Problems in Greek prehistory : papers presented at the centenary conference of the British School of Archaeology at Athens, Manchester, April 1986 / edited by E. B. French and K. A. Wardle.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 533-609)

The Neolithic / sesion chaired by John Evans -- Conceptual Problems and Evidence in the Study of Greek Neolithic Society / T. W. Jacobsen -- Problems in the Chronology of the Late Neolithic and Chalcolithic / Harald Hauptmann -- Early Agriculture in the Aegean : Origins and Connections. Considerstions of the Origins of the Aegean Neolithic / H.C. Ridley -- A Late Neolithic Settlement at Grotta, Naxos / Olga Hadjianastasiou -- The Early and Middle Bronze Ages / sesions chaired by Peter Warren -- EBA in the Cyclades : Continuity or Discontinuity / Christos G. Doumas -- Agia Photia Seteias : to Neo Eurema / Metaxia Tsipopoulou -- Social Ranking in Prepalatial Cemeteries / Jeffrey S. Soles -- Some Observations on State Formation in Crete -- Early Helladic III Vasepainting, Ceramic Regionalism, and the Influence of Basketry / Jeremy B. Rutter --Dark-faced Incised Pyxides and Lids from Knossos : Problems of Date and Origin / J. A. MacGillivray,... [et al] -- Some Minoan Problems / Gerald Cadogan -- The Roundel in the Minoan Administrative System / Erik Hallager -- Problems in Minoan Administration : The Evidence of Sealing from MM II Paestos to the Destruction of the Palace at Knossos / Judith Weingarten -- The Late Bronze Age / session chaired by O.T.P.K. Dickinson,... [et al] -- Mycenaeans Up to Date, Trends and Changes in Recent Research / Klaus Klian -- Mycenaean Origins : Infiltration from the North? / Steven Diamant -- Jewellery in Mycenaean & Minoan 'Warrior Graves' / Imma Kilian-Dirlmeier -- Mycenaean Pottery in LM IIIA1 Deposits at Khania, Western Crete / Birgitta P. Hallager -- The LH IIIA Pottery from Ayios Stephanos, Laconia / P. A. Mountjoy -- Compass-drawn Concentric Circles in Vase painting. A Problem of Relative Chronology at the end of the Bronze Age / Margrit Jacob-Felsch -- Cultic Installation in Mycenaean Rooms and Tombs / Ake Akerström -- Problems in the Interpretation of some Minoan & Mycenaean Cult Symbols / Gisela Walberg -- The Large MonochromeTerracotta Figures from Mycenae : The Problem of Interpretation / Andrew Moore -- Discussion of Circulated Papers : Minoan Peak Sanctuaries, New Problems / Bodgan Rutkowski -- Cult Places of the Bronze Age : The Identification Problem / Nicole Fernandez -- The 'Priest King' Fresco from Knossos. A new Reconstruction and Interpretation / W. D. Niemeier -- The Fresco from Room 31 at Mycenae : Problems of Method and Interpretation / Nanno Marinatos -- Rhodes in the LH IIIC Period / Mario Benzi -- Rhodes during the Twelfth Century B.C. and its Role in the Aegean / Colin F. Macdonald -- Lead Isotope Evidence for Trade in Copper from Cyprus During the Late Bronze Age / Zofia Anna Stos-Gale -- The Climax of Urbanism in Late Bronze Age Cyprus / O. Negbi -- Heirloom or Tradition? Bronze Stands of the Second and First Millenium B.C. in Cyprus, Greece and Italy / Hartmut Matthaus --

The Mediterranean Orbit / sesion chaired by A. F. Harding -- A Mycenaean Thalassocracy in the Eastern Aegean / C. Mee -- A Contribution to teh Early History of Miletus. The Settlement in Mycenaean Times and its Connections Overseas / Karin B. Gödecken -- Some Problems Inherent in Mycenaean/Syro-Palestinian Synchronisms / A. Leonard -- New Evidence for the end of Aegean Bronze Age Imports in the Eastern Mediterranean / Eliezer D. Oren -- Towards the Identification of Local Mycenaean Pottery in Italy / Lucia Vagnetti & Richard E. Jones -- Recent Evidence for a Possible Bronze Age Metal Trade between Sardinia and Aegean / Noel H. Gale & Zofia A. Stos-Gale -- Poster Session / discussion chaired by K.A. Wardle -- Problem Solving and the Architechture of Tholos Tombs / W. G. Cavanagh & R. R. Laxton -- The Silamos Project / Jane Cocking -- Minoan Craftsmen : Problems of Recognition and Definition / Doniert Evely -- The Mycenae Project : Archives and Storage / Elizabeth French -- Minoan Everyday Objects as Sources of Historical Information / Carole Gillis -- Mycenaean Miletus / Karin B. Gödecken -- Mycenaean Kingdoms and Mycenaean Presence beyond Tiryns, LH IIIA1 - IIIC / Klaus Kilian -- Combinations of Offering in Mycenaean and Minoan Warrior Graves / Imma Kilian-Dirlmeier -- Domestic Coarse Pottery in Bronze Age Crete / Holley Martlew -- Prehistoric Survey & Ethnoarchaeology in the Dodecanese : Current Problems and Future Research Strategies / E. M. Melas -- Mycenaean Runners / Eva Rystedt -- The Mycenaean Tholos - A false Cupola? / Barbro Santillo Frizell & Raffaele Santillo -- Towards an Identification of a Workshop Space / Iphigenia Tournavitou -- Does Reconstruction Help? A Mycenaean Dress and the Dendra Suit of Armour -- Methods and Theory / session chaired by Colin Renfrew -- New Ways with an Old Problem : Chipped Stone Assemblages as an Index of Cultural Discontinuity in Early Greek Prehistory / Catherine Perles -- Architecture : The Neglected Artifact / Donald H. Sanders -- The Production and Distribution of Storage Jars in Neopalatial Crete / Peter M. Day -- Approaches to the Problem of Combining Linear B Textual Data and Archaeological Data in the Late Bronze Age Aegean / Johh Bennet -- On Redistribution and the Origin of Minoan-Mycenaean Palatial Economies / Paul Halstead.

Chiefly in English and one contribution in Greek.