Penelope A Mountjoy
Biographic Data
| ID | 6451885 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Penelope A Mountjoy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Penelope A |
| FAMILY NAME | Mountjoy |
| SIGNATURE | MOUNTJOY P A |
| AFFILIATIONS | British School at Athens |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 54 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Neutron activation analysis of Aegean-style IIIC pottery from the Goldman excavations at Tarsus-Gözlükule
The appearance of Aegean-style IIIC pottery at Tarsus occured at a time of unrest and of movement of peoples resulting in part from the collapse of the Mycenaean palaces on the Greek mainland. Mycenaean Late Helladic IIIB pottery exports from mainland Greece to Cyprus and the Levant disappeared and were gradually replaced by local imitations. Eventually Aegean-style IIIC pottery appeared in the East Aegean-West Anatolian Interface, in Cyprus and …
Imported Cypriot Pottery in Twelfth-Century B.C. Ashkelon
It has been suggested that the collapse of the Late Bronze Age trading networks severed connections between Cyprus and the Philistine cities of the southern Levant. However, the excavators of the Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon have uncovered two examples of vessels made in Cyprus and then imported to Philistia during the mid-12th century b.c. These vessels are characterized below, and the consequences of their discovery are briefly addressed
Provenance Determination of Mycenaean Iiic Vessels From the 1934–1939 Excavations at Tarsus‐gözlükule by Neutron Activation Analysis
Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA) has been carried out in order to determine the provenance of a selected set of 30 sherds of Mycenaean style excavated at Tarsus‐Gözlükule. The provenance could be established or made feasible in 80% of the samples. The results confirm the current status of research, namely that in the LH IIIC phase trade patterns changed and Mycenaean wares, which used to be exported to the Near East, were now produced locally. A…
A Bronze Age Ship from Ashkelon with Particular Reference to the Bronze Age Ship from Bademgediği Tepe
Reexamination of a well-known pictorial sherd from Ashkelon demonstrates that it is almost a century older than originally thought; it is in fact a 13th-century import from Mycenaean Greece rather than a local 12th-century Philistine product. The type of vessel to which the sherd belongs is discussed and a possible date is offered. The scene that might have been depicted is examined with reference to other representations of ships on ceramic vess…
A Note on the Mixed Origins of Some Philistine Pottery
Some aspects of Iron Age I Philistine pottery from Ekron Stratum VII and Ashkelon Phase 20 are examined. A small group of kraters isolated from Ekron exhibits both Philistine and non-Philistine characteristics. The latter include local Levantine features, such as rim types, and the use of a motif from the east Aegean. Another motif has a possible Cypriot origin. A local Levantine style is suggested at Ashkelon as a result of a recent in situ find…
A provenance study of Mycenaean pottery from Northern Israel
The Late Minoan II–III and Mycenaean Pottery from the 1911 Excavations at Phylakopi on Melos
This article presents the Late Minoan II–III B and the Late Helladic I–III C pottery from the 1911 excavations of J. Dawkins and J. Droop at Phylakopi on Melos. The material from the 1911 excavations fills gaps in the corpus of pottery provided by the 1896–9 excavations and the 1974–7 excavations. It fills out our knowledge of the LH III A2 pottery and adds a considerable amount of LH III A1 and LH III C material. A small group of vessels caught …
A Mycenaean Vase from Megiddo
An imported Mycenaean vase found as sherd material in Tomb 1101A Upper at Megiddo is examined as to its context and parallels in order to establish its date and possible place of origin. The significance of its suggested date for the controversy over the dating of Megiddo Level VIIA and Bethshan Level VI is discussed
The end of the Bronze Age at Enkomi, Cyprus
