This paper is based on the notion that the sea is a knowable, textured place that through senses, observations, skill, myths and narratives can be described and mapped. Anthropological research shows that stories and myths are crucial to give meaning to and make sense of the seascape. In ancient Greece, this type of information formed keystones in building narrative maps that could be passed on verbally to seafarers, including those who had not visited the area before. In this paper I intend to show that ancient Greek stories and myths connected to seas and coasts contained spatial information and elements of cognitive mapping that could have served practical purposes when it came to spatial orientation and wayfinding across the seascape.Ce...
This paper offers a prospectus for a version of historical geography that puts the seas and oceans a...
The main objective of the thesis is to investigate and explain the roles that concepts of geographic...
The article focuses on the view of the Mediterranean in early geopolitical writings. Through this le...
This paper is based on the notion that the sea is a knowable, textured place that through senses, ob...
This thesis presents a holistic approach to landscape, reuniting maritime and terrestrial worlds, by...
This paper offers a detailed overview of past approaches to the world of maritime interaction in the...
Chapter 2 of The Ancient Mediterranean Sea in Modern Visual and Performing Arts: Sailing in Troubled...
A recent resurgence of interest in the field of ancient geography and navigation has led to a need t...
Thessaly was once an ancient sea stretching from the Kalampaka pass where today stands the geologica...
This paper considers the role of seafaring as an important aspect of everyday life in the communitie...
In this one-off, extended Project Gallery article, the participants of a recent workshop jointly pre...
Many believe that the Greek Mythology is a figment of the vivid imagination of the ancient Greeks. C...
To understand the human perception of landscapes in the past, archaeologists would require knowledge...
The waters of the Mediterranean may be the greatest museum of Antiquity. Scattered across the seafl...
Despite the fact that the sea covers 70 per cent of the Earth's surface, and is integral to the work...
This paper offers a prospectus for a version of historical geography that puts the seas and oceans a...
The main objective of the thesis is to investigate and explain the roles that concepts of geographic...
The article focuses on the view of the Mediterranean in early geopolitical writings. Through this le...
This paper is based on the notion that the sea is a knowable, textured place that through senses, ob...
This thesis presents a holistic approach to landscape, reuniting maritime and terrestrial worlds, by...
This paper offers a detailed overview of past approaches to the world of maritime interaction in the...
Chapter 2 of The Ancient Mediterranean Sea in Modern Visual and Performing Arts: Sailing in Troubled...
A recent resurgence of interest in the field of ancient geography and navigation has led to a need t...
Thessaly was once an ancient sea stretching from the Kalampaka pass where today stands the geologica...
This paper considers the role of seafaring as an important aspect of everyday life in the communitie...
In this one-off, extended Project Gallery article, the participants of a recent workshop jointly pre...
Many believe that the Greek Mythology is a figment of the vivid imagination of the ancient Greeks. C...
To understand the human perception of landscapes in the past, archaeologists would require knowledge...
The waters of the Mediterranean may be the greatest museum of Antiquity. Scattered across the seafl...
Despite the fact that the sea covers 70 per cent of the Earth's surface, and is integral to the work...
This paper offers a prospectus for a version of historical geography that puts the seas and oceans a...
The main objective of the thesis is to investigate and explain the roles that concepts of geographic...
The article focuses on the view of the Mediterranean in early geopolitical writings. Through this le...