In 1987, an Archaic Argive-type shield and shield-band were discovered in the sanctuary on the acropolis of Oisyme. It is the only one to come from a sanctuary of the Thasian sphere of influence and the earliest known example of its type in the north-eastern Aegean. Considered alongside earlier literary evidence, like the poems of Archilochus, it helps to trace the introduction and development of the hoplite panoply in Thasos and its peraea. The shield and shield-band can be dated to c.575-550 BC on the basis of their repoussé decoration. The dies employed show stylistic influence from a specific contemporary Peloponnesian workshop, yet they have no known exact parallels, despite depicting mythological themes common to the period. Metalwork...
Panhellenism is a modern concept that has crept into the subconscious of historical narratives of an...
The present article continues my studies of the Greek Geometric Bronzes from the Argive Heraion (IS ...
In his Periegesis (5.21), Pausanias writes about touring the sanctuary of Olympia. Describing the Al...
In 1987 an Archaic Argive-type shield and shield-band were discovered in the sanctuary on the acropo...
This paper presents a small but significant corpus of weaponry, which was brought to light in the ac...
Jewellery found during recent excavations in the necropolis of Thasos fills a gap in our knowledge o...
International audienceBetween the end of the Neolithic and the beginning of the European Bronze Age,...
Recent fieldwork conducted by the Swiss School of Archaeology in Greece, in collaboration with the E...
The Greek Hoplite (c. 700-500 BC). Although elements of the bronze panoply associated with the class...
During the Iron Age, especially between the 8th and the 6th century BC, Egyptian and Egyptianizing a...
This contribution focuses on the physico-chemical analyses carried out on a group of “Ionian cups” u...
The sanctuary to the goddess Orthia (later conflated with Artemis, according to an inscription from ...
The Geometric bronzes from the Argive Heraion and Argos, primarily from the sanctuaries, are compare...
Shields played major role in the armament system of the Scythians. Made from organic materials, they...
Many of the important sanctuaries of ancient Greece were established during the Early Iron Age (EIA)...
Panhellenism is a modern concept that has crept into the subconscious of historical narratives of an...
The present article continues my studies of the Greek Geometric Bronzes from the Argive Heraion (IS ...
In his Periegesis (5.21), Pausanias writes about touring the sanctuary of Olympia. Describing the Al...
In 1987 an Archaic Argive-type shield and shield-band were discovered in the sanctuary on the acropo...
This paper presents a small but significant corpus of weaponry, which was brought to light in the ac...
Jewellery found during recent excavations in the necropolis of Thasos fills a gap in our knowledge o...
International audienceBetween the end of the Neolithic and the beginning of the European Bronze Age,...
Recent fieldwork conducted by the Swiss School of Archaeology in Greece, in collaboration with the E...
The Greek Hoplite (c. 700-500 BC). Although elements of the bronze panoply associated with the class...
During the Iron Age, especially between the 8th and the 6th century BC, Egyptian and Egyptianizing a...
This contribution focuses on the physico-chemical analyses carried out on a group of “Ionian cups” u...
The sanctuary to the goddess Orthia (later conflated with Artemis, according to an inscription from ...
The Geometric bronzes from the Argive Heraion and Argos, primarily from the sanctuaries, are compare...
Shields played major role in the armament system of the Scythians. Made from organic materials, they...
Many of the important sanctuaries of ancient Greece were established during the Early Iron Age (EIA)...
Panhellenism is a modern concept that has crept into the subconscious of historical narratives of an...
The present article continues my studies of the Greek Geometric Bronzes from the Argive Heraion (IS ...
In his Periegesis (5.21), Pausanias writes about touring the sanctuary of Olympia. Describing the Al...