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A set of fossilised shark teeth was found in the Bronze Age levels of the building complex at Kat... more A set of fossilised shark teeth was found in the Bronze Age levels of the building complex at Katalymata on the island of Gavdos off the southwest coast of Crete. These palaeontological discoveries in mid-2nd millennium BC settlement contexts trigger a discussion of an odd, but long lasting, popular healing tradition, which seems well established in various versions in Crete and wider Greece – and complements similar beliefs in the Mediterranean and beyond.
In this tradition, fossil shark teeth strangely change their identity to be recognised as “snake horns” (in themselves a paradox for biologists) and they are usually called liokourna in Crete. Modern islanders used to look for them zealously, finding them in geological formations where a few may have been embedded, and then keeping them in their homes for generation after generation. They believe that these have strong antipoison powers, mainly against venom in the bites of snakes, scorpions, wasps and other noxious creatures, following, apparently, some principle of sympathetic medicine based on homeopathic antidotes.
This paper presents, briefly, the excavation data and tentatively puts the finds in their ethnographic framework as implied from both the Gavdiots’ point of view and our preliminary research on Cretan, Greek and Mediterranean folk beliefs on this issue. In an effort to draw analogies between the scientific evidence and the popular narratives, we shall also consider the ethnoarchaeological context of ancient and modern attitudes towards fossilised shark (and other fish) teeth, such as, for example, glossopetrae (petrified [snake] tongues), which were kept for their believed magical curative power to counteract many kinds of toxins in the Middle Ages – and perhaps earlier and certainly much later.
Kentro, 2021
ll of us were deeply saddened by the loss of Prof. Costis Davaras on the 5th of August. Three of ... more ll of us were deeply saddened by the loss of Prof. Costis Davaras on the 5th of August. Three of his friends and colleagues kindly share their thoughts on the passing of a pioneering and influential Minoan archaeologist.
In this paper we present some preliminary results of our study of loom weights and spindle whorls... more In this paper we present some preliminary results of our study of loom weights and spindle whorls from Gavdos – their typological, functional, chronological and other traits, and some of their archaeological parallels. The large number of loom weights and their wide spatial and temporal distribution show intensive weaving activities using the warp-weighted loom in prehistoric and historic times. Spindle whorls are relatively few but enough to indicate spinning with a spindle in the Bronze Age. These Gavdiot weaving accessories fit well with contemporary technological traditions of textile producing in Crete and the rest of the Aegean. They also remind us, if indirectly, of the long lasting ties of the Mediterranean islands, big and small, with, permanent or seasonal, agricultural and especially herding practices. Our loom weights and spindle whorls also evoke the Homeric story of Calypso weaving and singing at her loom on the solitary “little isle” of Ogygia – the island of Gavdos according to some ancient authors.
The training excavation of the University of Crete at Katalymata on Gavdos is exploring a spaciou... more The training excavation of the University of Crete at Katalymata on Gavdos is exploring a spacious building complex that has yielded rich finds of the 3rd and the 2nd millennia BC, principally of the Neopalatial period in Crete. This is a brief preliminary presentation of the pottery, which is abundant, usually of good quality and often decorated, and several other clay items – the first stratified and systematically studied such assemblages known from the island. They include: a few fine ware vessels for drinking and eating; plenty of medium-coarse and coarse ware vessels for pouring and transporting liquids, food preparation, cooking, and storage; and a number of clay utensils for domestic and home-based industrial work, involving fire and water management and other activities. Most of these artefacts are made of local clays and have easily recognizable native fabrics, but there are some imports from south-central Crete and maybe elsewhere too. While they follow contemporary Minoan, and wider Aegean, fashions, they also show long lasting and distinctive Gavdiot traits in their manufacture, forms and decoration. They provide, thus, a good example of technological and aesthetic choices that shaped interesting regional identities within the framework of a complex, widely eclectic “minoanisation”, which began in this case in the immediate micro-insular periphery of Crete – and its southernmost point.