The stratigraphy and the Mycenaean III C pottery of Enkomi Level III B (Dikaios's excavations) is examined on the basis of a new study of the pottery in the Larnaka and Nicosia Museum storerooms. The assignation of the Pleonastic Style (Dikaios's ‘Close Style’) and the Wavy Line Style to different phases of Level III B is clarified. The presence of pottery of Proto-White Painted Ware amongst the Level III B material allows correlations to be draw…
Miletos
The date of the final destruction of Late Bronze Age Miletos is examined in the light of new evidence from Ugarit, which has allowed the date of the destruction at that site to be more accurately assessed. A comparison of the pottery in the destruction layer at Miletos with that in the destruction layer at Ugarit suggests that Miletos might have been destroyed at an earlier date than usually thought
Mycenaean pottery from Qantir-Piramesse, Egypt
LH IIIB pottery from Qantir-Piramesse is presented. Although fragmentary, the material is an important addition to the corpus, as pottery dating to this phase is not common in Egypt. NAA chemical analysis suggests that most of it is imported from the Argolid, but that there are some imports from Cyprus and Palestine. Some local production in Egypt is also indicated
The Minoan thalassocracy reconsidered
Chemical analysis by ICP at the Fitch Laboratory (British School at Athens) is used to see if the imported LB II pottery at Phylakopi on Melos is Minoan or Mycenaean. The possibility of a Minoan thalassocracy and of Minoan colonies in the Cyclades is reconsidered in the light of this new evidence, trade routes to the Cyclades are examined, the nature of the Mycenaean presence in the Cyclades is briefly discussed and the evidence for a LM I B hori…
The East Aegean-West Anatolian Interface in the Late Bronze Age
The Mycenaean culture of the east Aegean islands should not be considered in relation to that of the Greek Mainland, as has generally been done up until now, but rather in terms of the East Aegean — West Anatolian Interface (fig 1), an area which forms an entity between the Mycenaean islands of the central Aegean and the Anatolian hinterland with Troy at its northern extremity and Rhodes at its southern one
The Destruction of the Palace at Pylos Reconsidered
The date of the destruction of the palace at Pylos is re-examined in the light of our increased knowledge of regional Mycenaean pottery, and a fresh phase of LH III pottery defined
Thorikos Mine no. 3
The Transitional LH III B2/C early pottery from Thorikos mine No. 3 is of particular importance for the definition of this as yet little-known phase. It is also of interest for its context. The assemblage is unusual; its nature implies a specific function rather than the debris of normal settlement. It is suggested that it may have resulted from mining activity
Regional Mycenaean Pottery
A few points are illustrated concerning regional Mycenaean pottery from the Greek mainland dating from LHIIA to LHIIIC Late. It has been suggested that the use of certain motifs on certain closed shapes was perhaps as a label for the contents of the vase. Early Mycenaean regional styles in peripheral areas, such as Thessaly and Phocis, are discussed and regional preferences during the LHIIIA2–IIIB koine are mentioned. The influence of Crete on My…
The Marine Style Pottery of LMIB/LHIIA
This article presents a corpus of all the published marine style material known to the author, and references to a proportion of material known but not yet published. It is arranged by site, and within each site by shape in the same order of motifs. A descriptive analysis of shapes is presented
The Ephyraean Goblet Reviewed
The type and decoration of the Ephyraean goblet and the length of its duration is discussed in the light of recent excavations. Its chronological range is defined as LH IIA–IIB/LM IB to before the end of LH IIB
Some Early and Middle Helladic Pottery from Boeotia
The pottery illustrated below was found by the author in Thebes Museum boxed together with the material from Dramesi-Hyria, with that from Scimatari and with a large amount of post-Mycenaean material. It was brought from Scimatari Museum to Thebes in the early part of the decade for restoration. A search for its provenance has been fruitless, although it is probable that the MH III-LH I material belongs to the Dramesi-Hyria deposit: Blegen illust…
Provenance Studies of the LMIB/LHIIA Marine style
