David Frankel
Biographic Data
| ID | 282397 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Frankel |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Frankel |
| SIGNATURE | FRANKEL D |
| AFFILIATIONS | La Trobe University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5447-8745 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 71 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 339 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 70 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 10 |
New evidence for diet and subsistence economy in Early and Middle Bronze Age Cyprus
Figurines in context
For 50 years, Peter Ucko's Anthropomorphic figurines (1968) has served as an entry-point for anyone approaching the study of figurines: this new Oxford handbook now provides a broader alternative, which conveniently summarises much current evidence and thinking. Following the standard format of this series, Tim Insoll has brought together a wide array of studies covering many different periods and places as well as diverse approaches to analysis
Exploring the potential of human bone and teeth collagen from Prehistoric Cyprus for isotopic analysis
The Archaeologist as tribal elder: John Mulvaney 1925–2016
John Mulvaney played a key role in the development of Australian archaeology. This article is a brief appreciation of his contributions, taking as a starting point his fieldwork in South Australia
A potter's workshop from Middle Bronze Age Cyprus: New Light on Production Context, Scale and Variability
When fire swept through a workshop at Ambelikou Aletri on Cyprus in the nineteenth or twentieth century BC it brought a sudden halt to pottery production, leaving the latest batch of recently fired vessels. The remains of the kiln and its immediate surroundings provide a rare opportunity to gain direct insight into the technology and organisation of a Middle Bronze Age pottery workshop in the eastern Mediterranean. Analysis of the batch of cutawa…
Archaeology in Environment and Technology: Intersections and Transformations
From the moat to the Murray: Teaching practical archaeology at La Trobe University, Australia
This paper presents two current approaches to teaching practical aspects of archaeology at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. One makes use of a simulated site constructed on the university campus where senior undergraduates are introduced to the complexities of excavation and project management from planning through to publication in a ‘safe’, artificial environment. The second is a field school for fourth year Honours students where t…
Seasonality and Site Function in Chalcolithic Cyprus
Excavations at the small Chalcolithic site of Politiko-Kokkinorotsos in central Cyprus show that it was occupied around 2880–2670 cal BC. Fallow deer (Dama mesopotamica) form the major component of the substantial faunal assemblage. The structure of the animal population suggests a seasonal hunting site, an interpretation consistent with the lack of formal architecture and the range of stone tools. In this study, independent odontochronological a…
Cultural Regionalism and Divergent Social Trajectories in Early Bronze Age Cyprus
The homogeneous material culture that is characteristic of the earliest phase of the Cypriot Bronze Age (the Philia phase) broke down ca. 2300–2250 B.C.E. This change was prompted by the collapse of the eastern Mediterranean systems of interaction that provided the framework for the distribution of copper from Cyprus and in turn underpinned internal social and economic networks. Different responses to this event can be discerned across the island…
Pottery production and distribution in prehistoric Bronze Age Cyprus. An application of pXRF analysis
The Land of Canaan and the Destiny of Israel: Theologies of Territory in the Hebrew Bible
"What place does the land of Canaan play in the biblical conception of {u2018}Israel{u2019}? To what extent does the religion promoted by the Hebrew Bible require that Israel live its communal life in the national homeland? And how does life in the land compare in importance with other elements presented as belonging to Israel{u2019}s ultimate density, such as, for example, adherence to the law? To what extent must the people of Israel take hold …
The Land of Canaan and the Destiny of Israel: Theologies of Territory in the Hebrew Bible
What part does the land of Canaan play in the biblical conception of “Israel”? To what extent does the religion promoted by the Hebrew Bible require that Israel live its communal life in the national homeland? And how does life in the land compare in importance with other elements presented as belonging to Israel’s ultimate destiny, such as, for example, adherence to the law? To what extent must the people of Israel take hold of and settle in the…