Hardback Edition:
Heritage , 2019
At the site called Katalymata, on the island of Gavdos off the south western Cretan shores, the U... more At the site called Katalymata, on the island of Gavdos off the south western Cretan shores, the University of Crete is excavating a spacious building complex dating back to the Bronze Age (3rd and mainly 2nd millennia BC). In this paper, we discuss a theatrical performance inspired by this discovery and investigation, which was first presented in situ on the field in 2012. The play was created by young members of the research team, who are themselves both archaeologists and actors. It is based on the accounts in the excavation notebooks of the prehistoric activities revealed in the building's stratigraphy and enlivened by the memories of the modern islanders of their happenings at home. It also draws upon wider cognitive pieces of relevant knowledge-philosophical, literary and other. This combination was moulded to produce a structured narrative of domestic life on the island through time, and illustrate some specific aspects and overall meanings, material and symbolic, of 'dwelling' down the ages. Since its Gavdiot premiere, the work has been adapted for different media to travel in Greece and elsewhere in Europe, as a performative guided tour played in historic houses, as a lecture performance for conferences and art venues, and as an audiovisual installation in museums of contemporary art.
Shima, 2019
Τhe geological history of the island topoi started in the interior of the primordial sea of our p... more Τhe geological history of the island topoi started in the interior of the primordial sea of our planet hundreds of millions of years ago, an immensely long time before the appearance of humans. Evidence of hominid-"islanders", and, consequently, their age-old sea crossings, is today being traced deeper and deeper in Palaeolithic stratigraphies. Written forms of the concept of islands exist in early scripts and, with consistency, later in Homer, in ancient literature and in other accounts. Research on islands was established in the 19th and early 20th centuries in major works by authors such as Darwin and Malinowski. But, despite such initial or "proto" activity, how much has our modern synthesis of knowledge and interdisciplinary understanding of islands and islanders-and their territories and seas, identities and behaviours-progressed? What makes us keep wondering about natural and human-made material and symbolic islandscapes, and their potential similarities and distinctions from non-insular worlds? Following on from previous reflections about the work of the University of Crete's Island Interdisciplinary Workshop that mainly derive from our archaeological and interdisciplinary study of the island of Gavdos, off the southwestern shore of Crete, I shall try to suggest a relevant methodological framework by summarising a number of insular issues in a diachronic Aegean and Mediterranean perspective.
Bulletin de correspondance hellénique, 1988
Ό πρώτος τόμος τοΰ Corpus of Mycenaean Inscriptions from Knossos τυπώθηκε τό 1986· 6 δεύτερος βγα... more Ό πρώτος τόμος τοΰ Corpus of Mycenaean Inscriptions from Knossos τυπώθηκε τό 1986· 6 δεύτερος βγαίνει φέτο: τριάντα επτά συναρμογές θραυσμάτων πραγματοποιήθηκαν στον πρώτο τόμο άπό τά τέλη τοΰ 1984. Ό δεύτερος τόμος περιέχει εβδομήντα ανέκδοτες ...