The provenance of vessels of the Marine Style of LMIB from Crete and LHIIA from the Mainland remains an important unsolved problem. This article describes an attempt to discriminate between selected Mainland and Cretan specimens by multivariate analysis of the compositions of their fabrics determined by optical emission spectroscopy with the aim of determining whether the Mainland Marine Style pieces were indeed made on the Mainland, perhaps loca…
Late Helladic Iiib 1 Pottery dating the Construction of the South House at Mycenae
The pottery which forms the main subject of this article was found during the 1964 and 1968 Citadel House excavations beneath the floor of two rooms that were designated Rooms 21 and 22. All the pottery from Room 22 has been kept, including the unpainted sherds, so that the group can be analysed numerically and compared with other groups of LH IIIB pottery from the Argolid. It contains a small quantity of painted wares and a large group of undeco…
A Note on the LM IB Marine Style at Knossos
The published corpus of LM IB Marine Style pottery from Knossos is small. It includes: 1. A jar from the Royal Road, AR (1961–2) 28 fig. 36. 2. A jar from the South-west Corner of the Palace, PM iv 280 fig. 215. 3. A ewer from the House of the Sanctuary, ibid, iv 215 fig. 165. 4. A tall alabastron from the Tomb of the Double Axes, TDoAx. 87. 5. A bridge-spouted jar from a chamber tomb near the Temple Tomb, PM iv 279 fig. 214. 6. A fragment from a…
A Later Development in the Late Minoan IB Marine Style
A Survey of the Marine Style shows that we may categorize octopods and argonauts into Types A and B, according to the drawing of the suckers in their tentacles. Type A suckers enclose a dot; Type B have no dot. All the instances of Type A and Type B are displayed against a crowded Marine background. We may further distinguish a third class (Type C) of octopods and argonauts; small compact creatures whose suckers are reduced to knobs, while the ar…
The East Aegean-West Anatolian Interface in the Late Bronze Age
The Mycenaean culture of the east Aegean islands should not be considered in relation to that of the Greek Mainland, as has generally been done up until now, but rather in terms of the East Aegean — West Anatolian Interface (fig 1), an area which forms an entity between the Mycenaean islands of the central Aegean and the Anatolian hinterland with Troy at its northern extremity and Rhodes at its southern one
A provenance study of Mycenaean pottery from Northern Israel
Provenance Determination of Mycenaean Iiic Vessels From the 1934–1939 Excavations at Tarsus‐gözlükule by Neutron Activation Analysis
Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA) has been carried out in order to determine the provenance of a selected set of 30 sherds of Mycenaean style excavated at Tarsus‐Gözlükule. The provenance could be established or made feasible in 80% of the samples. The results confirm the current status of research, namely that in the LH IIIC phase trade patterns changed and Mycenaean wares, which used to be exported to the Near East, were now produced locally. A…
Mycenaean pottery from Qantir-Piramesse, Egypt
LH IIIB pottery from Qantir-Piramesse is presented. Although fragmentary, the material is an important addition to the corpus, as pottery dating to this phase is not common in Egypt. NAA chemical analysis suggests that most of it is imported from the Argolid, but that there are some imports from Cyprus and Palestine. Some local production in Egypt is also indicated
Late Helladic Iiib 1 Pottery dating the Construction of the South House at Mycenae
The pottery which forms the main subject of this article was found during the 1964 and 1968 Citadel House excavations beneath the floor of two rooms that were designated Rooms 21 and 22. All the pottery from Room 22 has been kept, including the unpainted sherds, so that the group can be analysed numerically and compared with other groups of LH IIIB pottery from the Argolid. It contains a small quantity of painted wares and a large group of undeco…
A Bronze Age Ship from Ashkelon with Particular Reference to the Bronze Age Ship from Bademgediği Tepe
Reexamination of a well-known pictorial sherd from Ashkelon demonstrates that it is almost a century older than originally thought; it is in fact a 13th-century import from Mycenaean Greece rather than a local 12th-century Philistine product. The type of vessel to which the sherd belongs is discussed and a possible date is offered. The scene that might have been depicted is examined with reference to other representations of ships on ceramic vess…
