Susan Lupack

e Eastern Boeotia Archaeological Project has conducted three seasons (2008-2009) of intensive surface survey as a synergasia of the 9th Ephoreia of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities and the Canadian Institute in Greece. e limits of our survey are well-de ned (g. 1): we con ne ourselves to a 16 by 10 kilometer zone around the modern villages of Arma, Eleon, and Tanagra. East of ebes we are in a plain bounded by the Hypaton Mountain to the north and the Soros range along the south. e Tana-gra Airforce Base is to our east and the industrial zone along the National Highway is our current northern border. Our research area straddles an important region between Attica, Euboea, and Boeotia, and it is very much a 'border zone where di erent systems intersect' , a contested periphery 1. is part of Boeotia, throughout various points in history, was a 'peripheral region for which one or more core regions compete(d)' 2. Boeotia tends to lend itself to a regional approach and the topography of this area has always played a key role in its development. e major city of ebes lies to the west, and Chalkis and the Euboian gulf to the east. Most commentators note that there were two leading cities throughout much of its prehistoric and historic periods-Orchomenos and ebes. Yet, we shouldn't forget that a prominent role was also played by Tanagra in both the prehistoric and historical ages, as demonstrated primarily by Tanagran cemeteries and the walls of the Archaic/Classical city. Furthermore, the architectural features and surface remains at Eleon, coupled with Linear B evidence from ebes, suggest a well-established, economically in uential settlement here as well, between Tanagra and ebes. Taking a regional approach to Boeotia puts our project in very good company. As Fossey has demonstrated, Homer shows a broad, expansive knowledge of Boeotia as a region of many di er-ent cities 3. Boeotia, speci cally Hyria, opens the Catalogue, and occupies 1/16 th of the entire list. ere are 29 named places plus two from around Orchomenos, contributing ships, and about 6000 men. e next highest number in the catalogue is reserved for 12 territories belonging to Agam-emnon; followed by 10 ruled by Menelaus. Homer also gives speci c numbers of men and ships for Boeotia, in contrast to most other regions of Greece; each of Boeotia's 50 ships contained 120 men. Boeotia clearly receives pride of place, and this suggests that the poet was more familiar with this part of Greece than any other. e inclusion of Eleon among the Boeotian cities in the Homer-ic Catalogue also suggests its importance among the region's lesser towns 4. e name has been applied to the acropolis in the village of Arma based on the description-given by Plutarch, Strabo, 1. As de ned by Allen

This short report presents the findings of the five-day pedestrian survey of potential settlement areas near the Ruined Castle shale mines, which operated in the late-19th and early-20th centuries in the Jamison Valley near Katoomba, NSW. Sponsored by the Blue Mountains World Heritage Institute, the survey revealed over 250 surface features, including the foundations of dwellings, artefact scatters and isolated finds, indicating the archaeological potential of the area. Preliminary investigation of documentary resources offers great potential for integrated historical-archaeological research into the lives of miners in isolated pre-World War I settlements in the Blue Mountains.

Questo manuale intende offrire un quadro aggiornato delle conoscenze nel campo dell’epigrafia micenea. Nato dalla collaborazione di un gruppo  di specialisti di varie università e centri di ricerca, contiene un’introduzione alla scrittura e alla lingua dei testi micenei e un’analisi dettagliata dei principali documenti in lineare B, suddivisi per argomento. Nel primo volume, la scrittura, le pratiche scribali e quelle amministrative sono presentate nel dettaglio e messe a confronto con quelle delle amministrazioni minoiche in “geroglifico” cretese e in lineare A, mentre i documenti sono contestualizzati sul piano archeologico e descritti dal punto di vista epigrafico, paleografico e archivistico. Nel secondo volume, dopo una descrizione dettagliata dei settori produttivi ricostruibili in base alla testimonianza delle fonti scritte, è proposta una sintesi sul mondo miceneo, relativa a geografia, società, economia e religione. Ogni capitolo del manuale è corredato da un’ampia bibliografia. Chiude il volume un glossario dei vocaboli micenei discussi nel testo.
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The handbook, which is the fruit of the collaboration of a group of specialists from various universities and research centres in Italy and abroad, aims to provide an updated overview about Mycenaean epigraphy. It contains an introduction to the writing and language of the Mycenaean texts and a detailed analysis of the main Linear B documents divided by topic. In the first volume the Linear B writing system and the Mycenaean scribal and administrative practices are analyzed and compared with their Minoan antecedents (Cretan Hieroglyphics and Linear A). The second volume contains a detailed description of the different production sectors as they can be reconstructed from the Linear B texts as well as a synthesis of some major topics relating to the Mycenaean world, such as geography, society, economy and religion. Each chapter is provided with an essential bibliography. The book ends with a glossary of the Mycenaean words.