ΠΕΡΙΕΧΟΜΕΝΑ ΠΡΟΛΟΓΙΚΟ ΣΗΜΕΙΩΜΑ 9 ΓΡΗΓΟΡΗΣ Μ. ΣΗΦΑΚΗΣ Εισαγωγική ομιλία ΙΒʹ Διεθνούς Κρητολογικού ... more ΠΕΡΙΕΧΟΜΕΝΑ ΠΡΟΛΟΓΙΚΟ ΣΗΜΕΙΩΜΑ 9 ΓΡΗΓΟΡΗΣ Μ. ΣΗΦΑΚΗΣ Εισαγωγική ομιλία ΙΒʹ Διεθνούς Κρητολογικού Συνεδρίου 13 Αʹ ΤΜΗΜΑ ΠΡΟϊΣΤΟΡΙΚΗ ΚΑΙ ΑΡΧΑΙΑ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΠΕΡΙΟΔΟΣ GERALD CADOGAN Μινωικὲς μετακινήσεις: «δὶς ἐς τὸν αὐτὸν ποταμὸν οὐκ ἂν ἐμβαίης» 23 ΑΓΓΕΛΟΣ ΧΑΝΙΩΤΗΣ Νυκτοπερπατήματα. Διαχρονική επισκόπηση νυκτερινών μετακινήσεων στην Κρήτη 35 Βʹ ΤΜΗΜΑ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΝΗ ΚΑΙ ΜΕΣΑΙΩΝΙΚΗ ΠΕΡΙΟΔΟΣ ΟΛΓΑ ΓΚΡΑΤΖΙΟΥ Τόσο κοντά και τόσο μακριά. Κρήτη και Βενετία 1211-1669: η μαρτυρία των υλικών τεκμηρίων 63 ΣΤΕΦΑΝΟΣ ΚΑΚΛΑΜΑΝΗΣ Ἀμφίδρομες πολιτισμικὲς μεταφορὲς στὴν Κρήτη τῆς Ἀναγέννησης 93 Γʹ ΤΜΗΜΑ ΝΕΟΤΕΡΗ ΠΕΡΙΟΔΟΣ ΑΝΤΩΝΗΣ ΑΝΑΣΤΑΣΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ -ΗΛΙΑΣ ΚΟΛΟΒΟΣ -ΜΑΡΙΝΟΣ ΣΑΡΗΓΙΑΝΝΗΣ Οι πρώτοι δύο αιώνες οθωμανικής κυριαρχίας στην Κρήτη (1645-1821): νέες πηγές και ερμηνευτικές προσεγγίσεις 163 ΠΑΣΧΑΛΗΣ Μ. ΚΙΤΡΟΜΗΛΙΔΗΣ Κίνηση και στατικότητα στην ιστορία της νεότερης Κρήτης 195 ΚΑΤΕΡΙΝΑ ΚΟΠΑΚΑ -ΑΓΓΕΛΙΚΗ ΣΑΜΠΑΤΑΚΑΚΗ Υπήρξαν ευνοϊκές παλαιοκλιματικές συνθήκες για θαλάσσιες μετακινήσεις στη Γαύδο από την Αφρική στο Πλειστόκαινο; 217 ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΣ ΤΣΟΥΓΚΑΡΑΚΗΣ -ΕΛΕΝΗ ΑΓΓΕΛΟΜΑΤΗ-ΤΣΟΥΓΚΑΡΑΚΗ Κινητικότητα κληρικῶν καὶ μοναχῶν ἐντὸς καὶ ἐκτὸς τῆς Κρήτης κατὰ τὴ διάρκεια τῆς Βενετοκρατίας 231 ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΑ ΖΕΗ Τοπική διανόηση, ιστορία και ιστοριογραφία στο Ηράκλειο κατά το πρώτο μισό του 20ού αιώνα 269 8 ΠΕΡΙΕΧΟΜΕΝΑ Κρητικά Χρονικά ΛΖ´ (2017), 217-230 ISSN 0454-5206 © Ε.Κ.Ι.Μ.
Bulletin de correspondance hellénique, 1986
Ή ανακάλυψη 3000 νέων θραυσμάτων πινακίδων γραμμικής Β γραφής τής Κνωσσοΰ, μέσα στίς αποθήκες του... more Ή ανακάλυψη 3000 νέων θραυσμάτων πινακίδων γραμμικής Β γραφής τής Κνωσσοΰ, μέσα στίς αποθήκες του αρχαιολογικού Μουσείου'Ηρακλείου, άπό τόν Ί. Σακελλαράκη (πρβλ. BCH 109 [1985], ρ. 849), επέτρεψε στους εκδότες του Corpus of Mycenaean Inscriptions from ...
The study of modern Greek and Byzantine history, language and culture has formed an integral part... more The study of modern Greek and Byzantine history, language and culture has formed an integral part of the work of the British School at Athens since its foundation. This series continues that pioneering tradition. It aims to explore a wide range of topics within a rich fi eld of enquiry which continues to att ract readers, writers, and researchers, whether their interest is primarily in contemporary Europe or in one or other of the many dimensions of the long Greek post-classical past.
A set of fossilised shark teeth was found in the Bronze Age levels of the building complex at Kat... more A set of fossilised shark teeth was found in the Bronze Age levels of the building complex at Katalymata on the island of Gavdos off the southwest coast of Crete. These palaeontological discoveries in mid-2nd millennium BC settlement contexts trigger a discussion of an odd, but long lasting, popular healing tradition, which seems well established in various versions in Crete and wider Greece – and complements similar beliefs in the Mediterranean and beyond.
In this tradition, fossil shark teeth strangely change their identity to be recognised as “snake horns” (in themselves a paradox for biologists) and they are usually called liokourna in Crete. Modern islanders used to look for them zealously, finding them in geological formations where a few may have been embedded, and then keeping them in their homes for generation after generation. They believe that these have strong antipoison powers, mainly against venom in the bites of snakes, scorpions, wasps and other noxious creatures, following, apparently, some principle of sympathetic medicine based on homeopathic antidotes.
This paper presents, briefly, the excavation data and tentatively puts the finds in their ethnographic framework as implied from both the Gavdiots’ point of view and our preliminary research on Cretan, Greek and Mediterranean folk beliefs on this issue. In an effort to draw analogies between the scientific evidence and the popular narratives, we shall also consider the ethnoarchaeological context of ancient and modern attitudes towards fossilised shark (and other fish) teeth, such as, for example, glossopetrae (petrified [snake] tongues), which were kept for their believed magical curative power to counteract many kinds of toxins in the Middle Ages – and perhaps earlier and certainly much later.
