Dais. The Aegean Feast

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

– Yannis HAMILAKIS, Time, Performance, and the Production of a Mnemonic Record: From Feasting to an Archaeology of Eating and Drinking

I. FEASTS FOR THE GODS: FEASTING PRACTICES AND RELIGIOUS ASPECTS

– Jennifer WILSON, What Were the Women Doing While the Men Were Eating and Drinking?

The Evidence of the Frescoes

– Anna SIMANDIRAKI, The Minoan Body as a Feast

– Bernice JONES, Anthropomorphic Vessels at the Feast: Evidence for Dress or Ornament?

– Brent DAVIS, Libation and the Minoan Feast

– David COLLARD, Possible Alternatives to Alcohol: The Contextual Analysis of Poppy-shaped Jugs from Cyprus and the Aegean

– Dora CONSTANTINIDIS, From Fields to Feasts: Interpreting Aegean Architecture and Iconography in Relation to Feast Preparations

– Janice L. CROWLEY, In Honour of the Gods ¿ But Which Gods? Identifying Deities in Aegean Glyptic

– Helène WHITTAKER, The Role of Drinking in Religious Ritual in the Mycenaean Period

– Elizabeth SHANK, Decorated Dining Halls

– Gullög NORDQUIST, Feasting: Participation and Performance

II. FEASTS FOR THE HUMANS: COOKING, FOOD AND WINE

– Sarah P. MORRIS, Wine and Water in the Bronze Age: Fermenting, Mixing and Serving Vessels

– Thomas M. BROGAN and Andrew J. KOH, Feasting at Mochlos? New Evidence for Wine Production, Storage and Consumption from a Bronze Age Harbor Town on Crete?

– Rachel FOX, Tastes, Smells and Spaces: Sensory Perceptions and Mycenaean Palatial Feasting

– Bartlomiej LIS, Cooked Food in the Mycenaean Feast ¿ Evidence from the Cooking Pots

– Julie HRUBY, You Are How You Eat: Mycenaean Class and Cuisine

IIIa. FEASTS IN THE AEGEAN LANDSCAPE: THE EVIDENCE FROM CRETE

– Philip P. BETANCOURT, David S. REESE, Louise L. VERSTEGEN, and Susan C. FERRENCE, Feasts for the Dead: Evidence from the Ossuary at Hagios Charalambos

– Luca GIRELLA, Feasts in ¿transition’? An overview of feasting practices during MM III in Crete

– Loeta TYREE, Athanasia KANTA and Harriet Lewis ROBINSON, Evidence for Ritual Eating and Drinking: A View from Skoteino Cave

– Judith REID, Dinnertime at Kato Zakro

– Jan DRIESSEN, Alexandre FARNOUX and Charlotte LANGOHR, Favissae. Feasting Pits in LM III

– Quentin LETESSON and Jan DRIESSEN, From ¿Party’ to ¿Ritual’ to ¿Ruin’ in Minoan Crete: The Spatial Context of Feasting

IIIb. FEASTS IN THE AEGEAN LANDSCAPE: THE EVIDENCE FROM THE MAINLAND

– Jennifer O’NEILL, Utility and Metaphor: The Design of The House of Tiles at Lerna

– Kim S. SHELTON, Drinking, Toasting, Consumption and Libation: Late Helladic IIIA Pottery and a Cup for Every Occasion

– Salvatore VITALE, Ritual Drinking and Eating at LH IIIA2 Early Mitrou, East Lokris. Evidence for Mycenaean Feasting Activities?

– Gisela WALBERG and David S. REESE, Feasting at Midea

IV. IMAGES OF THE FEAST: ICONOGRAPHY

– Ingo PINI, Are there any Representations of Feasting in the Aegean Bronze Age?

– Fritz BLAKOLMER, Processions in Aegean Iconography II: Who are the Participants?

– Susan C. FERRENCE, Is There Iconography of the Minoan Feast?

