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Gla and the Kopais in the 13th Century B.C. by Spyros E. Iakovides. (Library of the Archaeological Society of Athens 221). Athens 2001. In American Journal of Archaeology 108 (2004), pp. 457-459.
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A Comparative Study of Thirty City-state Cultures. An Investigation Conducted by the Copenhagen Polis Centre, edited by Mogens Herman Hansen. (Historisk-filosofiske Skrifter 21.) pp. 636, figs. 98, C.A. Reitzels Forlag, 9
Copenhagen 2000. DKr 600. ISSN 0023-3307; ISBN 87-7876-177-8. In American Journal of Archaeology 107 (2003), pp. 286-287. 6.
Archaic States, G. Feinman and J. Marcus, eds. School of American Research Press, Santa Fe. In American Journal of Archaeology 104 (2000), pp. 601-602.
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Mykenische Architektur, by M. Küpper. Marie Leidorf, Espelkamp 1996. In American Journal of Archaeology 103 (1999), pp. 360-361.
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Mycenaean Athens, by P.A. Mountjoy. Paul Åströms Förlag, Jonsered 1995. In Bibliotheca Orientalis 54 (1997), pp. 774-778.
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Archaeological Ethics, edited by Karen D. Vitelli.. Altamira Press, Walnut Creek, CA 1996; Antiquities Trade or Betrayed: Legal, Ethical and Conservation Issues, edited by Kathyrn Walker Tubb. Archetype Publications, London 1995. In American Journal of Archaeology 101 (1997), pp. 403-404.
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Beyond the Site: Regional Studies in the Aegean Area. P. Nick Kardulias, ed. Lanham, ND: University Press of America, 1994. In American Anthropologist 98 (1996), pp. 190-191.
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The Aegean Bronze Age by Oliver Dickinson. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. In Archaeological News 19 (1994), pp. 39-40.
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Minoan Religion, Ritual, Image, and Symbol by Nanno Marinatos. Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina Press, 1993. In Bryn Mawr Classical Review 6 (1995), pp. 61-70.
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“Comment” on “Rural Ritual in Bronze Age Crete: The Peak Sanctuary at Atsipadhes,” by Alan Peatfield, Cambridge Archaeological Journal 2 (1992), pp. 94.
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Death-Ritual and Social Structure in Classical Antiquity by Ian Morris. (Key Themes in Ancient History, P.A. Cartledge and P. D. A. Garnsey. eds.) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992. In Bryn Mawr Classical Review 4 (1993), pp. 110-116..
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Excavations and surveys in Southern Rhodes; The Mycenaean Period. Lindos IV.1 by Søren Dietz. (Publications of the National Museum Archaeological Historical Series XXII. I ) and Cyprus at the Close of the Late Bronze Age. V. Karageorghis and J. D. Muhly (Eds.). In American Journal of Archaeology 90 (1986), pp. 231-233.
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Keos 3. Ayia Irini: House A by W. Willson Cummer and Elizabeth Schofield. In American Journal of Archaeology 89 (1985), pp. 527-529.
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Painted Decoration on the Floors of Bronze Age Structures on Crete and the Greek Mainland, by Ethel S. Hirsch, Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology, Vol. LIII. Göteborg, Paul Aströms Förlag, In Bibliotheca Orientalis XXXIX (1982), pp. 680.
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Vasiliki Ware Studies in Mediterraean Archaeology by Philip P. Betancourt et al. Vol. LVI. Göteborg, Paul Aströms Förlag 1979. In Bibliotheca Orientalis XXXIX (1982), pp. 682.
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The Find of a Lifetime: Sir Arthur Evans and the Discovery of Knossos by S. Horwitz, New York: The Viking Press. The Philadelphia Bulletin, Sunday, January 18 (1981), p. R-6. 10
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The Propylaia to the Athenian Akropolis Vol. I The Predecessors by William B. Dinsmoor. Jr. J. J. Augustin, Glückstadt. 1980. In American Journal of Archaeology 85 (1981), pp. 337-349.