Social Strategies, Ritual and Cosmology in Early Bronze Age Cyprus: An Investigation of Burial Data from the North Coast
Early Bronze Age communities on the north coast of Cyprus developed a distinctive ceramic tradition with a rich array of forms, including ritual vessels with symbolically complex decoration reflecting the importance of horned animals and other phenomena in a local cosmology. These were deposited in tombs together with decorated drinking bowls and quantities of cattle bones, suggesting the high cost of funerary events. In addition, some tombs appe…
Dean E. Arnold. 2008. Social Change and the Evolution of Ceramic Production and Distribution in a Maya Community. Boulder: University Press of Colorado
Excavations at Politiko Kokkinorotsos . A Chalcolithic Hunting Station in Cyprus
Recent excavations at a small Chalcolithic site in central Cyprus show that it was occupied about 2880–2670 cal BC. Fallow deer form the major component of the substantial faunal sample: both these and other animals were hunted. The chipped stone, too, fits with a model of intensive meat exploitation. The lack of formal architecture supports the general model of a seasonally or intermittently used hunters' village. Plant remains and a limited arr…
Exploiting a damaged and diminishing resource: Survey, sampling and society at a Bronze Age cemetery complex in Cyprus
Is a cemetery that has been robbed and pillaged for generations worthy of systematic research? It certainly is, given the application of a well conceived and executed project design. The authors show that the precise investigation of tomb architecture and identification of residual pottery can allow the detailed mapping of funerary practice over large areas of space and periods of time. Here they develop a narrative of increasing population and f…
Chypre: Des premières communautés néolithiques à l'émergence de l'urbanisme
L’auteur tente de représenter l’espace de l’Athènes antique en combinant la méthodologie mise en place par Kevin Lynch avec les interprétations savantes du paysage historique de la ville
The Chalcolithic Cemeteries of Souskiou-Vathyrkakas, Cyprus: Investigations of Four Missions from 1950 to 1997 . Demos Christou, Diane Bolger, Paul Croft, Elizabeth Goring, Adam Jackson, Dorothy Lunt,…
The Sydney Cyprus Survey Project: Social Approaches to Regional Archaeological Survey . By Michael Given and A. Bernard Knapp
Early Bronze Age Metal Trade in the Eastern Mediterranean. New Compositional and Lead Isotope Evidence From Cyprus
This paper presents the results of chemical and lead isotope analyses of 17 Early and Middle Bronze Age artefacts from Cyprus. These suggest that a number of objects are of non‐Cypriot copper and lead to the identification of several as imports, a new explanation for some artefact types as ingots and a discussion of the nature of deposits at the key Cypriot site of Vasilia. This in turn allows a reconsideration of the role of Cyprus in an Aegean/…
Neighbours: Negotiating space in a prehistoric village
This paper shows the remarkable level of social history that can be drawn from the high quality excavation and analysis of a well-preserved stratigraphic sequence. A Bronze Age settlement in Cyprus could be defined as a series of households, comprising dwellings, outbuildings and courtyards that were established, extended, replaced or abandoned over some 500 years. The authors' interpretation offers intimate access to the private lives of the inh…
Sotira Kaminoudhia: An Early Bronze Age Site in Cyprus . Stuart Swiny, George (Rip) Rapp, and Ellen Herscher
An Early Bronze Age Shell Pendant from Cyprus
This brief article takes as a starting point a carved shell pendant characteristic of the Philia facies of the Early Bronze Age in Cyprus. A discussion of this class of object leads on to a consideration of broader issues surrounding the nature and extent of Philia settlement. These pendants appear to have played a significant role in proclaiming and maintaining Philia identity and demonstrate an aspect of bidirectional interaction between Philia…
Encounters and Enclosures: Archaeological Approaches to Social Identities in the Past and Present
(2003). Encounters and Enclosures: Archaeological Approaches to Social Identities in the Past and Present. Reviews in Anthropology: Vol. 32, No. 1, pp. 37-49
The Chronology of Base-Ring Ware and Bichrome Wheel-Made Ware: Proceedings of a Colloquium Held in the Royal Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities, Stockholm, May 18-19, 2000 . Paul Åström
