The aim of this book is to demonstrate the value of psychology in the study of ancient art, enabling emphasis on the individual, in the sense of a human being or person in a general way, in addition to denoting a discrete human being possessing an individual identity. Not all aspects of psychology lend themselves to application to the set of data which has been preserved in the archaeological record in Late Bronze Age Greece. This book primarily explores the knowledge of visual perception acquired via psychological research, which has provided valuable information on the production of images by artists. In addition, the nature of aggression, that is, conflict between members of the same species, is discussed. The case studies focus on art from the periods described as 'Early Mycenaean' and 'Mycenaean', roughly the fifteenth to the thirteenth centuries BC. Contents: Introduction: The Mycenaean World; Chapter 1: How Humans See: an introduction to the visual system; Chapter 2: Methods of Representation of the Human Form; Chapter 3: The recognition of the individual; Chapter 4: Composition in Mycenaean Art; Chapter 5: Colour and Form in Mycenaean Art; Chapter 6: Warfare and Aggression: their effects on Mycenaean art.

These nine papers form the Proceedings of the Third Annual Meeting of Postgraduate Researchers held at Liverpool University in 2002. They present postdoctoral research on the evidence for the mingling of cult and death in the archaeological record, focusing on evidence from prehistoric and classical Greece. Subjects include: Greek Neolithic figurines; tomb design and symbolism in late Helladic Greece; the burial ritual tradition in the south-easterb Aegean during the Mycenaean period; Myceneaen priests and priestesses; homecoming and death in Greek tragedy; Euripidean evidence for human sacrifices in Greece; inscribed gold foil as evidence for initiation rituals into mystery cults in Pelinna and Thurioi; Theocritus' portrayal of the death of Daphnis.

The Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology is a conference designed to offer the opportunity to postgraduate students to present their research and discuss ideas and methods in archaeological practice. The success of the conference lies in the diversity and the amalgamation of culture found in this particular part of the world. Furthermore, this symposium is unique in its synthetic character of space and time, and thus allows researchers to promote and demonstrate new lines of thought, theory and methodology. This volume contains 30 papers on the conference's main topics - Surveying; Landscape and Topography; Sacred Space; Symbolic Architecture; Movement and Social Dynamics; Body, Gender and Space; Iconography; Heritage.

The Archaeology Hotspots series offers reader-friendly and engaging narratives of the archaeology in particular countries. Written by archaeological experts with a general reader in mind, each book in the series focuses on what has been found and by whom, what the controversies and scandals have been, ongoing projects, and how it all fits into a broader view of the history of the country. In Archaeology Hotspot France, Georgina Muskett provides insight into the vibrant and varied collection of archaeological sites and monuments in France. From the presence of the first humans to the royal dynasty of the Merovingians, this book takes readers into the histories, mysteries, and scandals of these illustrious sites, as well as covering the latest discoveries, early pioneers, and the innovations for which French archaeology is famous. The stunning cave art of Lascaux, the engineering excellence of the Pont-du-Gard and the amphora-laden shipwreck at Madrague de Giens are among the wealth of archaeological sites to be discovered.