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The Arts in Prehistoric Greece. by Sinclair Hood, Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1978. In American Journal of Archaeology 84 (1980), pp. 538539.
ABSTRACTS 1.
"Factions and the Origins of Leadership and Identity in Mycenaean Society," Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies, 45 (2001), p. 182.
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Religion and the Role of Ideology in Mycenaean Society. American Journal of Archaeology 95 (1991), pp. 316.
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The Development and Structure of Mycenaean Industries. American Journal of Archaeology 94 (1990), pp. 308.
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The Nemea Valley Archaeological Project 1986. (with J. F. Cherry, J. L. Davis) .American Journal of Archaeology 91 (1987), pp. 320.
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The Nemea Valley Archaeological Project 1985. with J. F. Cherry, J. L. Davis and E. Mantzourani, American Journal of Archaeology 90 (1986), pp. 204-205.
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The Nemea Valley Archaeological Project 1984. (with J. F. Cherry, J. L. Davis and E. Mantzourani). American Journal of Archaeology 89 (1985), pp. 327.
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Some Linear Units at Pylos. American Journal of Archaeology 85 (1981), pp. 225.
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The Older Terrace at the Argive Heraeum and Early Cults in the Argolid, American Journal of Archaeology 84 (1980), pp. 241-242 .
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Mycenaean Palatial Terraces and the Plan of the First Palace at Tiryns. Archaeological Institute of America. Abstracts, 1979.
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The Mycenaean Entrance System to the Acropolis of Athens. Archaeological Institute of America. Abstracts 2 (1977), pp. 25-26.
MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS Who Owns the Past? Bryn Mawr Now (Spring/Summer 1996) XXV, iii, pp. 1-3. The Past is Not Only What You See. In Susanne Arnold and Taylor Dabney, eds.. Past/Present/Past, Artifacts for Our Times, (exhibition catalogue). Richmond, Virginia: The Hand Workshop. June 9-August 5, 1995. p. 13. Research: Extending the Landscape. Bryn Mawr Alumnae Bulletin, winter, 1984, pp. 332-35. CONFERENCES, LECTURES, PANELS (since 1990)
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“Family or Society: Memorials of tension,” Invited paper at Honouring the Dead in the Peloponnese (Centre for Spartan and Peloponnesian Studies at the University of Nottingham, UK. Sparta, Greece, 23-26 April 2009) “O ΜΥΚΗΝΑΪΚΟΣ ΟΙΚΙΣΜΟΣ ΣΤΗΝ ΤΣΟΥΓΚΙΖΑ ΝΕΜΕΑΣ: ΑΠΟΤΕΛΕΣΜΑΤΑ ΑΝΑΣΚΑΦΩΝ 1926-7,1981-6 (The Mycenaen Settlement Of Tsoungiza Nemea:Results Of Excavation 1926-7,1981-6). Invited paper at The Corinthia and the Northeast Peloponnesus: Topography and History from Prehistory until End of the Antiquity (LZ΄ Ephoreia of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities in association with the General Directorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities and the German Archaeological Institute, Loutraki, Greece, March 26-30, 2009). “Master Narratives, Interpretive Strategies and Regional Archaeology in Greect: The Case of the Nemea Valley in the NE Peloponnesos, Greece,” Invited for the Anthropology Colloquium, University of Chicago, Dec. 8, 2009 “Squeezing life out of the dead...or how we are trying to keep ahead of the tomb robbers and learn about human society, demography, health, and diet by excavating chamber tombs of the 14-13th c. BCE in the Nemea Valley, Greece,” Center for Science in Society. First Friday Faculty Club Lunch Series, Bryn Mawr College, April 4, 2008. “The Economics of Feasting,” Invited Speaker, Seminar Series on Archaeological Theory and Research. Graduate Student