Acta Instituti Atheniensis Regni Sueciae, Series in 4 XL
Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium
at the Swedish Institute at Athens, 11-13 June 1988
245 pp, b/w figures, in English
Contents:
Preface
Ceremonial Practices in the Early and Middle Helladic Periods
- Pullen, Daniel J. / Early Helladic burials at Asine and Early Bronze Age mortuary practices
- Caskey, Miriam / Thoughts on Early Bronze Age hearths
- Zerner, Carol / Ceramics and ceremony: Pottery and burials from Lerna in the Middle and early Late Bronze Ages
- Nordquist, Gulld'g C. / Middle Helladic burial rites: Some speculations ..
- General discussion
Mortuary Customs, State Formation and Mycenaean Society
- Dabney, Mary K. & James C. Wright / Mortuary customs, palatial society and state formation in the Aegean area: A comparative study
- Cavanagh, W.G. & C. Mee /The location of Mycenaean chamber tombs in the Argolid
- Sjoberg, Birgitta L. / The pottery frequency fluctuations in Late Helladic tombs. A case study of three LH III sites in the Argolid (poster)
- General discussion
Burial Rites in Tumuli, Tholoi and Chamber Tombs
- Protonotariou-Deilaki, Evangelia / Burial customs and funerary rites in the prehistoric Argolid
- Protonotariou-Deilaki, Evangelia / The tumuli of Mycenae and Dendra (poster). With an appendix by Sebastian Payne
- Pelon, Olivier / Les tombes a tholos d'Argolide : architecture et rituel funeraire
- Demakopoulou, Katie / The burial ritual in the tholos tomb at Kokla, Argolis
- Wells, Berit / Death at Dendra. On mortuary practices in a Mycenaean community
- General discussion
Symbols and Symbolism in Mycenaean Celebrations
- Marinatos, Nanno / Celebrations of death and the symbolism of the lion hunt
- Morris, Christine E. / In pursuit of the white tusked boar: Aspects of hunting in Mycenaean society
- Kilian-Dirlmeier, Imma / Remarks on the non-military functions of swords in the Mycenaean Argolid
- General discussion
Mycenaean Cults and Cult Practices
- Niemeier, Wolf-Dietrich / Cult scenes on gold rings from the Argolid ....
- Hara Tzavella-Evjen / The ring of the queen
- General discussion
- Hagg, Robin / The role of libations in Mycenaean ceremony and cult
- Kilian, Klaus / Patterns in the cult activity in the Mycenaean Argolid: Haghia Triada (Klenies), the Profitis Elias cave (Haghios Hadrianos) and the citadel of Tiryns
- Boulotis, Christos / Synnaoi theoi: A cult phenomenon of the Aegean Late Bronze Age (summary)
- General discussion
From the Mycenaean to the Hellenic World
- Laffineur, Robert / Grave Circle A at Mycenae: Further reflections on its history
- Eder, Birgitta / The Dorian migration: Religious consequences in the Argolid
- Jameson, Michael H. / Perseus, the hero of Mykenai
- Bergquist, Birgitta / Primary or secondary temple function: The case of Halieis (extended abstract)
- Final general discussion
- Programme and participants of the symposium
- Abbreviations
- Index
- Map of the central Argolid
