Hesperia articles from June 2006

Hesperia archives from June 2006

The late Neolithic in the Eastern Aegean: excavations at Gulpinar in the Troad.
June 22, 2006... ABSTRACT Recent archaeological excavations in 2004 and 2005 at Gulpinar, located on the southern coast of the Troad, shed new light on Late Neolithic life in the eastern Aegean world. The LN I material remains from Gulpinar display...

Acheloos Peplophoros: a lost statuette of a river god in feminine dress.(Critical essay)
June 22, 2006... ABSTRACT In this study the author analyzes the iconography of a unique Early Classical bronze statuette that represents the river god Acheloos as a peplophoros. Formerly in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, the statuette is now...

Fortifications of Mount Oneion, Corinthia.
June 22, 2006... ABSTRACT Recent investigations on the Isthmus of Corinth by the Eastern Korinthia Archaeological Survey (EKAS) have revealed a series of relatively humble fortifications situated along the ridge of Mt. Oneion, which forms the southern...

The introduction of the moldmade bowl revisited: tracking a Hellenistic innovation.
June 22, 2006... ABSTRACT The date of 224/3 for the introduction of Hellenistic moldmade relief bowls at Athens is reexamined--and subsequently reaffirmed--in light of a recent downward shift in the chronology of Rhodian amphoras. The process of...

The Aristoteles decree and the expansion of the second Athenian league.
June 22, 2006... ABSTRACT The left lateral face of the Aristoteles Decree stele (IG II2 43), the most important epigraphic source for the Second Athenian League, presents numerous problems of interpretation. The author attempts here to establish the order...

"Miserable huts" in post-146 B.C. Corinth.
June 22, 2006... ABSTRACT Scholars have long reported that the early excavators at Corinth found houses dating to the "interim period" between the destruction of the Greek city and the foundation of the Roman colony (146 B.C.-A.D. 44); apparently unaware...

On the road again: a Trajanic milestone and the road connections of Aptera, Crete.
June 22, 2006... ABSTRACT A new Latin inscription found south of Aptera documents an Early Trajanic stage in the development of the Roman road network of western Crete. A reconsideration of Aptera and its hinterland provides the topographical context for...