– Marcia NUGENT, Picturing the Feast ¿ Recipes as Art. Botanic Motifs of the Late Bronze Age Cycladic Islands

V. FEASTS ABROAD: COMPARATIVE EVIDENCE FROM THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN

– Jennifer M. WEBB and David FRANKEL, Fine Ware Ceramics, Consumption and Commensality: Mechanisms of Horizontal and Vertical Integration in Early Bronze Age Cyprus

– Kathryn O. ERIKSSON, Feasting as Part of the Multiculturalism of Late Bronze Age Cyprus

– Alison SOUTH, Feasting in Cyprus: a View from Kalavasos

– Louise A. HITCHCOCK, Architectures of Feasting

– Karen Polinger FOSTER, A Taste for the Exotic

– Ann E. KILLEBREW and Justin LEV-TOV, Early Iron Age Feasting and Cuisine: an Indicator of Philistine-Aegean Connectivity?

– Aren M. MAEIR, Aegean Feasting and other Indo-European Elements in the Philistine Household

-Assaf YASUR-LANDAU, Hard to Handle: Aspects of Organization in Aegean and Near Eastern Feasts

VI. FEASTS IN THE TEXTS: THE WRITTEN RECORD

– John G. YOUNGER, Food Rations and Portions in Cretan Hieroglyphic Documents

– Ioannis FAPPAS, The Use of Perfumed Oils during Feasting Activities: A Comparison of Mycenaean and Near Eastern Written Sources

– Stavroula NIKOLOUDIS, Bulls and Belonging: Another Look at PY Cn 3

– Thomas G. PALAIMA, The Significance of Mycenaean Words Relating to Meals, Meal Rituals, and Food

– Vassilis P. PETRAKIS, E-ke-ra2-wo ¤ wa-na-ka: The Implications of a Probable Non-Identification for Pylian Feasting and Politics

– Cynthia W. SHELMERDINE, Host and Guest at a Mycenaean Feast

– Jörg WEILHARTNER, Some Observations on the Commodities in the Linear B Tablets Referring to Sacrificial Banquets

AFTERTHOUGHT

– Thomas G. PALAIMA, A New Linear B Inscription from the Land Down Under: AUS HO(ME) Bo 2008