The Minoan thalassocracy reconsidered
Chemical analysis by ICP at the Fitch Laboratory (British School at Athens) is used to see if the imported LB II pottery at Phylakopi on Melos is Minoan or Mycenaean. The possibility of a Minoan thalassocracy and of Minoan colonies in the Cyclades is reconsidered in the light of this new evidence, trade routes to the Cyclades are examined, the nature of the Mycenaean presence in the Cyclades is briefly discussed and the evidence for a LM I B hori…
The Marine Style Pottery of LMIB/LHIIA
This article presents a corpus of all the published marine style material known to the author, and references to a proportion of material known but not yet published. It is arranged by site, and within each site by shape in the same order of motifs. A descriptive analysis of shapes is presented
The end of the Bronze Age at Enkomi, Cyprus
The stratigraphy and the Mycenaean III C pottery of Enkomi Level III B (Dikaios's excavations) is examined on the basis of a new study of the pottery in the Larnaka and Nicosia Museum storerooms. The assignation of the Pleonastic Style (Dikaios's ‘Close Style’) and the Wavy Line Style to different phases of Level III B is clarified. The presence of pottery of Proto-White Painted Ware amongst the Level III B material allows correlations to be draw…
Miletos
The date of the final destruction of Late Bronze Age Miletos is examined in the light of new evidence from Ugarit, which has allowed the date of the destruction at that site to be more accurately assessed. A comparison of the pottery in the destruction layer at Miletos with that in the destruction layer at Ugarit suggests that Miletos might have been destroyed at an earlier date than usually thought
Thorikos Mine no. 3
The Transitional LH III B2/C early pottery from Thorikos mine No. 3 is of particular importance for the definition of this as yet little-known phase. It is also of interest for its context. The assemblage is unusual; its nature implies a specific function rather than the debris of normal settlement. It is suggested that it may have resulted from mining activity
Provenance Studies of the LMIB/LHIIA Marine style
The provenance of vessels of the Marine Style of LMIB from Crete and LHIIA from the Mainland remains an important unsolved problem. This article describes an attempt to discriminate between selected Mainland and Cretan specimens by multivariate analysis of the compositions of their fabrics determined by optical emission spectroscopy with the aim of determining whether the Mainland Marine Style pieces were indeed made on the Mainland, perhaps loca…
A Note on the LM IB Marine Style at Knossos
The published corpus of LM IB Marine Style pottery from Knossos is small. It includes: 1. A jar from the Royal Road, AR (1961–2) 28 fig. 36. 2. A jar from the South-west Corner of the Palace, PM iv 280 fig. 215. 3. A ewer from the House of the Sanctuary, ibid, iv 215 fig. 165. 4. A tall alabastron from the Tomb of the Double Axes, TDoAx. 87. 5. A bridge-spouted jar from a chamber tomb near the Temple Tomb, PM iv 279 fig. 214. 6. A fragment from a…
A Later Development in the Late Minoan IB Marine Style
A Survey of the Marine Style shows that we may categorize octopods and argonauts into Types A and B, according to the drawing of the suckers in their tentacles. Type A suckers enclose a dot; Type B have no dot. All the instances of Type A and Type B are displayed against a crowded Marine background. We may further distinguish a third class (Type C) of octopods and argonauts; small compact creatures whose suckers are reduced to knobs, while the ar…
Late Helladic Iiib 1 Pottery dating the Construction of the South House at Mycenae
The pottery which forms the main subject of this article was found during the 1964 and 1968 Citadel House excavations beneath the floor of two rooms that were designated Rooms 21 and 22. All the pottery from Room 22 has been kept, including the unpainted sherds, so that the group can be analysed numerically and compared with other groups of LH IIIB pottery from the Argolid. It contains a small quantity of painted wares and a large group of undeco…
