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JAMES C. WRIGHT ADDRESS

836 Penn Street Bryn Mawr, PA 19010-3824 Home Tel: (610) 527-5337 Office Tel: (610) 526-5340/5336 Fax: (610)-526-7955 Internet: [email protected]

EDUCATION B.A. Haverford College 1968 M.A. Bryn Mawr College 1972 Ph.D. Bryn Mawr College 1978

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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

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Trustee, Friends Central School 2001-2004 ∗ Clerk, Long-Range Planning Committee, 2003-04. ∗ Clerk, Nominating Committee, 2003-2007 ∗ Executive Committee, 2004-2007 ∗ Recording Secretary, 2004-2007 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 Reviewer for National Endowment for the Humanities, National Geographic Society, National Science Foundation, J.D. & C.T. Page 1

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MacArthur Foundation, Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada Manuscript reviewer for American Journal of Archaeology, Hesperia, Journal of Field Archaeology. Academic Consultant: Time-Life Books, Lost Civilizations Series (Realms of the Aegean), 1992.

ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH AWARDS • NEH Research Fellowship, Jan 2006-June2006 • 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 • 1997-1999 Executive Committee, Northeast Association of Graduate Schools • 1998-2004 Professional Responsibilities Committee, Archaeological Institute of America • 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 • American Anthropological Association James Wright

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ACADEMIC SERVICE (since 1988) COMMITTEES EX OFFICIO 1995-2000

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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

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Committee on Academic Computing, 2001-present College Collections Committee, 1998-present College Web/Home Page Committee, 1998-1999 1997-1999, Haverford College Middle States Accreditation, (Bryn Mawr Representative) ∗ 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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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

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ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD EXPERIENCE • 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 • 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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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. With E. Pappi, M. Dabney, P. Karkanas, and S. Triantaphyllou, Barnavos Cemetery Excavations: Final Report, 2002-2003 Seasons. Hesperia (in preparation). ‡ Early Mycenaean Greece, Chapter 10, Cambridge Companion to the Aegean Bronze Age, Cynthia W. Shelmerdine, ed. New York: Cambridge University Press. in print: 1.

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. BAR IS, Archaeopress: Oxford, forthcoming fall 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 Revisited. Sheffield Studies in Aegean Archaeology, 6, p. 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, p. 90-104, Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2004.

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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. Pittsburgh, (1999), pp. 125-132.

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11.

‡ 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.

16.

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.

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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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24.

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, published 1989), pp. 86-104.

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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

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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, Copenhagen 2000. DKr 600. ISSN 0023-3307; ISBN 87-7876-177-8. In American Journal of Archaeology 107 (2003), pp. 286-287.

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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.

6.

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,

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Vol. LIII. Göteborg, Paul Aströms Förlag, In Bibliotheca Orientalis XXXIX (1982), pp. 680. 16.

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 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.

2.

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.

4.

The Nemea Valley Archaeological Project 1986. (with J. F. Cherry, J. L. Davis) .American Journal of Archaeology 91 (1987), pp. 320.

5.

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.

6.

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 .

9.

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.

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Research: Extending the Landscape. Bryn Mawr Alumnae Bulletin, winter, 1984, pp. 332-35. Review: S. Horwitz, The Find of a Lifetime: Sir Arthur Evans and the Discovery of Knossos, New York: The Viking Press. The Philadelphia Bulletin, Sunday, January 18 (1981), p. R-6. The Role of Conservation in Planning a Field Project. South Florida Archaeologist. in press. CONFERENCES, LECTURES, PANELS (since 1990) Co-organizer of international conference on Middle Bronze Age Greece with Dr. Sophia Voutsakis, University of Groningen, and Dr. Anna-Touchais, Ecole Française d’Athénè, to be held in Athens, 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.” 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.

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“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. “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.

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“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. “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 • 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 Architecure • The Age of Tyrants • The History of Archaeology • Regional Analysis in Archaeology • Metallurgical and Ceramic Studies in Archaeology • Archaeological Theory • Fieldwork practicum: excavation of Rose Glen Mill site (with Department of Anthropology)

Graduate seminars • • • James Wright

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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 Organization and Administration of Near Eastern and Aegean Palaces (w. B. Gardiner) Regional Archaeology, case studies in the Aegean, the Near East, and Mesoamerica Mortuary Analysis, case studies in Aegean prehistory Cultural models in archaeology (with R. Davis)

DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONS 1. Angus Smith, Regional LM III pottery from Crete. Degree granted, December 2002. 2.

Robert Schon, Method and Practice of Archaeological Survey. Degree granted, May 2002.

3.

Evi Sikla, proposal: Perceptions of Animals in Minoan Culture, in progress

4.

Carolyn Chabot, Privacy and Segretation in Domestic Architecture: Case Studies of Five Early Bronze Age Settlements in Anatolia. Degree granted May 2000.

5.

Aleydis Van de Moortel, MM III and LM I in the Mesara, Crete, degree granted May 1997

6.

Keith Dickey: Mortuary Remains and Mortuary Practice in Ancient Corinth, degree granted 1992

7.