Preface and Acknowledgments Abbreviations Keynote Address - Yannis Hamilakis, Time, Performance, and the Production of a Mnemonic Record: From Feasting to an Archaeology of Eating and Drinking I. FEASTS FOR THE GODS: FEASTING PRACTICES AND RELIGIOUS ASPECTS - Jennifer Wilson, What Were the Women Doing While the Men Were Eating and Drinking? The Evidence of the Frescoes - Anna Simandiraki, The Minoan Body as a Feast - Bernice Jones, Anthropomorphic Vessels at the Feast: Evidence for Dress or Ornament? - Brent Davis, Libation and the Minoan Feast - David Collard, Possible Alternatives to Alcohol: The Contextual Analysis of Poppy-shaped Jugs from Cyprus and the Aegean - Dora Constantinidis, From Fields to Feasts: Interpreting Aegean Architecture and Iconography in Relation to Feast Preparations - Janice L. Crowley, In Honour of the Gods - But Which Gods? Identifying Deities in Aegean Glyptic - Helene Whittaker, The Role of Drinking in Religious Ritual in the Mycenaean Period - Elizabeth Shank, Decorated Dining Halls - Gullog Nordquist, Feasting: Participation and Performance II. FEASTS FOR THE HUMANS: COOKING, FOOD AND WINE - Sarah P. Morris, Wine and Water in the Bronze Age: Fermenting, Mixing and Serving Vessels - Thomas M. Brogan and Andrew J. Koh, Feasting at Mochlos? New Evidence for Wine Production, Storage and Consumption from a Bronze Age Harbor Town on Crete? - Rachel Fox, Tastes, Smells and Spaces: Sensory Perceptions and Mycenaean Palatial Feasting - Bartlomiej Lis, Cooked Food in the Mycenaean Feast - Evidence from the Cooking Pots - Julie Hruby, You Are How You Eat: Mycenaean Class and Cuisine IIIa. FEASTS IN THE AEGEAN LANDSCAPE: THE EVIDENCE FROM CRETE - Philip P. Betancourt, David S. Reese, Louise L. Verstegen, and Susan C. Ferrence, Feasts for the Dead: Evidence from the Ossuary at Hagios Charalambos - Luca Girella, Feasts in 'transition'? An overview of feasting practices during MM III in Crete - Loeta Tyree, Athanasia Kanta and Harriet Lewis Robinson, Evidence for Ritual Eating and Drinking: A View from Skoteino Cave - Judith Reid, Dinnertime at Kato Zakro - Jan Driessen, Alexandre Farnoux and Charlotte Langohr, Favissae. Feasting Pits in LM III - Quentin Letesson and Jan Driessen, From 'Party' to 'Ritual' to 'Ruin' in Minoan Crete: The Spatial Context of Feasting IIIb. FEASTS IN THE AEGEAN LANDSCAPE: THE EVIDENCE FROM THE MAINLAND - Jennifer O'Neill, Utility and Metaphor: The Design of The House of Tiles at Lerna - Kim S. Shelton, Drinking, Toasting, Consumption and Libation: Late Helladic IIIA Pottery and a Cup for Every Occasion - Salvatore Vitale, Ritual Drinking and Eating at LH IIIA2 Early Mitrou, East Lokris. Evidence for Mycenaean Feasting Activities? - Gisela Walberg and David S. Reese, Feasting at Midea IV. IMAGES OF THE FEAST: ICONOGRAPHY - Ingo Pini, Are there any Representations of Feasting in the Aegean Bronze Age? - Fritz Blakolmer, Processions in Aegean Iconography II: Who are the Participants? - Susan C. Ferrernce, Is There Iconography of the Minoan Feast? - Marcia Nugent, Picturing the Feast - Recipes as Art. Botanic Motifs of the Late Bronze Age Cycladic Islands V. FEASTS ABROAD: COMPARATIVE EVIDENCE FROM THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN - Jennifer M. Webb and David Frankel, Fine Ware Ceramics, Consumption and Commensality: Mechanisms of Horizontal and Vertical Integration in Early Bronze Age Cyprus - Kathryn O. Eriksson, Feasting as Part of the Multiculturalism of Late Bronze Age Cyprus - Alison South, Feasting in Cyprus: a View from Kalavasos - Louise A. Hitchcock, Architectures of Feasting - Karen Polinger Foster, A Taste for the Exotic - Ann E. Killebrew and Justin Lev-Tov, Early Iron Age Feasting and Cuisine: an Indicator of Philistine-Aegean Connectivity? - Aren M. Maeir, Aegean Feasting and other Indo-European Elements in the Philistine Household -Assaf Yasur-Landau, Hard to Handle: Aspects of Organization in Aegean and Near Eastern Feasts VI. FEASTS IN THE TEXTS: THE WRITTEN RECORD - John G. Younger, Food Rations and Portions in Cretan Hieroglyphic Documents - Ioannis Fappas, The Use of Perfumed Oils during Feasting Activities: A Comparison of Mycenaean and Near Eastern Written Sources - Stavroula Nikoloudis, Bulls and Belonging: Another Look at PY Cn 3 - Thomas G. Palaima, The Significance of Mycenaean Words Relating to Meals, Meal Rituals, and Food - Vassilis P. Petrakis, E-ke-ra2-wo n wa-na-ka: The Implications of a Probable Non-Identification for Pylian Feasting and Politics - Cynthia W. Shelmerdine, Host and Guest at a Mycenaean Feast - Jorg Weilhartner, Some Observations on the Commodities in the Linear B Tablets Referring to Sacrificial Banquets Afterthought - Thomas G. Palaima, A New Linear B Inscription from the Land Down Under: AUS HO(ME) Bo 2008

• Edited by L.A. Hitchcock
• Edited by R. Laffineur
• Edited by J.L. Crowley