Back MatterSource: Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Vol. 40,No. 2 (Apr. - Jun., 1971)Published by: The American School of Classical Studies at AthensStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/147636 .

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NEW PUBLICATIONS OF

THE AMERICAN SCHOOL OF CLASSICAL STUDIES AT ATHENS

LERNA, A PRECLASSICAL SITE IN THE ARGOLID RESULTS OF EXCAVATIONS CONDUCTED BY

THE AMERICAN SCHOOL OF CLASSICAL STUDIES AT ATHENS

VOLUME I

THE FAUNA

By NILS-GUSTAV GEJVALL

with a Foreword by John L. Caskey The excavation of the mound of Lerna, between 1952 and 1958, yielded a large quantity of animal

bones and shells. Dr. Nils-Gustav Gejvall, a vertebrate zoologist, has undertaken the study of these remains, and, using the facilities of his Osteological Research Laboratory of the University of Stockholm, has produced a careful evaluation of all information to be obtained from them. The result is a significant new chapter in archaeo-osteology. 33 tables give the occurrence of each bone of the various species of fauna in the phases of Lerna's habitation and 116 measurement tables trace the development of each species throughout Lerna's changing climatic and social environment from early Neolithic through the Bronze Age; relatively fewer remains come from classical times. Dr. Gejvall's commentary on the tables describes the condition of the bones found, the methods of measuring and classifying them, and the conclusions to be drawn from the data-these conclusions providing a vivid picture of the economic and social life of the inhabitants of the site. The changes from a hunting to an agricultural and animal-breeding population are reflected in the development of the bones from wild to domesticated species; the eating habits of the people in the kind and condition of their kitchen remains; the climatic changes from marsh and swamp to pasture land in the changing occurrences of bird and animal life.

25 plates provide meticulous photographic evidence of the faunal remains. Professor John L. Caskey has given in his Foreword a resume of the excavation of Lerna and of the habitational phases revealed, with their implications for the history of the Argolid. In a final Appendix Mr. Ulf Bjalkfors has outlined the programming for the IBM computer used in the research.

Published September, 1969. xvi + 107 pp., 149 tables, 4 figs., 4 diagrams, 25 pls. Quarto. Cloth. $15.00.

HESPERIA SUPPLEMENT XIII

MARCUS AURELIUS ASPECTS OF CIVIC AND CULTURAL POLICY IN THE EAST

By JAmES H. OLIVER

The lengthy inscription found in the Roman Agora in Athens in 1966 (which fits other smaller pieces known earlier) is an epistle of Marcus Aurelius which the author dates 174/5 and which records appeals to the emperor and his replies. It shows his interest in judicial matters and his attempts at reform by reviving old laws but his compromise where necessary. Important new light is shed on the quarrel of Herodes Atticus with the Athenians, on the importance of the Quintilii for the history of both Achaia and the Second Germanic Expedition and especially on the role of the Attic Panhellenion. The extensive new evidence for the policy of Marcus Aurelius in the east is studied in detail together with previously known evidence and new details of the Sacred Gerusia and a new picture of the role of the Attic Panhellenion appear. All known documents pertaining to the Panhellenion (fifty-eight in number) are gathered together, the texts of fifty of them given.

This is a highly significant contribution to the study of the history of Roman Athens and of imperial policy in the east generally; in the hands of an author thoroughly familiar with all the previous evidence the great importance of the Panhellenion as it unfolds in this epigraphical document is judiciously inter- preted and emphasized. Although it did not accomplish all that the Antonine emperors and the Hellenes expected of it, the Panhellenion did crystallize public opinion in the Greek cities and acquaint the emperor of it, and did by furthering the best of the old Hellenic tradition contribute to the good of the empire as a whole as well as of the Hellenic cities. It was " not only a court, but an educational institution."

Published October 1970. xrv + 160 pp., 8 pls. Quarto. Paper. $10.00.

ORDERS SHOULD BE PLACED WITH THE AMERICAN SCHOOL OF CLASSICAL STUDIES AT ATHENS c/o THE INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY, PRINCETO)N, NEW JERSEY, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

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HESPERIA

INDEX, VOLUMES XI-XX, SUPPLEMENTS VII-IX This publication makes available an epigraphical prosopography of names which have appeared in the

volumes of Hesperia and its Supplements from 1942 to 1951 as well as a general subject index for the same volumes. This is the second volume of ten-year Index to Hesperia, the earlier one having covered the years 1932 to 1941 (Volumes I-X, Supplements I-VI).

Published October 1968. vi + 434 pp. Quarto. Paper. $15.00.

EXCAVATIONS OF THE ATHENIAN AGORA-PICTURE BOOKS 512 x 8% inches 32 pages 50 cents each postpaid except No. 8, $1.00

No. 1 POTS AND PANS OF CLASSICAL ATHENS No. 2 THE STOA OF ATTALOS II AT ATHENS No. 3 MINIATURE SCULPTURE FROM THE ATHENIAN AGORA No. 4 THE ATHENIAN CITIZEN No. 5 ANCIENT PORTRAITS FROM THE ATHENIAN AGORA No. 6 AMPHORAS AND THE ANCIENT WINE TlRADE No. 7 THE MIDDLE AGES IN THE ATHENIAN AGORA No. 8 GARDEN LORE OF ANCIENT ATHENS No. 9 LAMPS FROM THE ATHENIAN AGORA No. 10 INSCRIPTIONS FROM THE ATHENIAN AGORA No. 11 WATERWORKS IN THE ATHENIAN AGORA

THE ATHENIAN AGORA

VOLUME XII

BLACK AND PLAIN POTTERY OF THE 6TH, 5TH AND 4TH CENTURIES B.C.

By BRiAN A. SPARKES AND LucY TALCOTT This twelfth volume of the publication of material found in the Athenian Agora and second of the

series to deal with pottery is concerned with the non-figured wares, almost all Attic, of the 6th through the 4th centuries, both the black glazed (with and without decoration) and the unglazed domestic pottery. After a discussion of names used for shapes the two classes. are treated separately in the three divisions of the work, 1) general treatment of the fabrics, techniques, decorations, associations, etc., 2) the main body of the volume, the shape studies, and 8) the catalogue of some 2000 pieces, arranged by shape. In the shape studies the chronological evolution of each shape, both the main category and numerous variants, is traced, based on the fixed points given by the evidence of the deposits in which the pieces were found. Bound separately from the text are the Deposit Summaries, the Concordance, the extensive Indexes of Potters, Painters, Groups, Classes, of Ancient Authors, of Greek Words, of Grafiti and Other Inscriptions, of Collections, of Bibliography and List of Publications and Illustrations, and of General Subjects, the pages of drawings of profiles and inscriptions, and the plates of photographs arranged by shape.

The striking characteristic of this study is the exhaustive comparanda with all other known material from other sites and in museums throughout the world; when added to the Agora material which is so extensive in shapes and offers so much valuable evidence for chronology, the result is a definitive study of black glazed and unglazed Athenian pottery. The care, the thoroughness, and the depth of understanding of the material by the authors will make it the basic reference work on the subject for years.

Published February 1971. xix 4- 472 pp., 25 figs., 100 pls. in 2 parts. Quarto. Cloth. $40.00.

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