Kentro, 2021
ll of us were deeply saddened by the loss of Prof. Costis Davaras on the 5th of August. Three of ... more ll of us were deeply saddened by the loss of Prof. Costis Davaras on the 5th of August. Three of his friends and colleagues kindly share their thoughts on the passing of a pioneering and influential Minoan archaeologist.
In this paper we present some preliminary results of our study of loom weights and spindle whorls... more In this paper we present some preliminary results of our study of loom weights and spindle whorls from Gavdos – their typological, functional, chronological and other traits, and some of their archaeological parallels. The large number of loom weights and their wide spatial and temporal distribution show intensive weaving activities using the warp-weighted loom in prehistoric and historic times. Spindle whorls are relatively few but enough to indicate spinning with a spindle in the Bronze Age. These Gavdiot weaving accessories fit well with contemporary technological traditions of textile producing in Crete and the rest of the Aegean. They also remind us, if indirectly, of the long lasting ties of the Mediterranean islands, big and small, with, permanent or seasonal, agricultural and especially herding practices. Our loom weights and spindle whorls also evoke the Homeric story of Calypso weaving and singing at her loom on the solitary “little isle” of Ogygia – the island of Gavdos according to some ancient authors.
The training excavation of the University of Crete at Katalymata on Gavdos is exploring a spaciou... more The training excavation of the University of Crete at Katalymata on Gavdos is exploring a spacious building complex that has yielded rich finds of the 3rd and the 2nd millennia BC, principally of the Neopalatial period in Crete. This is a brief preliminary presentation of the pottery, which is abundant, usually of good quality and often decorated, and several other clay items – the first stratified and systematically studied such assemblages known from the island. They include: a few fine ware vessels for drinking and eating; plenty of medium-coarse and coarse ware vessels for pouring and transporting liquids, food preparation, cooking, and storage; and a number of clay utensils for domestic and home-based industrial work, involving fire and water management and other activities. Most of these artefacts are made of local clays and have easily recognizable native fabrics, but there are some imports from south-central Crete and maybe elsewhere too. While they follow contemporary Minoan, and wider Aegean, fashions, they also show long lasting and distinctive Gavdiot traits in their manufacture, forms and decoration. They provide, thus, a good example of technological and aesthetic choices that shaped interesting regional identities within the framework of a complex, widely eclectic “minoanisation”, which began in this case in the immediate micro-insular periphery of Crete – and its southernmost point.
Hardback Edition:
Heritage , 2019
At the site called Katalymata, on the island of Gavdos off the south western Cretan shores, the U... more At the site called Katalymata, on the island of Gavdos off the south western Cretan shores, the University of Crete is excavating a spacious building complex dating back to the Bronze Age (3rd and mainly 2nd millennia BC). In this paper, we discuss a theatrical performance inspired by this discovery and investigation, which was first presented in situ on the field in 2012. The play was created by young members of the research team, who are themselves both archaeologists and actors. It is based on the accounts in the excavation notebooks of the prehistoric activities revealed in the building's stratigraphy and enlivened by the memories of the modern islanders of their happenings at home. It also draws upon wider cognitive pieces of relevant knowledge-philosophical, literary and other. This combination was moulded to produce a structured narrative of domestic life on the island through time, and illustrate some specific aspects and overall meanings, material and symbolic, of 'dwelling' down the ages. Since its Gavdiot premiere, the work has been adapted for different media to travel in Greece and elsewhere in Europe, as a performative guided tour played in historic houses, as a lecture performance for conferences and art venues, and as an audiovisual installation in museums of contemporary art.
Shima, 2019
Τhe geological history of the island topoi started in the interior of the primordial sea of our p... more Τhe geological history of the island topoi started in the interior of the primordial sea of our planet hundreds of millions of years ago, an immensely long time before the appearance of humans. Evidence of hominid-"islanders", and, consequently, their age-old sea crossings, is today being traced deeper and deeper in Palaeolithic stratigraphies. Written forms of the concept of islands exist in early scripts and, with consistency, later in Homer, in ancient literature and in other accounts. Research on islands was established in the 19th and early 20th centuries in major works by authors such as Darwin and Malinowski. But, despite such initial or "proto" activity, how much has our modern synthesis of knowledge and interdisciplinary understanding of islands and islanders-and their territories and seas, identities and behaviours-progressed? What makes us keep wondering about natural and human-made material and symbolic islandscapes, and their potential similarities and distinctions from non-insular worlds? Following on from previous reflections about the work of the University of Crete's Island Interdisciplinary Workshop that mainly derive from our archaeological and interdisciplinary study of the island of Gavdos, off the southwestern shore of Crete, I shall try to suggest a relevant methodological framework by summarising a number of insular issues in a diachronic Aegean and Mediterranean perspective.
