Zebrane w niniejszym tomie teksty autorów z Czech, Francji, Grecji, Niemiec, Polski, Wielkiej Brytanii i Włoch obejmują szeroką gamę tematów, od problemów metodologicznych po zagadnienia związane z konkretnymi okresami i regionami. Dotyczą m.in.: ceramiki z przed- i wczesnopałacowej Ayia Triada na Krecie, symboliki narzędzi tkackich na Cyprze, znaczenia przedstawień ptaków w sztuce Krety, pomieszczeń kuchennych w Zakro, metodologii badań nad kamieniami do gier (pionami) z Cypru, zmian w Centrum Kultowym w Mykenach w końcu okresu późnohelladzkiego IIIB, przedmiotów metalowych z południowej części East-Aegean-West Anatolian Interface, „biografii” egejskich metalowych opasek na głowy, relacji między społecznościami dolin Vardaru i Strumy w Grecji Północnej, możliwego związku pomiędzy Pucharem Nestora z Myken i homerowym opisem pucharu Nestora w Iliadzie.
Tom w języku angielskim.
Sympozjum Egejskie. Papers in Aegean Archaeology to nowa anglojęzyczna seria wydawnicza redagowana przez pracowników i doktorantów Zakładu Archeologii Egejskiej Instytutu Archeologii Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego. Pełni ona rolę przewodnika po najnowszych trendach badawczych w archeologii egejskiej, prezentując zarówno tematy, którymi zajmują się młodzi naukowcy, jak i różnorodne metody oraz podejścia badawcze.
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The papers included in the volume, by authors from Czech Republic, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Italy and Poland, cover a wide range of issues, from some methodological problems to the specific subjects connected with different periods and areas. Among the others, they concern pottery from Pre- and Protopalatial Ayia Triada in Crete, symbolism of textile tools from Cyprus, meaning of representations of birds in Cretan art., Minoan kilns, kitchens in Zakro, methodology of the study of gaming stones from Cyprus, changes in the Cult Centre of Mycenae in Late Helladic IIIB, metal objects from the lower part of the East-Aegean-West Anatolian Interface, ‘biographies’ of Aegean metal headbands, relations between the communities from the Struma and Vardar valleys in Northern Greece, and a possible link between the Cup of Nestor from Mycenae and the Homeric Nestor’s cup in the Iliad.
Sympozjum Egejskie. Papers in Aegean Archaeology is a new English-language series edited by the researchers and postgraduate students of the Department of Aegean Archaeology, Institute of Archaeology, University of Warsaw. It was meant as a guide that presents the most recent research trends in the Aegean archaeology, including the subjects undertaken by early career scholars as well as various scientific methods.
Sympozjum Egejskie. Papers in Aegean Archaeology is a peer-reviewed series designed to fultil the role of a platform presenting and introducting a broad scope of new research approaches and themes, as well as the work of newcomers to ghe discipline, i.e. those authors who are at the beginning of their research career in the field of Aegean Archaeology. We hope that this series will serve as a concise guide presenting the most recent research undertaken by early career scholares, as well as new trends in archaeology of the Bronze Age Aerean.
Introduction
KATARZYNA ŻEBROWSKA, AGATA ULANOWSKA & KAZIMIERZ LEWARTOWSKI 7
Cycladic Sauceboats in the Deposit of the Camerette in Ayia Triada
CHIARA DE GREGORIO 11
A Case of Identity. Investigating the Symbolism of Spindle Whorls in Early and Middle Cypriot Tombs
SARAH DOUGLAS, GIULIA MUTI 19
Animism or Analogism? Bird Depictions and Their Significance for the Reconstruction of Cretan Bronze Age Ontologies
JULIA BINNBERG 31
Minoan Pottery Kilns: A Re-Evaluation of Their Morphology, Technology, and Function
IOANNIS PAPPAS 43
The Kitchen of the Palace and the Cooking Areas of the Houses in a Minoan Neopalatial Town. The Example of Kato Zakros
GEORGIOS-PANAGIOTIS GEORGAKOPOULOS 57
The Rules of the Game. Cypriot Bronze Age Gaming Stones:
Their ‘Informative Perspective’ about Social Practices
ALESSANDRA SAGGIO 69
Materialising Mythology. The Cup of Nestor from Shaft Grave IV at Mycenae
STEPHANIE AULSEBROOK 79
Aegean Headbands: A Functional Approach. Macroscopic, Microscopic, and Experimental Studies
BETTY RAMÉ 91
Between Crete and Anatolia. Metal Finds of the So-Called Lower Interface in the LBA
MILOŠ ROHÁČEK 101
Crisis at the Cult Centre. Evidence from the Megaron Basements
STEPHANIE AULSEBROOK 111
Pottery as an Indicator of Interregional Contacts.
Place of Vardar and Struma River Valleys in the Cultural Network of Central Macedonia in the Late Bronze Age —
State of Research and Further Perspectives
CEZARY BAHYRYCZ 123