Kathleen Krattenmaker, Representations of Architecture in Minoan Art, degree granted 1991.

8.

Nancy Klein: The Cornice in Seventh through Fifth c. B.C. Doric Greek Architecture, degree granted 1991.

9.

Anastasia Lambropoulos: The Middle Helladic Period in the Northeastern Peloponnesos of Greece, degree granted 1991.

10.

Rebecca Mersereau: Greek Architectural Models, degree granted 1991.

MASTERS SUPERVISIONS

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Nicholas G. Blackwell, Tomb and Burial Assemblage Variation within the “Royal Cemetery” at Salamis (Cyprus), 2004; Instruments of Sacrifice: The Religious Function of Early Minoan Daggers, 2004.

2.

Angela Ziskowski, The Origins of Colonial Women in Sicily and South Italy, 2004.

3.

Lisa Mallen, Cremation Burials in Early Iron Age Athens, 2004.

4.

Bridget Algee, The I in Ialysos: [Re] Formulating Identity for the LH IIIC Tomb [Re] Users, 2002.

5.

Marie Goodwin, Astronomical Orientations of Minoan Tholos Tombs, 1998.

6.

Susan Allen, Prehistoric Settlement and Land Use in the Kopaic Basin, Greece: A Regional and Household Perspective, 1997.

7.

Robert Schon, The Northeast Workshop at Pylos, 1995.

8.

Blake D. Woodruff, A Spatial Analysis of the Agia Triada Cemetery in the Kerameikos at Athens, 710-400 B.C., 1995.

9.

Terrance J. Rusnak, Jr. The Development and Design of the Doric Temple Stylobate, 1995.

10.

Brian P. Shelburne, Fortifications, Rules and Statements of Power, 1995.

11.

Mireille M. Lee. Semiotic Approaches to the Iconography of Gender in Minoan Neopalatial Bronze Votive Figurines, 1994.

12.

Evi Sikla, Early Metallurgy and Metallurgical Exchange in the North Aegean, 1994.

13.

Sean Hemingway, A Metallurgical Workshop at Palaikastro, Crete, 1992

14.

Andrew Cohen, The Arsenal of Philo, 1991.

15.

Geralyn Lederman, Mycenaean Cult Centers, 1990.

16.

Karen Greever, State Formation in the Corinthia--1,000 - 600 B.C., 1989.

17.

Anastasia Lambropoulos, The Transition from the Late Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age in Thessaly, 1984.

18.

M. Toumazou, Middle Helladic Cist Tombs (1982 only)

19.

Wendy Barnett, The Architecture of Akrotiri, Thera, 1982.

20.

M. Brand, The Shaft Graves and Late Cycladic Pottery, 1979.

SENIOR THESIS SUPERVISIONS (H designates “Honors”):

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1.

H Jessica A. Miller, O Brother Where Art Thou? International Relations in the Eastern Mediterranean during the Late Bronze Age, 2004.

2.

H Rosemary Kelly Kovacs, The Power of Food: Gastronomy and Inequality in the Roman World, fall 2002.

3.

H Catherine Lyon, Minoan Artisans in the Near East and Egypt, 1999.

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H Amy Cavelier, Mycenaean Armor, 1995.

5.

H Sue Ann McCarty, The Faunal Analysis of Pingasagruk, Pt. Franklin, Alaska: Methodology and Butchery Studies, 1995.

6.

H J.J. Shirley, The Conservation of Ancient Structures, 1995

7.

H Aaron D. Wolpert, Trade and Collapse of Complex Societies: The End of the Late Bronze Age in the Mediterranean, 1995.

8.

H Amy Bogaard, Early Bronze Age Architecture in Western Anatolia, Thrace and the Northeast Aegean, 1994.

9.

H Phoebe Acheson, Mycenaean Swords and Daggers 1994.

10.

Beth King, A Study of Burials at Dendra, Greece, 1992.

11.

H Naomi Horowitz, The Minoan Villa and Issues of Storage in Neopalatial Crete 1992.

12.

H Trina Arpin, Mycenaean Textiles, 1992.

13.

H Stephen Mihm, Reconsidering the Iconography of the Minoan Double Ax, 1991.

14.

Deirdre Warner, Floral Iconography in Aegean Painting 1991.

15.

H Vasiliki Kassianidou, Copper Production and Trade and Late Bronze Age Cyprus, 1989.

16.

H Nicole Hirschfeld, Mediterranean Metal Muddle: Early Iron-working in the Eastern

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Mediterranean, 1985

18.

H Allyson Shepard, The Early Helladic II/III Transition in the NorthEastern Peloponnese, 1984.

19.

H Charles Pennington, Domestic Architecture in Western Greece, 1982.

20.

Ben Chien-pin Lin (Growth and Structure of Cities), Designing the First Space Colonies, 1982.

21.

Julie Bernatz (Growth and Structure of Cities), Design Elements in Shopping Centers, 1981.

22.

H Francis DeMita, The Origins of Copper Metallurgy in the Aegean Basin during the Late Neolithic, 1981.

23.

H Anna L. Keys, The Treasuries of Olympia and Delphi, 1979.

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