Journal of Greek Archaeology Volume 9 2024

Vol. 9 includes proceedings of a conference held in Athens (2023) offering a rich overview of the application of GIS in excavation and survey contexts in Greece and the Eastern Mediterranean. Further papers cover prehistory through to Medieval times, and a final paper providing a detailed survey of the history of female archaeologists in Greece.

This volume is a bumper edition. After a tribute to Hans Lohmann by his colleague Sophia Nomikos, we offer the proceedings of a conference held at the British School at Athens in 2023, twelve papers edited by Vassilis Evangelidis, Despoina Tsiafaki, Yiannis Mourthos and Melpomeni Karta, which gives us a rich overview of the application of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in excavation and survey contexts in Greece and the Eastern Mediterranean. In the second half of this volume, we range from the Palaeolithic though the Neolithic and Bronze Ages into the Classical world, where domestic life and the reality of Amazon women are discussed. We are delighted to have offerings on Byzantine shipwrecks and Ottoman aqueducts in Greece. This volume finishes with a fascinatingly detailed survey of the history of female archaeologists in Greece, depressing for past times with their deliberate marginalization, but fortunately a very different story in recent years.

Volume 9 2024: Editorial – John Bintliff

Obituary Hans Lohmann – Sophia Nomicos

Mapping the past plotting the future conference papers

Mapping the past plotting the future. GIS in archaeology, maturity and implementation, Proceedings of the workshop organised by the AeGIS Athena Lab, at the British School at Athens, Thursday 30 March 2023 – Vassilis Evangelidis , Despoina Tsiafaki , Yiannis Mourthos , Melpomeni Karta

The polymorphism of archaeological GIS. Unfolding the archaeological dimensions of GIS – Apostolos Sarris

From intra site to macro scale GIS analysis. The work of the AeGIS Lab – Vassilis Evangelidis , Yiannis Mourthos , Melpomeni Karta

Methodology and guidelines for geovisualizing archaeological excavation data: the case of Sikyon, Greece – Spiridon Mousouris , Yannis Lolos , Christina Giannakoula

A holistic solution for the analysis of excavation and specialist data in a 3D GIS framework – Rosie Campbell , Michael J. Boyd , James Herbst , Hallvard R. Indgjerd , Nathan Meyer , Colin Renfrew

3D GIS in archaeological excavations: linking documentation with analytic and synthetic workfows – Markos Katsianis

Born-digital field survey data: using a KoBoToolbox workflow in the West Area of Samos Archaeological Project – Michael Loy , Alexandra Katevaini , Anastasia Vasileiou

ARCH_DATA APK: Mobile computing in the service of archaeological research – George Malaperdas

Exploring optimal paths, slope-dependent functions and digital elevation models in the greater Knossos area – Vyron Antoniadis

Embedding spatial analyses in culture-historical discourse. Experiences from Jordan and Cyprus – Will M. Kennedy

Methods of integration: combining archaeological and paleoenvironmental datasets within a GIS framework – Anton Bonnier

Prehistory and Protohistory

The role of the Aegean Thrace and Central Northern Greece as natural corridors for early hominin dispersals: current evidence and prospects – Panagiotis Litsios

‘Neglected’ macrolithic toolkits: polishing pebbles from the Neolithic sites of Avgi and Makri, Northern Greece – Tasos Bekiaris

Thera, the Aegean, Egypt, the Hyksos and Anatolia: rethinking the orthodox synchronisations and histories – Sturt W. Manning

Θαλεροί τ᾽ αἰζηοί: hunting scenes in Mycenaean pictorial tradition and Homeric epic – Massimiliano Carbonari , Sofia Voutsaki , Jacqueline J.H. Klooster

Sphinx or warrior? A small, bronze head from Pyla-Kokkinokremos, Cyprus – Jan Driessen , Florence Gaignerot-Driessen , Sorin Hermon

The erosion of tells: a note – Donald A. Davidson

Archaic to Classical

Outdoor living: a preliminary survey of outdoor, multifunctional domestic spaces in mainland Greece – Kyle A. Jazwa

Digging up the Amazons?: The dangers of viewing Scythian material remains through the lens of Classical Amazon Mythopoesis – Elizabeth Hankinson

The house of Fourni on Delos: an interdisciplinary approach on a multi-functional complex – Anne-Sophie Martz , Hélène Wurmser

Medieval

A Byzantine shipwreck from Kasos Island (Greece): the ceramic evidence – Xanthie Argiris

Tracing the aqueduct of Koroni Castle in Messenia, southern Greece – Konstantina Gerolymou , Basilis Panou

Historiography

Greek women in archaeology: a chronicle of achievement – Dimitra Kokkinidou , Marianna Nikolaidou

Reviews

• Editor-in-chief John Bintliff
• Guest editor Vassilis Evangelidis
• Guest editor Despoina Tsiafaki
• Guest editor Yiannis Mourthos
• Guest editor Melpomeni Karta