Kentro Volume 24 Now Available!
Kentro: The Newsletter of the INSTAP Study Center for East Crete, volume 24 (Fall 2021) Is Now Available! Download Kentro Vol 24 (Fall 2021) Newsletter
Narratives of Youth and Aging at Minoan Peak Sanctuaries, Céline Murphy, Zoom Lecture on Wednesday, January 26, 2022 (7 pm in Greece or 12 pm EST)
The first criterion by which Minoan peak sanctuary figurines are typically classified and characterised, in databases, catalogues and discussions, is gender. Contingent on the rendering of their anatomical features, their surface colour, hairstyle, clothing, and…
Trying to Understand Social Change in Iron Age Crete, David B. Small, Zoom Lecture on Wednesday, December 1, 2021 (7 pm in Greece or 12 pm EST)
Elite competition is often seen as one of the principal forces behind social change. Such behavior creates new connections between people and new institutions. Such is the case for social change in Iron Age Greece…
Taking a New Look at the Dispersal of Domestic Animals from the Near East to Europe
The timing and process of the dispersal of domestic animals from the Near East to Europe is an old and familiar question to researchers of the Neolithic. Every generation tackles it with new methodologies and…
Friends of the INSTAP Study Center – Now on Facebook!
The Friends of the INSTAP Study Center for East Crete have launched a new group on Facebook. To join the group, please contact Dr. Elizabeth Shank at elizabethshank@hotmail.com for details. Join Now!
Emulation, Competition, and Conflict in Aegean ‘Art’ of the 15th Century BCE, Robert B. Koehl, Zoom Lecture on Wednesday, May 26, 2021 (7 pm in Greece or 12 pm EDT)
The excavation at Pylos of the Tomb of the Griffin Warrior in 2015 provided welcome new material from the 15th century BCE Aegean which has continued to stimulate lively discussion in print and anecdotally among…
Consuming Goddesses: an Analytical Project on LM IIIC Ceramics from Kephala Vasilikis with Reference to Contemporary Sites on the Isthmus of Ierapetra, Dr. Eleni Nodarou, Zoom Lecture on Wednesday, June 2, 2021 (7 pm in Greece or 12 pm EDT)
Three decades of survey and excavation have brought to light important settlements of the LM IIIC period in the north isthmus of Ierapetra. Among the significant finds are a range of cult objects such as…
A New Look at Legacy Data: Settlement and Society in the Archaic and Classical Mirabello, Grace K. Erny, Zoom lecture on May 5, 2021, 12:00 pm EDT and 7:00 pm in Greece
Since the early 1970s, intensive surveys have yielded important information about rural settlement patterns and land use across all periods of Crete's history. Analysis of survey results, however, has often consisted largely of building settlement…
Interpretation of the Natural World in Bronze Age Cretan Glyptic, Dr. Sydney Sarasin, Zoom lecture on April 21, 2021, 12:00 pm EDT and 7:00 pm in Greece
The natural world is a common theme in Bronze Age Cretan art and a popular topic of studies of Cretan material. As a subject in glyptic, however, its consideration is lacking. Through an iconographic study…