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Open Access Journal: Acta ad archaeologiam et artium historiam pertinentia

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Acta ad archaeologiam et artium historiam pertinentia
ISSN: 2611-3686 

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Acta ad archaeologiam et artium historiam pertinentia (ACTA) is published by the Norwegian Institute in Rome in association with Scienze e Lettere, Rome. ACTA publishes articles relevant to Mediterranean archaeology and art history within the broader interdisciplinary mission statement of the Institute. ACTA is an international, open access journal that simultaneosly publishes a paper and an electronic version.

Vol. 34 No. 20 N.S. (2022): City, Hinterland and Environment: Urban Resilience during the First Millennium Transition

On the cover: “Propylaeum of the Roman temple of Jupiter in Damascus, now a lively market-street. Photo (2004) courtesy of Jørgen Christian Meyer”.

Ediderunt    Simon Malmberg  -  Eivind Heldaas Seland  -  Christopher Prescott

On cover:
Propylaeum of the Roman temple of Jupiter in Damascus, now a lively market street. Photo (2004) courtesy of Jørgen Christian Meyer”.

E-ISSN (online version) 2611-3686

ISSN (print version) 0065-0900

 

Published: 2024-03-07

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Studia Humaniora Tartuensia (SHT): An international online journal of the classics and the humanities
The purpose of Studia Humaniora Tartuensia (SHT) is to publish scholarly papers and notes embodying original research in all areas of the humanities, but especially classical studies and ancient history, Neo-Latin studies, classical tradition, history of scholarship and philosophy. We encourage interdisciplinary contributions and submissions that use new approaches to elucidate their topic. Detailed treatments of specific themes are also welcome. We also publish book notices and reviews.

 

 













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ICON: Art and Meaning in Aegean Seal Images

Janice L. Crowley  

Das ICON-Buch offenbart uns das Leben der frühägäischen Völker, so wie es durch die Hände ihrer Künstler verewigt wurde. ICON präsentiert die Bilder, die auf Siegeln eingraviert oder ziseliert wurden und beleuchtet ihre Bedeutung trotz des Fehlens begleitender entzifferter Texte. Während ihrer langen Blütezeit, boten die Siegel die ausführlichsten Darstellungen des Lebens, das die Bevölkerung des minoischen Kreta und mykenischen Griechenland geführt und imaginiert hat.
Mit seinen 1800 Abbildungen bietet ICON die erste umfassende ikonografische Analyse ägäischer Siegelbilder. ICON beschreibt und interpretiert die Bilder anhand eines durchdachten Vokabulars, das ihre künstlerischen Innovationen anerkennt und die Details ihrer anspruchsvollen, nuancierten und polyvalenten Ikonographie würdigt.

Dr. Janice L. Crowley ist eine international anerkannte Spezialistin auf dem Gebiet der Kunst und Ikonographie der ägäischen Bronzezeit. Ihr Schwerpunkt liegt auf dem künstlerischen Austausch mit dem Nahen Osten und den ägäischen Siegelbildern. Ihre Forschungsergebnisse wurden bei Gastvorträgen und internationalen Konferenzen in Europa und den USA vorgestellt und in zahlreichen Aufsätzen und zwei Monographien publiziert.

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ISBN 978-3-96929-286-0 (PDF)
ISBN 978-3-96929-287-7 (Hardcover)

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27.03.2024

 

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Seiten
PDF
Titelei
Contents
Preface
xiii-xiv
Acknowledgements
xv-xvi
Abbrevations
xvii-xxi
Maps
xxii-xxiii
Chronological Table
xxiv
Introduction
The Aegean Seal
Chapter 1 The Importance of the Seal
3-28
Part 1
The Art of the Aegean Seal
Chapter 2 The Icon and its Iconographic Vocabulary
31-59
Chapter 3 Innovation in Minoan Artistic Design
61-89
Part 2
Interpreting Aegean Seal Images
Chapter 4 The Earth and Sky Surround
94-112
Chapter 5 The Bounty of Nature
113-133
Chapter 6 The Life of Animals
135-162
Chapter 7 The Realm of the Sea
163-176
Chapter 8 The Constructed Environment
178-206
Chapter 9 The Sphere of Mortals
207-233
Chapter 10 Exotic Animals and Fantastic Creatures
235-261
Chapter 11 The Lesser Spirits
263-279
Chapter 12 The Great Gods
282-320
Chapter 13 Minoan Identity and the Seal Artist
323-346
Chapter 14 The Mycenaean Inheritance
347-366
Conclusion
The Primacy of the Seals
Chapter 15 Prized Possession, Original Iconography, Seminal Art
369-384
Appendices
385-396
Bibliography
397-442
Index
443-447

 

 

Hayonim Cave: From the Early to the Middle Palaeolithic in the Levant (Israel)

Edited by Liliane Meignen & Ofer Bar-Yosef

The research presented in this book results from an international interdisciplinary research program in Hayonim cave (Israel) from 1992 to 2000, directed by Prof O. Bar-Yosef (Harvard University) and L. Meignen (CNRS, France), and focusing on a long archaeological sequence dated to circa 300-140 000 years ago. The intensive fieldwork and research following it allowed us to document an essential period of human history in the Levant: the end of the Lower Palaeolithic and Early Middle Palaeolithic, during which recent discoveries showed that the early H. sapiens, expanding out of Africa, reached SW Asia around 180-190 000 y ago.

This book brings together the impressive findings of nine years of excavations and analysis by an interdisciplinary team of well-known scholars from US universities (Harvard, Boston, University of Arizona), Weizmann Institute (Israel) as well as from the French CNRS.

Several complementary approaches are implemented to understand early human economic, cultural and behavioral changes observed at this crucial period. It is based on detailed studies of lithic artifact technology, the remains of systematic fire use and cave occupation by early humans, and foraging strategies that include the early development of human adaptations for hunting large prey. In the context of the highly debated cultural break observed at the end of the Lower Palaeolithic, we propose new interpretations based on these innovative results.

This volume will provide a cornerstone for the history of humankind in a critical geographic region, at the crossroads between Africa and Eurasia.

Paperback ISBN: 9789464261851 | Hardback ISBN: 9789464261868 | Imprint: Sidestone Press | Format: 210x280mm | 306 pp. | Language: English | 51 illus. (bw) | 82 illus. (fc) | Keywords: cave; Palaeolithic archaeology; early human behavior; lithic technology; taphonomy; pyrotechnology; geoarchaeology; site formation processes; zooarchaeology | download cover | DOI: 10.59641/i8d53db9

Preface
L. Meignen O. Bar-Yosef

Chapter 1 – Introduction
Liliane Meignen, Ofer Bar-Yosef

Chapter 2 – Hayonim geology and stratigraphy
Paul Goldberg, Liliane Meignen, Steve Weiner, Ofer Bar-Yosef

Chapter 3 – Fire use, cave occupations by early Middle Palaeolithic Humans in Hayonim Cave
Liliane Meignen, Paul Goldberg

Chapter 4 – Faunal perspectives on carbonate preservation and hearth-centered activities during the Middle Palaeolithic in Hayonim Cave
Mary C. Stiner

Chapter 5- Hayonim Cave: Lithic assemblages, from the end of the Lower Palaeolithic to the Middle Palaeolithic
Liliane Meignen

Chapter 6- Technological, cultural and behavioral changes in the Levant from the Late Lower Palaeolithic to the mid-Middle Palaeolithic: Contribution from the Hayonim sequence
Liliane Meignen