Chronology and explanation in western Victoria and south‐east South Australia
Archaeological evidence from western Victoria and southeast South Australia has been used to develop models of late Holocene change. In this paper we reassess some of the primary data, concentrating on radiocarbon dates available from over eighty sites in the area. A general methodological critique and discussion of each different site‐type exposes fundamental problems in establishing a basic sequence and demonstrating the nature of change. An ar…
Pottery production and distribution in prehistoric Bronze Age Cyprus. An application of pXRF analysis
Problems in constructing a prehistoric regional sequence: Holocene southeast Australia
Chronological sequences are as much a product of overall concepts as of data or techniques of dating. This is illustrated by a critical assessment of the foundations of a prehistoric regional sequence in Victoria and South Australia. Taphonomic and research biases structure the data and limit the potential for demonstrating long‐term or cumulative change. Recent attempts to see a cumulative or unified progression in the area cannot be sustained. …
Migration and ethnicity in prehistoric Cyprus: Technology as Habitus
During the third millennium cal BC, there were major changes in many aspects of Cypriot material culture, technology and economy which characterize the division between the Chalcolithic and early Bronze Age on the island. Many innovations can be traced to Anatolian antecedents. These include a very wide array of domestic as well as agricultural and industrial technologies. Their nature and range make it possible to argue strongly for the movement…
Characterising change in prehistoric sequences: A view from Australia
Characterizing the Philia Facies: Material Culture, Chronology, and the Origin of the Bronze Age in Cyprus
Major changes mark the transition from the Chalcolithic to the Bronze Age in mid-third millennium Cyprus. Philia material has long been recognized as a crucial element in this transition, but analysis has been hampered by patchy discovery and reporting and the lack of stratified deposits. Pottery and other finds from recent excavations at Marki-Alonia provide the basis for a substantial reassessment of the Philia facies and its chronological and …
Production, Location, and Integration in Bronze Age Cyprus [and Comments and Reply]
New radiocarbon determinations from the Grampians‐Gariwerd region, western Victoria
New radiocarbon determinations have been obtained for four rockshelter sites in the Grampians‐Gariwerd region, originally excavated in the 1970s and early 1980s by the Victoria Archaeological Survey. Basal dates of about 22,000 BP for Drual and evidence of occupation below a date of about 9000 BP for Billimina indicate that the ranges were first occupied during the Late Pleistocene. These results have considerable implications for the interpretat…
Early Bronze Age Metal Trade in the Eastern Mediterranean. New Compositional and Lead Isotope Evidence From Cyprus
This paper presents the results of chemical and lead isotope analyses of 17 Early and Middle Bronze Age artefacts from Cyprus. These suggest that a number of objects are of non‐Cypriot copper and lead to the identification of several as imports, a new explanation for some artefact types as ingots and a discussion of the nature of deposits at the key Cypriot site of Vasilia. This in turn allows a reconsideration of the role of Cyprus in an Aegean/…
Marki Alonia: An Early and Middle Bronze Age Town in Cyprus - Excavations 1990-1994
Marki Alonia: An Early and Middle Bronze Age Town in Cyprus - Excavations 1990-1994." Australian Archaeology, 43(1), p. 58
Making an Impression: Storage and Surplus Finance in Late Bronze Age Cyprus
The twofold redistribution model of staple and wealth finance, developed by D' Altroy and Earle (1985) , has recently been applied to the archaeological record of the Late Cypriot Bronze Age (Keswani 1993). This paper examines an agricultural production and storage centre of the 13th century BC at Analiondas Palioklichia within this framework. It appears to have been a support village established on the igneous-sedimentary interface to mobilize a…
Inter-site relationships in the middle bronze age of Cyprus
Several regional styles of decoration on Middle Cypriot White Painted Pottery can be defined. The relative popularity of motifs is here used to calculate the similarity of sites, and the results of various cluster analyses are compared. Besides a general pattern of highest similarity between nearest neighbours, other links across the island are revealed. These can be associated with copper production, and a general model to explain the distributi…
