Seventeen years ago, Brian Shefton wrote, “the distribution pattern of the Greek imports for the Hallstatt period has crystallized a number of years ago and is unlikely to be greatly modified in the future except on point of detail” (Böhr and Shefton 2000, 28). Indeed, publications describing Greek pottery have reached similar conclusions: Gree…[Read more]

The published history of a set of silver and gold objects acquired by the J. Paul Getty Museum in 1975 contains an unusual reference to a gold coin, supposedly found with the set but not purchased by the museum. The coin, which is both rare and well dated, ostensibly offers a date and location for the ancient deposition of the silver service.…[Read more]

The published history of a set of silver and gold objects acquired by the J. Paul Getty Museum in 1975 contains an unusual reference to a gold coin, supposedly found with the set but not purchased by the museum. The coin, which is both rare and well dated, ostensibly offers a date and location for the ancient deposition of the silver service.…[Read more]

This chapter presents an elaboration on one section of my 2014 book, “Consumerism in the Ancient World: Imports and and Identity Construction.” It focuses on an analysis of Greek vases found in the south of France, dating to ca. 600-300 BCE. Variances in the consumption and use of Greek vases are mapped, quantified, and considered as evidence for…[Read more]

Review of The Imagery of the Athenian Symposium, by K. Topper. In the Journal of Hellenic Studies 134.

Review of The Construction of Value in the Ancient World (Cotsen Advanced Seminar Series Vol. 5). J.K. Papadopoulos and G. Urton, eds. UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press. In the American Journal of Archaeology 119 (4).

Review of Les céramiques d’usage quotidien à Thasos au IVe siècle avant J.-C. (Études Thasiennes XX), by F. Blondé, with M. Picon (École Française d’Athènes 2007). In the American Journal of Archaeology 114 (4).

Review of Vessels and Variety: New Aspects of Ancient Pottery (Acta Hyperborea 13), H. Thomasen, A. Rathje, and K. Bøggild Johannsen, eds. In the American Jour-nal of Archaeology 118 (2).

While the international community has acted forcefully since WorldWar II to protect sites and objects of cultural or historic significance on Earth, little attention has been paid to the same kinds of sites and objects in space. There are important ethical and scholarly reasons for wanting to preserve sites and in situ objects in off-Earth…[Read more]

Forvm MMX is an interdisciplinary team whose members come from a variety of backgrounds (e.g., conservation, topography, biology, computer science, public dissemination, education), and whose work will offer open-access results in a digital format to other researchers and educators interested in a holistic global analysis of the documentation…[Read more]

Forvm MMX is an interdisciplinary team whose members come from a variety of backgrounds (e.g., conservation, topography, biology, computer science, public dissemination, education), and whose work will offer open-access results in a digital format to other researchers and educators interested in a holistic global analysis of the documentation…[Read more]

This chapter is presented from the perspective of a professional archaeologist who specializes in Greek archaeology, intercultural contact and exchange, and the ethics of cultural heritage. His chapter investigates the mandates for discard and “design for demise” of space objects in the wider context of cultural phenomena from all cultures. The…[Read more]