Association of Archaeology and the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA, May 2007. “Mycenaean Mortuary Landscapes in the Nemea Region of Greece,” Invited Speaker, Brock University Archaeological Society, Annual Symposium, St. Catherines, Ontario, March 3, 2007. Respondent, The 2007 Langford Conference. Political Economies of the Aegean Bronze Age Department of Classics, Florida State University, February 22-24, 2007. “Heroes and Ancient Greek Sanctuaries: New Discoveries at Ancient Nemea,” Friday, November 3, 2006, Classics Colloquium, Bryn Mawr College. “The Mycenaean Conquest of Crete,” Department of Classics, University of Texas at Austin, April 13, 2006. Co-organizer of international conference MESOHELLADIKA with Dr. Sophia Voutsakis, University of Groningen, Prof. Gilles Touchais, and Dr. AnnaTouchais, École Française d’Athénè, Athens, Greece, 8-12 March 2006. “Towards a Social Archaeology of the Middle Helladic Period,” MESOHELLADIKA (American School of Classical Studies, The Netherlands Archaeological Institute, École Française d’Athénè, Athens, Greece, 8-12 March 2006). Invited Member of the Altertumswissenschaftliches Kolleg Heidelberg. Theme: Konstruktion der Macht. 30 June – 2 July 2005. Paper title: “Centrifugal and Centripetal: Minoan and Mycenaean Palaces as Communicative and Performative Places.” Settlement and Land-use Patterns in Bronze Age Greece, June 8, 2005, Institut für Vorund Frühgeschichte der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität , Mainz, Germany. Settlement and Land-use Patterns in Bronze Age Greece, April 25, 2005, Faculty Research Talk. Bryn Mawr College.
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Why some people won’t fish in our pond, Prehistorians Around the Pond: Reflections on Aegean Prehistory as a Discipline, Saturday, March 15, 2003, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan Ann Arbor. The Iconographic and Artifactual Evidence for Mycenaean Feasting, Colloquium, "The Mycenaean Feast" at the General Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Philadelphia, January 6, 2001. The Emergence of Leadership, The Emergence of Civilisation in the Bronze Age Aegean: Retrospect and Prospect. Conference at University of Sheffield, U. K. January 18-21, 2002 Carpentry and Carpenters, Metron (Proceedings of the 9th International Aegean Conference, New Haven, 18-21 April 2002). Comparative Settlement Patterns During the Bronze Age in the Peloponnesos, J. Cherry and S. Alcock, eds. Side-by-Side Survey: Comparative Regional Studies in the Mediterranean, University of Michigan, April 4-7, 2002. "Factionalism and the Origins of Leadership and Identity in Mycenaean Society", Mycenaean Seminar, Institute of Classical Studies, University of London, England, March 14, 2001. "Customs of Feasting and Drinking in Mycenaean Society", Round Table in Aegean Prehistory, Department of Archaeology and Prehistory, University of Sheffield, England, January 18-21, 2001. "Cultivating Humanity: The View from the Dean’s Office”, American Foundation for Greek Language and Culture, Fifth Educational Forum, March 10, 2000, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida. "Our Classical Past and Present — a Personal Account", Keynote Speaker, Greek Letters and Cultural Heritage Friends of Hellenic Studies at The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. October 31, 1999. “Virtual Reality and the Future of Archaeological Publication,” New York Aegean Bronze Age Colloquium. Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, December 2, 1998. “Die Entwicklung Sekundär-staaten: die mykenische Kultur als Fallstudie”, “Theorie des sozialen Wandels. Tagung: Genese und Struktur der primären Hochkulturen”, University of Bielefeld, Zentrum für Interdisziplinäre Forschung, March 12-18, 1998. “What Consultants Need to Know about Graduate School Admissions,” Independent Educational Consultants Association, 1997 Fall Conference, November 16-18, 1997, Philadelphia, PA. “Troy, The Trojan War and Homer: An Archaeological Perspective,” in the series “Invasion of the Sea Peoples and the End of the Bronze Age,” California Museum of Ancient Art, Beverly Hills, CA, May 12, 1997. “Mycenaean Archaeology: Empiricism, Positivism and Hermeneutics”,(62nd Annual Meetings of the Society for American Archaeology, 62nd Annual Meeting, Nashville, Tennessee, April 4, 1997, Symposium: Rethinking Mycenaean Palaces: New Interpretations of an Old Idea) “Troy’s Place Among Bronze Age Civilizations”, The World of Troy: Homer, Schliemann, and Priam’s Treasure. Smithsonian Institution and the Society for the Preservation of the Greek Heritage. Washington, D.C. Febuary 21-22, 1997. 13
“Mortuary Practices as Indicators of Changing Social Complexity during the Greek Middle and Late Bronze Ages”, “Cemetery and Society in the Aegean Bronze Age”, The Second Round Table on Aegean Archaeology, Department of Prehistory and Archaeology, University of Sheffield, UK, Nov. 29- Dec. 1, 1996. “In vino societas: Feasting and Drinking in Prehistoric and Historic Greece,” The 6th Annual Ridington Lecture, Western Maryland College, October 29, 1996. “Hittite Influences in Mycenaean Architecture: half-timbering,”TEXNH. Craftsmen, Craftswomen, and Craftsmanship in the Aegean Bronze Age,” 6th International Aegean Conference, Temple University, April 18-21, 1996. “Processual and Post-Processual Approaches to Complexity in the Aegean,” Anthropology Colloquium, Bryn Mawr College, April 5, 1996. “Between the Mountains and the Sea: The Cultural Ecology of the Nemea Valley,” John Young Memorial Lecture, Baltimore Society, Archaeological Institute of America, Johns Hopkins University, March 8, 1996. “Thugs or Heroes? The Early Mycenaeans and Their Graves of Gold”, paper delivered at the seminar, A Mycenaean Treasure Trove: Repatriated Jewelry Goes Home, Society for the Preservation of the Greek Heritage and the Smithsonian Institution, The Smithsonian Institution, January 27, 1996. Respondent, “Minoan and Mycenaean Ritual Vessels: Their Function and Relationship to Specific Deities”, 97th Annual Meeting, Archaeological Institute of America, San Diego, CA., December 30, 1995. “Who Owns the Past? Studying the Past as Opposed to Collecting It”, College for a Day (Alumnae Clubs of Long Island: Barnard, Bryn Mawr, Harvard/Radcliffe, Mount Holyoke, Smith, Vassar, Wellesley) November 8, 1995. “From Atreus to Agamemnon: the evolution of Mycenaean society,” Department of Classics and Archaeological Institute of America (Atlanta Society). Emory University, Atlanta, April 5, 1994. “From Atreus to Agamemnon: the evolution of Mycenaean society,” Occidental College (AIA Lecture Program), November 18, 1993; North Coast Society (AIA Lecture Program), November 21, 1992. “Between the Mountains and the Sea: The Cultural Ecology of the Nemea Valley, Greece,” Institute of Archaeology, UCLA, November 18, 1992; Stanford University (AIA Lecture Program), November 20, 1992. “Mycenaean State Formation,” colloquium on “Small States” moderated by D. Small, Society for American Archaeology, General Meetings, Pittsburgh, April 10, 1992. “From Atreus to Agamemnon: the evolution of Mycenaean society,” Rice University, Houston, March 10, 1992; University of Texas at Austin, March 12, 1992; Southern Methodist University, Dallas, March 13, 1992 (AIA Society Lecturer). “Between the Mountains and the Sea: The Cultural Ecology of the Nemea Valley, Greece,” Trinity University, San Antonio, March 11, 1992 (AIA Society Lecturer) “Sanctuaries in Outer Space,” Respondent, Colloquium at 92nd General Meeting, Archaeological Institute of America, Chicago, December 29, 1992. 14
“Classical Archaeology: Programs and Departments- Quo Vadimus? (AIA/APA Joint Workshop) 91st General Meeting, Archaeological Institute of America, Boston, December 29,1990.
