This dataset includes a partial catalogue of objects from or said to be from the collection of French collector, Dr. Daniel Marie Fouquet (1850-1914), with a focus on the terracottas. The catalogue was developed during research for the article by Danielle Smotherman Bennett: “Identifying Old Collection Marks on Hellenistic and Roman Terracottas A…[Read more]

This dataset includes the legible names that appear in the sales minutes of the auctions of the collection of Dr. Daniel Marie Fouquet, which took place in Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 12-14, 19-20 June 1922. Buyers were only indicated by last names. When possible, the most likely person has been identified with relevant information. Some names that I…[Read more]

This is an article for the online Oxford Classical Dictionary

In this paper I outline some of empirical and theoretical problems associated with the dividing Mycenaean Greece into a core and a periphery. The periphery has traditionally been defined in contrast to a homogeneous palatial core, but recent research has shown that this homogeneity is illusory. I suggest, following Knappett’s discussion of M…[Read more]

This chapter surveys the means by which the Late Bronze Age polities of Mycenaean Greece acquired goods and services, with a focus on regular extractive transactions.