Bulletin de correspondance hellénique, 1988
Ό πρώτος τόμος τοΰ Corpus of Mycenaean Inscriptions from Knossos τυπώθηκε τό 1986· 6 δεύτερος βγα... more Ό πρώτος τόμος τοΰ Corpus of Mycenaean Inscriptions from Knossos τυπώθηκε τό 1986· 6 δεύτερος βγαίνει φέτο: τριάντα επτά συναρμογές θραυσμάτων πραγματοποιήθηκαν στον πρώτο τόμο άπό τά τέλη τοΰ 1984. Ό δεύτερος τόμος περιέχει εβδομήντα ανέκδοτες ...
ΠΕΡΙΕΧΟΜΕΝΑ ΠΡΟΛΟΓΙΚΟ ΣΗΜΕΙΩΜΑ 9 ΓΡΗΓΟΡΗΣ Μ. ΣΗΦΑΚΗΣ Εισαγωγική ομιλία ΙΒʹ Διεθνούς Κρητολογικού ... more ΠΕΡΙΕΧΟΜΕΝΑ ΠΡΟΛΟΓΙΚΟ ΣΗΜΕΙΩΜΑ 9 ΓΡΗΓΟΡΗΣ Μ. ΣΗΦΑΚΗΣ Εισαγωγική ομιλία ΙΒʹ Διεθνούς Κρητολογικού Συνεδρίου 13 Αʹ ΤΜΗΜΑ ΠΡΟϊΣΤΟΡΙΚΗ ΚΑΙ ΑΡΧΑΙΑ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΠΕΡΙΟΔΟΣ GERALD CADOGAN Μινωικὲς μετακινήσεις: «δὶς ἐς τὸν αὐτὸν ποταμὸν οὐκ ἂν ἐμβαίης» 23 ΑΓΓΕΛΟΣ ΧΑΝΙΩΤΗΣ Νυκτοπερπατήματα. Διαχρονική επισκόπηση νυκτερινών μετακινήσεων στην Κρήτη 35 Βʹ ΤΜΗΜΑ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΝΗ ΚΑΙ ΜΕΣΑΙΩΝΙΚΗ ΠΕΡΙΟΔΟΣ ΟΛΓΑ ΓΚΡΑΤΖΙΟΥ Τόσο κοντά και τόσο μακριά. Κρήτη και Βενετία 1211-1669: η μαρτυρία των υλικών τεκμηρίων 63 ΣΤΕΦΑΝΟΣ ΚΑΚΛΑΜΑΝΗΣ Ἀμφίδρομες πολιτισμικὲς μεταφορὲς στὴν Κρήτη τῆς Ἀναγέννησης 93 Γʹ ΤΜΗΜΑ ΝΕΟΤΕΡΗ ΠΕΡΙΟΔΟΣ ΑΝΤΩΝΗΣ ΑΝΑΣΤΑΣΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ -ΗΛΙΑΣ ΚΟΛΟΒΟΣ -ΜΑΡΙΝΟΣ ΣΑΡΗΓΙΑΝΝΗΣ Οι πρώτοι δύο αιώνες οθωμανικής κυριαρχίας στην Κρήτη (1645-1821): νέες πηγές και ερμηνευτικές προσεγγίσεις 163 ΠΑΣΧΑΛΗΣ Μ. ΚΙΤΡΟΜΗΛΙΔΗΣ Κίνηση και στατικότητα στην ιστορία της νεότερης Κρήτης 195 ΚΑΤΕΡΙΝΑ ΚΟΠΑΚΑ -ΑΓΓΕΛΙΚΗ ΣΑΜΠΑΤΑΚΑΚΗ Υπήρξαν ευνοϊκές παλαιοκλιματικές συνθήκες για θαλάσσιες μετακινήσεις στη Γαύδο από την Αφρική στο Πλειστόκαινο; 217 ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΣ ΤΣΟΥΓΚΑΡΑΚΗΣ -ΕΛΕΝΗ ΑΓΓΕΛΟΜΑΤΗ-ΤΣΟΥΓΚΑΡΑΚΗ Κινητικότητα κληρικῶν καὶ μοναχῶν ἐντὸς καὶ ἐκτὸς τῆς Κρήτης κατὰ τὴ διάρκεια τῆς Βενετοκρατίας 231 ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΑ ΖΕΗ Τοπική διανόηση, ιστορία και ιστοριογραφία στο Ηράκλειο κατά το πρώτο μισό του 20ού αιώνα 269 8 ΠΕΡΙΕΧΟΜΕΝΑ Κρητικά Χρονικά ΛΖ´ (2017), 217-230 ISSN 0454-5206 © Ε.Κ.Ι.Μ.