The Australian transition: Real and Perceived Boundaries
The Pleistocene to Holocene transition is both a reality of climate history, and a notion of the prehistorian. A century of approaches to Australian archaeology guides the frameworks of the issue today
Pottery Production in Prehistoric Bronze Age Cyprus: Assessing the Problem
Two alternative models for pottery production and distribution have been developed for prehistoric Bronze Age Cyprus. One favours commercial trade in pottery produced by specialists, the other a smaller-scale domestic industry. This paper develops a formal strategy for addressing this issue as well as the associated question of the source of vessels found in tombs. Problems in applying the approach are discussed, using a number of examples. The i…
Earth Rings at Sunbury, Victoria
Cultural Regionalism and Divergent Social Trajectories in Early Bronze Age Cyprus
The homogeneous material culture that is characteristic of the earliest phase of the Cypriot Bronze Age (the Philia phase) broke down ca. 2300–2250 B.C.E. This change was prompted by the collapse of the eastern Mediterranean systems of interaction that provided the framework for the distribution of copper from Cyprus and in turn underpinned internal social and economic networks. Different responses to this event can be discerned across the island…
Color Variation on Prehistoric Cypriot Red Polished Pottery
Archaeologists in the field and laboratory commonly record colors of pottery using Munsell or other standard codes. These data are seldom used for more than primary documentation of individual items or to summarize common colors of a defined type or ware. Despite the many factors affecting pottery color it is possible to use this information to investigate patterns of variation within ceramic traditions and between contemporary sites, and to esta…
Excavations in the Lower Southeast of South Australia: November 1985
The lower southeast of South Australia is characterised by a series of long, low ridges sweeping down from the north and curving around parallel to the coast, with lower lying wetlands between. Within this limestone belt are numerous sink-holes and caves, of which the most famous are those further inland at Naracoorte. This note provides a preliminary report on an initial season of excavations undertaken in 1985, and outlines the overall scope of…
Munsell Colour Notation in Ceramic Description: An Experiment
Archaeologists are making increased use of standardised colour descriptions for material they excavate and study, generally employing the Munsell colour system (Munsell 1966). Readings of soil colours are common practice on most excavations, where they may have significance (at least within small areas) for differentiating soil types. Elsewhere standard colour descriptions are found most frequently applied to pottery, where it is felt necessary t…
From the moat to the Murray: Teaching practical archaeology at La Trobe University, Australia
This paper presents two current approaches to teaching practical aspects of archaeology at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. One makes use of a simulated site constructed on the university campus where senior undergraduates are introduced to the complexities of excavation and project management from planning through to publication in a ‘safe’, artificial environment. The second is a field school for fourth year Honours students where t…
Seasonality and Site Function in Chalcolithic Cyprus
Excavations at the small Chalcolithic site of Politiko-Kokkinorotsos in central Cyprus show that it was occupied around 2880–2670 cal BC. Fallow deer (Dama mesopotamica) form the major component of the substantial faunal assemblage. The structure of the animal population suggests a seasonal hunting site, an interpretation consistent with the lack of formal architecture and the range of stone tools. In this study, independent odontochronological a…
Excavations at Politiko Kokkinorotsos . A Chalcolithic Hunting Station in Cyprus
Recent excavations at a small Chalcolithic site in central Cyprus show that it was occupied about 2880–2670 cal BC. Fallow deer form the major component of the substantial faunal sample: both these and other animals were hunted. The chipped stone, too, fits with a model of intensive meat exploitation. The lack of formal architecture supports the general model of a seasonally or intermittently used hunters' village. Plant remains and a limited arr…
Population, Households, and Ceramic Consumption in a Prehistoric Cypriot Village