Provenance Studies of the LMIB/LHIIA Marine style
The provenance of vessels of the Marine Style of LMIB from Crete and LHIIA from the Mainland remains an important unsolved problem. This article describes an attempt to discriminate between selected Mainland and Cretan specimens by multivariate analysis of the compositions of their fabrics determined by optical emission spectroscopy with the aim of determining whether the Mainland Marine Style pieces were indeed made on the Mainland, perhaps loca…
Some Early and Middle Helladic Pottery from Boeotia
The pottery illustrated below was found by the author in Thebes Museum boxed together with the material from Dramesi-Hyria, with that from Scimatari and with a large amount of post-Mycenaean material. It was brought from Scimatari Museum to Thebes in the early part of the decade for restoration. A search for its provenance has been fruitless, although it is probable that the MH III-LH I material belongs to the Dramesi-Hyria deposit: Blegen illust…
The Ephyraean Goblet Reviewed
The type and decoration of the Ephyraean goblet and the length of its duration is discussed in the light of recent excavations. Its chronological range is defined as LH IIA–IIB/LM IB to before the end of LH IIB
The Marine Style Pottery of LMIB/LHIIA
This article presents a corpus of all the published marine style material known to the author, and references to a proportion of material known but not yet published. It is arranged by site, and within each site by shape in the same order of motifs. A descriptive analysis of shapes is presented
Regional Mycenaean Pottery
A few points are illustrated concerning regional Mycenaean pottery from the Greek mainland dating from LHIIA to LHIIIC Late. It has been suggested that the use of certain motifs on certain closed shapes was perhaps as a label for the contents of the vase. Early Mycenaean regional styles in peripheral areas, such as Thessaly and Phocis, are discussed and regional preferences during the LHIIIA2–IIIB koine are mentioned. The influence of Crete on My…
Thorikos Mine no. 3
The Transitional LH III B2/C early pottery from Thorikos mine No. 3 is of particular importance for the definition of this as yet little-known phase. It is also of interest for its context. The assemblage is unusual; its nature implies a specific function rather than the debris of normal settlement. It is suggested that it may have resulted from mining activity
The Destruction of the Palace at Pylos Reconsidered
The date of the destruction of the palace at Pylos is re-examined in the light of our increased knowledge of regional Mycenaean pottery, and a fresh phase of LH III pottery defined
The East Aegean-West Anatolian Interface in the Late Bronze Age
The Mycenaean culture of the east Aegean islands should not be considered in relation to that of the Greek Mainland, as has generally been done up until now, but rather in terms of the East Aegean — West Anatolian Interface (fig 1), an area which forms an entity between the Mycenaean islands of the central Aegean and the Anatolian hinterland with Troy at its northern extremity and Rhodes at its southern one
The Minoan thalassocracy reconsidered
Chemical analysis by ICP at the Fitch Laboratory (British School at Athens) is used to see if the imported LB II pottery at Phylakopi on Melos is Minoan or Mycenaean. The possibility of a Minoan thalassocracy and of Minoan colonies in the Cyclades is reconsidered in the light of this new evidence, trade routes to the Cyclades are examined, the nature of the Mycenaean presence in the Cyclades is briefly discussed and the evidence for a LM I B hori…
Mycenaean pottery from Qantir-Piramesse, Egypt
LH IIIB pottery from Qantir-Piramesse is presented. Although fragmentary, the material is an important addition to the corpus, as pottery dating to this phase is not common in Egypt. NAA chemical analysis suggests that most of it is imported from the Argolid, but that there are some imports from Cyprus and Palestine. Some local production in Egypt is also indicated
Miletos
The date of the final destruction of Late Bronze Age Miletos is examined in the light of new evidence from Ugarit, which has allowed the date of the destruction at that site to be more accurately assessed. A comparison of the pottery in the destruction layer at Miletos with that in the destruction layer at Ugarit suggests that Miletos might have been destroyed at an earlier date than usually thought