Bulletin de correspondance hellénique, 1986
Ή ανακάλυψη 3000 νέων θραυσμάτων πινακίδων γραμμικής Β γραφής τής Κνωσσοΰ, μέσα στίς αποθήκες του... more Ή ανακάλυψη 3000 νέων θραυσμάτων πινακίδων γραμμικής Β γραφής τής Κνωσσοΰ, μέσα στίς αποθήκες του αρχαιολογικού Μουσείου'Ηρακλείου, άπό τόν Ί. Σακελλαράκη (πρβλ. BCH 109 [1985], ρ. 849), επέτρεψε στους εκδότες του Corpus of Mycenaean Inscriptions from ...
The study of modern Greek and Byzantine history, language and culture has formed an integral part... more The study of modern Greek and Byzantine history, language and culture has formed an integral part of the work of the British School at Athens since its foundation. This series continues that pioneering tradition. It aims to explore a wide range of topics within a rich fi eld of enquiry which continues to att ract readers, writers, and researchers, whether their interest is primarily in contemporary Europe or in one or other of the many dimensions of the long Greek post-classical past.
Pέθυμνο 5 -7 ∆εκεμβρίου 2003 Tμήμα Iστορίας και Aρχαιολογίας Πανεπιστήμιο Kρήτης ΕΠΙΜΕΛΕΙΑ Κατε... more Pέθυμνο 5 -7 ∆εκεμβρίου 2003 Tμήμα Iστορίας και Aρχαιολογίας Πανεπιστήμιο Kρήτης ΕΠΙΜΕΛΕΙΑ Κατερίνα Κόπακα ΠΑΝΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΙΑΚΕΣ ΕΚ∆ΟΣΕΙΣ ΚΡΗΤΗΣ Ιδρυτική δωρεά Παγκρητικής Ενώσεως Αμερικής Ηράκλειο 2009 ΕΙΣΑΓΩΓΙΚΟ ΣΗΜΕΙΩΜΑ H επιστημονική συνάντηση με θέμα H αιγαιακή προϊστορική έρευνα στις αρχές του 21ου αιώνα διοργανώθηκε από το Tμήμα Iστορίας και Aρχαιολογίας του Πανεπιστημίου Kρήτης και πραγματοποιήθηκε στο Ρέθυμνο στις 5-7 ∆εκεμβρίου 2003.
Had there not been this opportunity, should we have chosen the gender issue among our archaeologi... more Had there not been this opportunity, should we have chosen the gender issue among our archaeological priorities? Definitely yes: because, despite our many priorities and our limited opportunities, gender always is a most central research matter. 1 Δ. ΚΟΚΚΙΝΙΔΟΥ και Μ. ΝΙΚΟΛΑΙΔΟΥ, "Η αρχαιολογία και η κοινωνική ταυτότητα του φύλου," Ιο Πανελλήνιο Συνέδριο Φοιτητών Αρχαιολογίας, Πανεπιστήμιο Κρήτης, Τμήμα Ιστορίας και Αρχαιολογίας, Τομέας Αρχαιολογίας και Ιστορίας της Τέχνης, Ρέθυμνο, 25-27/10 1991. 1 thank the authors for the exact reference of their paper. For pioneering archaeological works on gender, see J.D. SPECTOR, "Male/female task differentiation among the Hidatsa: toward the development of an archaeological approach to the study of gender," in P. ALBERS and B. MEDICINE (eds), The Hidden Half: Studies of Plains Indian Women (1983) 77-99; M. CONKEY and J. SPECTOR, "Archaeology and the study of gender," in M.B. SCHIFFER (ed.), Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory 7.1 (1984) 1-38; and other seminal works, mainly of the second half of the 1980s. See also REHAK (ed. YOUNGER) in this volume. A paraphrase ofJ.W. SCOTT, "Gender: a useful category of historical analysis," American Historical Review 91 (1986) 1053-75 (and ID., Gender and the Politics of History [1988] 28-50). 2 3 4