COURSES TAUGHT Undergraduate • The Ancient Economy • The Eastern Mediterranean during the Late Bronze Age • Ancient Metallurgy in the Old World • Monuments and Society (College Seminar) • Introduction to Ancient Art and Archaeology • Greek Cities and Sanctuaries • The Prehistory of the Aegean • Agriculture and Urbanization in the Aegean • Ancient Greek Architecture • The Age of Tyrants • The History of Archaeology • Regional Analysis in Archaeology • Mortuary Archaeology • Metallurgical and Ceramic Studies in Archaeology • Archaeological Theory • Fieldwork practicum: excavation of Rose Glen Mill site (with Department of Anthropology) Graduate seminars • The NE Peloponnesos during the Bronze Age (with T. Tartaron, University of Pennsylvania) • Theory (interdisciplinary seminar in the Graduate Group) • Public Space (interdisciplinary seminar in the Graduate Group) • The History of Archaeological Thought and Theory and Method • The Greek Dark Age • The Symbolic Analysis of Space • Cities and Houses in Urban Greece • Settlement and architecture of the Greek Dark Age • Archaic Doric Architecture of the Greek Mainland and Magna Graecia • Archaic Ionic Architecture • Peloponnesian architecture during the Fourth Century B.C. • The Athenian Agora • The Athenian Akropolis: pre-Archaic and Archaic • Problems in Greek prehistory • The Aegean and Anatolia during the Early Bronze Age (with M. Mellink) • Problems in Minoan archaeology • Pre- and Protopalatial Crete • The Mycenaeans • The Mycenaeans Abroad • The Organization and Administration of Near Eastern and Aegean Palaces (w. B. Gardiner) • Regional Archaeology, case studies in the Aegean, the Near East, and Mesoamerica 15
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Mortuary Archaeology Cultural models in archaeology (with R. Davis)
POST-DOCTORAL SPONSORSHIPS 1. Tristan Carter, University of London, PhD. INSTAP Post-doctoral Fellow, 2000-01 2. Quentin Letesson, Université catholique de Louvain, PhD. BelgianAmerican Educational Foundation, Post-doctoral Fellow, 2008-09. 3. Panagiota Sotirakopoulou, Independent Research, Excavations of Dhaskaleio, Keros, Fulbright Research Fellow, spring 2010. DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONS 1.
Emre Kuruçayırlı, Copper and Bronze Artifacts from Selected Sites in Cilicia (tentative title), (in progress, P. Magee, co-advisor).
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Lisa Mallen, Concepts of Space in Homer’s Texts and the Material Culture of His Time (in progress; R. Hamilton, co-advisor).
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Angela Ziskowski, Material Identity at Ancient Corinth, in progress.
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Nicholas G. Blackwell, Tools of the Late Bronze Age in the Aegean, in progress.
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Evi Sikla, Perceptions of Animals in Minoan Culture. Degree granted, May 2008.
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Sandra Lucore, Hellenistic Baths at Morgantina. Degree granted, May 2007 (co-advised with M. Bell).
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Valeriya Kozlovskaya, Classical Harbors on the Northwest Black Sea Coast. Degree granted, May 2007 (Co-advised with C. Brennan).
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Angus Smith, Regional LM III pottery from Crete. Degree granted, December 2002 (Co-advised with J. Rutter).
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Robert Schon, Method and Practice of Archaeological Survey. Degree granted, May 2002.
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Carolyn Chabot, Privacy and Segretation in Domestic Architecture: Case Studies of Five Early Bronze Age Settlements in Anatolia. Degree granted May 2000.
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Aleydis Van de Moortel, MM III and LM I in the Mesara, Crete, degree granted May 1997 (Co-advised with J. Rutter)
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Keith Dickey: Mortuary Remains and Mortuary Practice in Ancient Corinth, degree granted 1992
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Kathleen Krattenmaker, Representations of Architecture in Minoan Art, degree granted 1991.
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Nancy Klein: The Cornice in Seventh through Fifth c. B.C. Doric Greek Architecture, degree granted 1991.
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Anastasia Lambropoulos: The Middle Helladic Period in the Northeastern Peloponnesos of Greece, degree granted 1991.
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Rebecca Mersereau: Greek Architectural Models, degree granted 1991. 16