Evidence from excavations at the Early and Middle Bronze Age site of Marki-Alonia (ca. 2400–1900 B.C.) in central Cyprus provides the base for estimates of evolving population size, community structure, and the scale of ceramic consumption in a prehistoric village. We explore factors such as the region's carrying capacity, tombs associated with the site, average household size, and domestic and funerary ceramic discard. Despite the unavoidable cr…
Excavations at Koongine Cave: Lithics & Land-use in the Terminal Pleistocene & Holocene of South Australia
Koongine is a sizeable limestone cave set in a low ridge some 4 km from the sea in the lower South-east of South Australia. It was used for about 2000 years at the transition from the Pleistocene to Holocene, and then again during the last millennium. The sequence at this site exposes issues of the appropriate scale and form of explanation for changes in site use. The stratified deposits of stone artefacts provide an opportunity to define for the…
Coastal Archaeology in South Gippsland
Over the past decade staff and students of the Department of Archaeology, La Trobe University, have undertaken a number of archaeological projects in Western Port and adjacent sections of the south Gippsland coast. Some of these have been set up as teaching exercises, some for cultural resource management and others primarily for basic research. In this paper we report on one part of this programme, within the broader context of Victorian coastal…
Inter-site relationships in the middle bronze age of Cyprus
Several regional styles of decoration on Middle Cypriot White Painted Pottery can be defined. The relative popularity of motifs is here used to calculate the similarity of sites, and the results of various cluster analyses are compared. Besides a general pattern of highest similarity between nearest neighbours, other links across the island are revealed. These can be associated with copper production, and a general model to explain the distributi…
Education and Training in Prehistory and Archaeology in Australia
(1980). Education and Training in Prehistory and Archaeology in Australia. Australian Archaeology: Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 69-71
Tertiary Courses in Australia Involving Prehistory or Archaeology
Most of the information listed here is taken from responses to a questionnaire circulated to all universities in Australia. Some Departments did not send details, and in these cases we have abstracted information from the 1980 handbooks. We have included the major courses which have an element of prehistory or archaeology, and have, we hope, presented enough information so that the main thrust of teaching in each Department is clear. In order to …
Munsell Colour Notation in Ceramic Description: An Experiment
Archaeologists are making increased use of standardised colour descriptions for material they excavate and study, generally employing the Munsell colour system (Munsell 1966). Readings of soil colours are common practice on most excavations, where they may have significance (at least within small areas) for differentiating soil types. Elsewhere standard colour descriptions are found most frequently applied to pottery, where it is felt necessary t…
News and Short Contributions
Uniformity and Variation in a Cypriot Ceramic Tradition: Two Approaches
Uniformity and Variation in a Cypriot Ceramic Tradition: Two Approaches
Population trends and relationships in prehistoric Australia
(1982). Population trends and relationships in prehistoric Australia. Journal of Australian Studies: Vol. 6, No. 11, pp. 3-8
Prehistoric Research at Kinomere Village, Papua New Guinea, 1981: Preliminary field report
The Kinomere village site was excavated to a depth of 1.5 m in a 2 m square unit. Finds included pottery, bone, shell and stone artefacts; the remains of shellfish, fish and other animals; and, in the lower water-logged deposits, a variety of wooden tools. No other sites with archaeological potential were located; traditional sites (some still with shellfish and pottery remains) were investigated but all were inundated at high tide
Earth Rings at Sunbury, Victoria
Archaeological Investigations of Mounds on the Wakool River, Near Barham, New South Wales: A Preliminary Account
This report summarises fieldwork on Aboriginal mounds beside the Wakool River carried out in April and May 1983. This forms part of a general study of mounds, their function, chronology, structure and location being undertaken for a postgraduate thesis by one of us (AB). Following preliminary investigations in 1982, the fieldwork in 1983 was carried out in two stages. An intensive survey to locate and document mounds took place over Easter 1983, …
Mickimarch: A Basic Program for Australian Archaeologists