The end of the Bronze Age at Enkomi, Cyprus
The stratigraphy and the Mycenaean III C pottery of Enkomi Level III B (Dikaios's excavations) is examined on the basis of a new study of the pottery in the Larnaka and Nicosia Museum storerooms. The assignation of the Pleonastic Style (Dikaios's ‘Close Style’) and the Wavy Line Style to different phases of Level III B is clarified. The presence of pottery of Proto-White Painted Ware amongst the Level III B material allows correlations to be draw…
A Mycenaean Vase from Megiddo
An imported Mycenaean vase found as sherd material in Tomb 1101A Upper at Megiddo is examined as to its context and parallels in order to establish its date and possible place of origin. The significance of its suggested date for the controversy over the dating of Megiddo Level VIIA and Bethshan Level VI is discussed
A provenance study of Mycenaean pottery from Northern Israel
The Late Minoan II–III and Mycenaean Pottery from the 1911 Excavations at Phylakopi on Melos
This article presents the Late Minoan II–III B and the Late Helladic I–III C pottery from the 1911 excavations of J. Dawkins and J. Droop at Phylakopi on Melos. The material from the 1911 excavations fills gaps in the corpus of pottery provided by the 1896–9 excavations and the 1974–7 excavations. It fills out our knowledge of the LH III A2 pottery and adds a considerable amount of LH III A1 and LH III C material. A small group of vessels caught …
A Note on the Mixed Origins of Some Philistine Pottery
Some aspects of Iron Age I Philistine pottery from Ekron Stratum VII and Ashkelon Phase 20 are examined. A small group of kraters isolated from Ekron exhibits both Philistine and non-Philistine characteristics. The latter include local Levantine features, such as rim types, and the use of a motif from the east Aegean. Another motif has a possible Cypriot origin. A local Levantine style is suggested at Ashkelon as a result of a recent in situ find…
Provenance Determination of Mycenaean Iiic Vessels From the 1934–1939 Excavations at Tarsus‐gözlükule by Neutron Activation Analysis
Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA) has been carried out in order to determine the provenance of a selected set of 30 sherds of Mycenaean style excavated at Tarsus‐Gözlükule. The provenance could be established or made feasible in 80% of the samples. The results confirm the current status of research, namely that in the LH IIIC phase trade patterns changed and Mycenaean wares, which used to be exported to the Near East, were now produced locally. A…
A Bronze Age Ship from Ashkelon with Particular Reference to the Bronze Age Ship from Bademgediği Tepe
Reexamination of a well-known pictorial sherd from Ashkelon demonstrates that it is almost a century older than originally thought; it is in fact a 13th-century import from Mycenaean Greece rather than a local 12th-century Philistine product. The type of vessel to which the sherd belongs is discussed and a possible date is offered. The scene that might have been depicted is examined with reference to other representations of ships on ceramic vess…
Imported Cypriot Pottery in Twelfth-Century B.C. Ashkelon
It has been suggested that the collapse of the Late Bronze Age trading networks severed connections between Cyprus and the Philistine cities of the southern Levant. However, the excavators of the Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon have uncovered two examples of vessels made in Cyprus and then imported to Philistia during the mid-12th century b.c. These vessels are characterized below, and the consequences of their discovery are briefly addressed
Neutron activation analysis of Aegean-style IIIC pottery from the Goldman excavations at Tarsus-Gözlükule
The appearance of Aegean-style IIIC pottery at Tarsus occured at a time of unrest and of movement of peoples resulting in part from the collapse of the Mycenaean palaces on the Greek mainland. Mycenaean Late Helladic IIIB pottery exports from mainland Greece to Cyprus and the Levant disappeared and were gradually replaced by local imitations. Eventually Aegean-style IIIC pottery appeared in the East Aegean-West Anatolian Interface, in Cyprus and …
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