Kenneth Sheedy
Biographic Data
| ID | 1704932 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kenneth Sheedy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kenneth |
| FAMILY NAME | Sheedy |
| SIGNATURE | SHEEDY K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Macquarie University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0546-7542 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Identifying silver ore sources for the earliest coins of Athens
This study addresses longstanding questions concerning the ore sources used in the first series of coins of ancient Athens known as the Wappenmϋnzen (c.540-c.500 BCE) by combining comprehensive numismatic data on 22 coins (16 new and 6 legacy analyses) with lead isotope and surface elemental measurements (MC-ICP-MS and XRF). It finds usage of ores from Spain to Romania and Türkiye and frequent mixing. This upends current thinking based on a (mis)…
The Colossal Archaic Naxian Statues in the Sanctuary of Apollo on Delos
This article presents data from the stable isotope analysis of marble from five fragments of sculpture and a massive base that together are said to comprise the remains of the statue on Delos known as the Naxian Colossus. This key work in the early history of monumental Greek marble sculpture has attracted the attention of travelers since the 15th century (Buondelmonti, Cyriacus of Ancona). Plutarch’s testimony that the great andrias of the Naxia…
Separating silver sources of Archaic Athenian coinage by comprehensive compositional analyses
This article demonstrates that distinct and coherent silver sources can be discriminated from surface compositional analyses. In the first large-scale study of Archaic (pre-479 BC) Athenian silver coins in museum collections around the world, we analysed 788 coins by Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) spectrometry with a mathematical correction to provide a reliable composition for key diagnostic elements. Principal Component Analysis rev…
A multi-technique investigation of the incuse coinage of Magna Graecia
Aegina, the Cyclades, and Crete
"A large gap exists in the literature of ancient numismatics between general works intended for collectors and highly specialized studies addressed to numismatists. Indeed, there is hardly anything produced by knowledgeable numismatists that is easily accessible to the academic community at large or the interested lay reader. The Oxford Handbook of Greek and Roman Coinage will fill this gap by providing a systematic overview of the major coinages…
Der lineare Inselstil: Eine kykladische Keramikwerkstatt am Übergang von der spätgeometrischen zur archaischen Zeit . By Florian S. Knauß
John M. Cook (1910–1994): A Bibliography
The bibliography is intended as a tribute to Cook and his work, and as an aid to researchers in similar fields. Its main subdivisions reflect his interests—Asia Minor: archaeology, topography and history; Greece: archaeological and topographical studies; Attic Geometric and Protoattic pottery; Greek art (and other topics). Books, articles, and reviews are presented separately. The academic bibliography is preceded by references to material on the…
An Archaic Sphinx from Siphnos
The head of an archaic marble statue was removed from the wall of a private house on Siphnos in 1936, during the excavations of J.K. Brock and G. Mackworth Young. It was placed in the local museum. It is argued that the modelling of the head dates it to the middle of the sixth century BC. The hair shows that it comes from a sphinx, probably one of the earliest examples of the type, of Cycladic origin, and it has the head turned to one side. It pr…
Of Moulds and Mourners
OF MOULDS AND MOURNERS Get access K. A. Sheedy K. A. Sheedy c/o Department of Archaeology, University of Sydney Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies, Volume 32, Issue 1, December 1985, Pages 118–124, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2041-5370.1985.tb00173.x Published: 12 March 2010
Three Vase-Groups from the Purification Trench on Rheneia and the Evidence for a Parian Pottery Tradition
Three vase-groups, largely drawn from material found in the Purification Trench on Rheneia and published in Délos 15 and 17, are discussed in this paper. The first belongs to the Late Geometric period while the other two are to be placed in the first half of the seventh century BC. All three may be linked in sequence and together illustrate a pottery tradition which is likely to be Parian. Evidence is presented linking the Attic Würzburg Group wi…
The Delian Nike and the Search for Chian Sculpture
Is it possible to define an archaic Chian style of sculpture? With the discovery of a winged Nike on Delos (Athens NM 21), soon linked to a base found nearby naming the Chian sculptor Archermos, it was believed that archaeological proof had been found for the family of Chian sculptors mentioned by Pliny in HN 36.11. The enthusiastic claims for a Chian school have now been diminished but there remains an unchallenged belief that the Nike of Archer…
A Computer Program for Isolating Groups of Dramatic Masks of the Hellenistic and Roman Periods
The objective of the program was socio-literacy but the procedure used was the essentially archaeological one of matching sets of artifacts/attributes. We give here, not the results, which are still being analyzed, but a critique of the interface between archaeologist and programmer, in the hope that this may be of use to other researchers who intend to use a computer. The program was designed and written by Enn Männik, programmer, using the comp…
Separating silver sources of Archaic Athenian coinage by comprehensive compositional analyses
This article demonstrates that distinct and coherent silver sources can be discriminated from surface compositional analyses. In the first large-scale study of Archaic (pre-479 BC) Athenian silver coins in museum collections around the world, we analysed 788 coins by Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) spectrometry with a mathematical correction to provide a reliable composition for key diagnostic elements. Principal Component Analysis rev…
Identifying silver ore sources for the earliest coins of Athens
This study addresses longstanding questions concerning the ore sources used in the first series of coins of ancient Athens known as the Wappenmϋnzen (c.540-c.500 BCE) by combining comprehensive numismatic data on 22 coins (16 new and 6 legacy analyses) with lead isotope and surface elemental measurements (MC-ICP-MS and XRF). It finds usage of ores from Spain to Romania and Türkiye and frequent mixing. This upends current thinking based on a (mis)…
A multi-technique investigation of the incuse coinage of Magna Graecia