AAA Conference 1986 Notice to Potential Symposium Convenors
AAA Conference 1986 Notice to Potential Symposium Convenors." Australian Archaeology, 21(1), p. 157
Excavations in the Lower Southeast of South Australia: November 1985
The lower southeast of South Australia is characterised by a series of long, low ridges sweeping down from the north and curving around parallel to the coast, with lower lying wetlands between. Within this limestone belt are numerous sink-holes and caves, of which the most famous are those further inland at Naracoorte. This note provides a preliminary report on an initial season of excavations undertaken in 1985, and outlines the overall scope of…
Pottery Production in Prehistoric Bronze Age Cyprus: Assessing the Problem
Two alternative models for pottery production and distribution have been developed for prehistoric Bronze Age Cyprus. One favours commercial trade in pottery produced by specialists, the other a smaller-scale domestic industry. This paper develops a formal strategy for addressing this issue as well as the associated question of the source of vessels found in tombs. Problems in applying the approach are discussed, using a number of examples. The i…
Characterising change in prehistoric sequences: A view from Australia
Coastal Archaeology in South Gippsland
Over the past decade staff and students of the Department of Archaeology, La Trobe University, have undertaken a number of archaeological projects in Western Port and adjacent sections of the south Gippsland coast. Some of these have been set up as teaching exercises, some for cultural resource management and others primarily for basic research. In this paper we report on one part of this programme, within the broader context of Victorian coastal…
Bulletin of the Institute of Archaeology Volume 24
Bulletin of the Institute of Archaeology Volume 24." Australian Archaeology, 29(1), pp. 81–82
Koongine Cave Excavations 1986-7: Investigating Spatial Patterning
Initial excavations at Koongine Cave give an outline of the history of use of this limestone cave in the lower southeast of South Australia (Frankel 1986, 1988a, Izard 1988; Bird et al. in prep.). The cave, situated in a limestone ridge about four kilometres from the present coastline, was initially occupied about 10,000 years ago. Over some 1500 years up to two metres of varied sediments were deposited, rich in both artefacts and ecofacts. The s…
The Archaeology of Western Iran: Settlement and Society From Prehistory to the Islamic Conquest, by F. Hole (Ed.)
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF WESTERN IRAN: SETTLEMENT AND SOCIETY FROM PREHISTORY TO THE ISLAMIC CONQUEST, by F. HOLE (ed.)." Australian Archaeology, 29(1), pp. 79–80
Stratigraphy and Argument at Koongine Cave
The wall-markings present in the Koongine Cave, Bednarik are shown to lack the antique look and feel, hence raising doubts on the authenticity of the stratgraphic sequence and radiocarbon dating technologies. The various problems arising during such studies of the historical times and carvings are discussed in the article
Production, Location, and Integration in Bronze Age Cyprus [and Comments and Reply]
Chronology and explanation in western Victoria and south‐east South Australia
Archaeological evidence from western Victoria and southeast South Australia has been used to develop models of late Holocene change. In this paper we reassess some of the primary data, concentrating on radiocarbon dates available from over eighty sites in the area. A general methodological critique and discussion of each different site‐type exposes fundamental problems in establishing a basic sequence and demonstrating the nature of change. An ar…
Problems in constructing a prehistoric regional sequence: Holocene southeast Australia
Chronological sequences are as much a product of overall concepts as of data or techniques of dating. This is illustrated by a critical assessment of the foundations of a prehistoric regional sequence in Victoria and South Australia. Taphonomic and research biases structure the data and limit the potential for demonstrating long‐term or cumulative change. Recent attempts to see a cumulative or unified progression in the area cannot be sustained. …
First-order radiocarbon dating of Australian shell-middens
Some of the advantages of first-order radiocarbon dating techniques have recently been described to readers of Antiquity (Glover et al. 1990). The value of the technique is further illustrated in this note, where a similar approach has been used to date shell samples from coastal sites in southeastern Australia
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