Kamares Ware
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Recent papers in Kamares Ware
Kamares Ware is one of the most famous pottery styles in archaeology. Its shapes and creative decorations have been differentially studied in the past, mainly from a stylistic perspective. However, its complexity and the fragmented state... more
ABSTRACT: This documentary response sheet contains a series of sequential questions drawn from the video, Acorn: The Minotaur's Island (shown in-class; also available online via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LZ6JzBcXjU [95 minutes]).... more
Il Museo Nazionale Preistorico Etnografico «Luigi Pigorini» di Roma conserva una cospicua raccolta di manufatti cretesi giunti al museo a seguito delle missioni archeologiche italiane condotte a Creta (siti di Festòs ed Haghia Triada) tra... more
This paper presents an overview of the MM IIA-IIB vessels recovered at the site of Phaistos, characterized by decorations impressed by stamping devices. The high number of vases collected, mainly unpublished, and the great variety of... more
The volume provides a detailed presentation of the MM IIIA and MM IIIB pottery from the archaeological sites of Phaistos and Hagia Triada on Crete.
Analysis of the Middle Minoan II 'Kamares' ware cup from Sidon.
SUMMARY: Lecture 12 discusses the end of Early Minoan period, the rise of Middle Minoan period, and the emergence of palace centres on Crete. This lecture is designed mainly as an educational resource for college students (i.e., normally... more
Ms. Penina Mezei has been involved in an archaeological project taking place in Crete, Greece. Crete itself being the largest island located about 200km south of the Greece mainland is a magnificent site on its own. It was home of the... more
The bare bones presentation of a new Minoan MM II bridge-spouted jar sherd from Sidon.
An important feature of the Minoan culture is the pottery of Kamares style, that documents the Cretan cultural production between the first half of the 2nd millennium BC. This high level painted production, characterized by the... more
Invitation to present the status of the research at the Graduate Discussion Evening by the Warden of Keble College, University of Oxford.