Dioskouroi : studies presented to W.G. Cavanagh and C.B. Mee on the anniversary of their 30-year joint contribution to Aegean archaeology

This Festschrift celebrates the 30th anniversary of Bill Cavanagh and Chris Mees joint contribution to Aegean Archaeology. Contents: A message from Sparti (Metaxia Papapostolou); Bill Cavanagh: A personal appreciation (Stephen Hodkinson); Chris Mee: A personal appreciation (Matthew Fitzjohn); A Shrine - or Shrine Treasury - in the Country House at Myrtos-Pyrgos (Gerald Cadogan); Communal Ceremonies in an Early Minoan Tholos Cemetery (Keith Branigan); A Goddess in a Boat (Nicolas Coldstream); Mycenaean Cult Practice: Private and Public Ritual Acts (Christina Aamont); The Tholos Tombs of Messenia: An Overview (Emily Banou); The Ever Intriguing Terracotta Anchors of the Early Bronze Age (Jeannette Forsen); Mycenaean Figurines: 50 Years on (Elizabeth French); A Mycenaean Stirrup Jar from Enkomi O.T. 74 (Penelope Mountjoy); The Knossos "Jewel Fresco" Reconsidered (John Younger); Gender Boundaries in Late Bronze Age Greece: The Contribution of Dress (Georgina Muskett); Twin Aegean Seals in Liverpool and Manchester ( John Betts); Giorgio De Chirico and Greek Prehistory (Robin Barber); Chamber Tombs, Family, and State in Mycenaean Greece (James Wright); Creation and Expression of Identity in Cyprus at the End of The Late Bronze Age (Louise Steel); Interaction of Large and Small Communities in Arkadia in the Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic and Roman Periods (James Roy); Froggies Round the Pond: La Protohistoire Egeenne en France (Josette Renard); Was There Really a Trojan War? (Oliver Dickinson); A Heifer to Ithaca (George Huxley); Appearance and Reality: Thoughts on the Interpretation of Archaeological Field Surveys (Hector Catling); In Praise Of The Ancestors. Catchment and Territory in Agricultural Landscapes: Revisiting the Birth of a Concept in the Light of Current Research in Landscape Archaeology (John Bintliff); Kos in the Bronze Age: The Settlement Pattern and its Significance (Mercourios Georgiadis); Interpreting the Bronze Age Landscape of Kephalonia. A (Preliminary) View from the Livatho Valley Survey (Christina Souyoudzoglou-Haywood); Bronze Age Aphrodisias Revisited (Alan Greaves); Ahhiyawa, Argos and the Argive Plain (Joost Crouwel); Between Admetus and Jason: Pherai in the Early Iron Age (Ioannis Georganas); Pseudo-Skylax on the Peloponnese (Graham Shipley); Between Scylla and Charybdis: The Archaeology of Mycenaean Vatika on the Malea Peninsula (Chrysanthi Gallou); Ionian Influence on Spartan Architecture? (Richard Tomlinson); A Sixth-Century Kantharos from the Menelaion, Sparta (Richard Catling); Black Sparta(n)? (Paul Cartledge); Lakedaimonian Xenoi in Thessaly: The Onomastic Evidence (Nicholas Sekunda); The Monasteries of Saint Nikon: The Amyklaion, Sparta and Lakonia (Pamela Armstrong). Front Cover Title Page Copyright Contents PROLOGUE A MESSAGE FROM SPARTI BILL CAVANAGH: A PERSONAL APPRECIATION CHRIS MEE: A PERSONAL APPRECIATION A SHRINE - OR SHRINE TREASURY - IN THE COUNTRY HOUSE AT MYRTOS-PYRGOS COMMUNAL CEREMONIES IN AN EARLY MINOANTHOLOS CEMETERY A GODDESS IN A BOAT MYCENAEAN CULT PRACTICE: ‘PRIVATE’ AND ‘PUBLIC’ RITUAL ACTS THE THOLOS TOMBS OF MESSENIA: AN OVERVIEW THE EVER INTRIGUING ‘TERRACOTTA ANCHORS’ OF THE EARLY BRONZE AGE MYCENAEAN FIGURINES: 50 YEARS ON A MYCENAEAN STIRRUP JAR FROM ENKOMI O.T. 74 THE KNOSSOS “JEWEL FRESCO” RECONSIDERED GENDER BOUNDARIES IN LATE BRONZE AGE GREECE: THE CONTRIBUTION OF DRESS TWIN AEGEAN SEALS IN LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER GIORGIO DE CHIRICO AND GREEK PREHISTORY CHAMBER TOMBS, FAMILY, AND STATE IN MYCENAEAN GREECE CREATION AND EXPRESSION OF IDENTITY IN CYPRUS AT THE END OF THE LATE BRONZE AGE INTERACTION OF LARGE AND SMALL COMMUNITIES IN ARKADIA IN THE ARCHAIC, CLASSICAL, HELLENISTIC AND ROMAN PERIODS FROGGIES ROUND THE POND: LA PROTOHISTORE EGEENNE EN FRANCE WAS THERE REALLY A TROJAN WAR? A HEIFER TO ITHACA APPEARANCE AND REALITY: THOUGHTS ON THE INTERPRETATION OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD SURVEYS “IN PRAISE OF THE ANCESTORS”. CATCHMENT AND TERRITORY IN AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES: REVISITING THE BIRTH OF A CONCEPT IN THE LIGHT OF CURRENT RESEARCH IN LANDSCAPE ARCHAEOLOGY KOS IN THE BRONZE AGE: THE SETTLEMENT PATTERN AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE INTERPRETING THE BRONZE AGE LANDSCAPE OF KEPHALONIA. A (PRELIMINARY) VIEW FROM THE LIVATHO VALLEY SURVEY BRONZE AGE APHRODISIAS REVISITED AHHIYAWA, ARGOS AND THE ARGIVE PLAIN BETWEEN ADMETUS AND JASON: PHERAI IN THE EARLY IRON AGE PSEUDO-SKYLAX ON THE PELOPONNESE ‘BETWEEN SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS’: THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF MYCENAEAN VATIKA ON THE MALEA PENINSULA IONIAN INFLUENCE ON SPARTAN ARCHITECTURE? A SIXTH-CENTURY KANTHAROS FROM THE MENELAION, SPARTA BLACK SPARTA(N)? LAKEDAIMONIAN XENOI IN THESSALY: THE ONOMASTIC EVIDENCE THE MONASTERIES OF SAINT NIKON: THE AMYKLAION, SPARTA AND LAKONIA