The Delian Nike and the Search for Chian Sculpture
Is it possible to define an archaic Chian style of sculpture? With the discovery of a winged Nike on Delos (Athens NM 21), soon linked to a base found nearby naming the Chian sculptor Archermos, it was believed that archaeological proof had been found for the family of Chian sculptors mentioned by Pliny in HN 36.11. The enthusiastic claims for a Chian school have now been diminished but there remains an unchallenged belief that the Nike of Archer…
The Colossal Archaic Naxian Statues in the Sanctuary of Apollo on Delos
This article presents data from the stable isotope analysis of marble from five fragments of sculpture and a massive base that together are said to comprise the remains of the statue on Delos known as the Naxian Colossus. This key work in the early history of monumental Greek marble sculpture has attracted the attention of travelers since the 15th century (Buondelmonti, Cyriacus of Ancona). Plutarch’s testimony that the great andrias of the Naxia…
Aegina, the Cyclades, and Crete
"A large gap exists in the literature of ancient numismatics between general works intended for collectors and highly specialized studies addressed to numismatists. Indeed, there is hardly anything produced by knowledgeable numismatists that is easily accessible to the academic community at large or the interested lay reader. The Oxford Handbook of Greek and Roman Coinage will fill this gap by providing a systematic overview of the major coinages…
A Computer Program for Isolating Groups of Dramatic Masks of the Hellenistic and Roman Periods
The objective of the program was socio-literacy but the procedure used was the essentially archaeological one of matching sets of artifacts/attributes. We give here, not the results, which are still being analyzed, but a critique of the interface between archaeologist and programmer, in the hope that this may be of use to other researchers who intend to use a computer. The program was designed and written by Enn Männik, programmer, using the comp…
Of Moulds and Mourners
OF MOULDS AND MOURNERS Get access K. A. Sheedy K. A. Sheedy c/o Department of Archaeology, University of Sydney Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies, Volume 32, Issue 1, December 1985, Pages 118–124, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2041-5370.1985.tb00173.x Published: 12 March 2010
Three Vase-Groups from the Purification Trench on Rheneia and the Evidence for a Parian Pottery Tradition
Three vase-groups, largely drawn from material found in the Purification Trench on Rheneia and published in Délos 15 and 17, are discussed in this paper. The first belongs to the Late Geometric period while the other two are to be placed in the first half of the seventh century BC. All three may be linked in sequence and together illustrate a pottery tradition which is likely to be Parian. Evidence is presented linking the Attic Würzburg Group wi…
The Delian Nike and the Search for Chian Sculpture
Is it possible to define an archaic Chian style of sculpture? With the discovery of a winged Nike on Delos (Athens NM 21), soon linked to a base found nearby naming the Chian sculptor Archermos, it was believed that archaeological proof had been found for the family of Chian sculptors mentioned by Pliny in HN 36.11. The enthusiastic claims for a Chian school have now been diminished but there remains an unchallenged belief that the Nike of Archer…
An Archaic Sphinx from Siphnos
The head of an archaic marble statue was removed from the wall of a private house on Siphnos in 1936, during the excavations of J.K. Brock and G. Mackworth Young. It was placed in the local museum. It is argued that the modelling of the head dates it to the middle of the sixth century BC. The hair shows that it comes from a sphinx, probably one of the earliest examples of the type, of Cycladic origin, and it has the head turned to one side. It pr…
John M. Cook (1910–1994): A Bibliography
The bibliography is intended as a tribute to Cook and his work, and as an aid to researchers in similar fields. Its main subdivisions reflect his interests—Asia Minor: archaeology, topography and history; Greece: archaeological and topographical studies; Attic Geometric and Protoattic pottery; Greek art (and other topics). Books, articles, and reviews are presented separately. The academic bibliography is preceded by references to material on the…
Der lineare Inselstil: Eine kykladische Keramikwerkstatt am Übergang von der spätgeometrischen zur archaischen Zeit . By Florian S. Knauß
Aegina, the Cyclades, and Crete
"A large gap exists in the literature of ancient numismatics between general works intended for collectors and highly specialized studies addressed to numismatists. Indeed, there is hardly anything produced by knowledgeable numismatists that is easily accessible to the academic community at large or the interested lay reader. The Oxford Handbook of Greek and Roman Coinage will fill this gap by providing a systematic overview of the major coinages…
A multi-technique investigation of the incuse coinage of Magna Graecia
Separating silver sources of Archaic Athenian coinage by comprehensive compositional analyses
This article demonstrates that distinct and coherent silver sources can be discriminated from surface compositional analyses. In the first large-scale study of Archaic (pre-479 BC) Athenian silver coins in museum collections around the world, we analysed 788 coins by Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) spectrometry with a mathematical correction to provide a reliable composition for key diagnostic elements. Principal Component Analysis rev…
Identifying silver ore sources for the earliest coins of Athens
This study addresses longstanding questions concerning the ore sources used in the first series of coins of ancient Athens known as the Wappenmϋnzen (c.540-c.500 BCE) by combining comprehensive numismatic data on 22 coins (16 new and 6 legacy analyses) with lead isotope and surface elemental measurements (MC-ICP-MS and XRF). It finds usage of ores from Spain to Romania and Türkiye and frequent mixing. This upends current thinking based on a (mis)…
The Colossal Archaic Naxian Statues in the Sanctuary of Apollo on Delos
This article presents data from the stable isotope analysis of marble from five fragments of sculpture and a massive base that together are said to comprise the remains of the statue on Delos known as the Naxian Colossus. This key work in the early history of monumental Greek marble sculpture has attracted the attention of travelers since the 15th century (Buondelmonti, Cyriacus of Ancona). Plutarch’s testimony that the great andrias of the Naxia…
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