Archaeological Publications

"Crete and the Cyclades in LM I: The Tale of the Conical Cups”, The Minoan Thalassocracy: Myth and Reality, Proceedings of the Third International Symposium at the Swedish Institute in Athens (31 May–5 June 1982), 1984, pp. 17–26.

Trade and Rule in Palatial Crete”, The Function of the Minoan Palaces, Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium at the Swedish Institute in Athens (10–16 June 1984), 1987, pp. 261–268.

“Round-Table Comments”, Aegean Seals, Sealings and Administration, Proceedings of the NEH-Dickson Conference of the Program in Aegean Scripts and Prehistory of the Department of Classics, University of Texas at Austin (11–13 January 1989), Aegaeum Vol. 5, 1990, pp. 236–239.

The Isles of Crete ? The Minoan Thalassocracy Revisited”, Thera and the Aegean World III, Vol. 1, Archaeology, Proceedings of the Third International Congress held in Santorini, Greece (3–9 September 1989), 1990, pp. 128–161 (with corrections to the many typographical errors, which the editors of the volume failed to make, printed in NESTOR 18:8, November 1991).

The Nature and Control of Minoan Foreign Trade”, Bronze Age Trade in the Mediterranean, Papers Presented at the Conference held at Rewley House, Oxford (December 1989), Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology Vol. 90, 1991, pp. 325–350.

Editor, “Discussions”, Trade, Power and Cultural Exchange: Hyksos Egypt and the Eastern Mediterranean World 1800–1500 B.C., An International Symposium, The Metropolitan Museum of Art (3 November 1993), Ägypten und Levante Vol. 5, 1995, pp. 121–132.

Co-author (with James M. Allen), “Separate Lives: The Ahmose Tempest Stela and the Theran Eruption”, Journal of Near Eastern Studies Vol. 57, No. 1, January 1998, pp. 1–28.

“The Absolute Chronology of Late Helladic IIIA2”, Sardinian and Aegean Chronology, Towards the Resolution of Relative and Absolute Dating in the Mediterranean, Proceedings of the International Colloquium ‘Sardinian Stratigraphy and Mediterranean Chronology’, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts (17–19 March 1995), Studies in Sardinian Archaeology Vol. 5, 1998, pp. 309–319.

Present Arms / Oars / Ingots: Searching for Evidence of Military or Maritime Administration in LM IB”, POLEMOS, Le contexte guerrier en Égée à l'âge du Bronze, Actes de la 7e Rencontre égéenne internationale Université de Liège (14–17 avril 1998), Aegaeum Vol. 19, 1999, pp. 411–423, ill. LXXX.

The White Slip I of Tell el-Dab‘a and Thera: Critical Challenge for the Aegean Long Chronology”, The White Slip Ware of Late Bronze Age Cyprus, Proceedings of an International Conference Organized by the Anastasios G. Leventis Foundation, Nicosia in Honour of Malcolm Wiener, Nicosia (29–30 October 1998), Contributions to the Chronology of the Eastern Mediterranean Vol. 2, 2001, pp. 195–202.

“Report on the Final General Discussion: Introductory Remarks”, LH IIIC Chronology and Synchronisms, Proceedings of the International Workshop held at the Austrian Academy of Sciences at Vienna (7–8 May 2001), 2003, pp. 245–247.

Time Out: The Current Impasse in Bronze Age Archaeological Dating”, METRON: Measuring the Aegean Bronze Age, Proceedings of the 9th International Aegean Conference, New Haven, Yale University (18–21 April 2002), Aegaeum Vol. 24, 2003, pp. 363–399, ills. LXX–LXXI.

The Absolute Chronology of Late Helladic III A2 Revisited”, BSA Vol. 98, 2003, pp. 239–250.

Chronology Going Forward (With a Query about 1525/4 B.C.)”, Timelines: Studies in Honor of Manfred Bietak, Vol. 3, 2006, pp. 317–328.

Egypt and Time”, Egypt and the Levant Vol. 16, 2006, pp. 325–339.

Pots and Polities”, Pottery and Society, The Impact of Rescent Studies in Minoan Pottery, Gold Medal Colloquium in Honor of Philip P. Betancourt, 104th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, New Orleans, Louisiana (5 January 2003), 2006, pp. 1–21.

Malcolm H. Wiener et al. (eds.), Pottery and Society, The Impact of Recent Studies in Minoan Pottery, Gold Medal Colloquium in Honor of Philip P. Betancourt, 104th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, New Orleans, Louisiana (5 January 2003), 2006.

“Palatial Potters in Mycenaean Greece”, Stephanos Aristeios: Archäologische Forschungen zwischen Nil und Istros. Festschrift für Stefan Hiller zum 65. 2007, pp. 271–277.

“Times Change: The Current State of the Debate in Old World Chronology”, The Synchronisation of Civilisations in the Eastern Mediterranean in the Second Millennium B.C. III, Proceedings of the 2nd EuroConference of “SCIEM 2000”, 28 May–1 June 2003, 2007, pp. 25–47.

Homer and History: Old Questions, New Evidence”, EPOS: Reconsidering Greek Epic and Aegean Bronze Age Archaeology, Proceedings of the 11th International Aegean Conference, Los Angeles, UCLA-The J. Paul Getty Villa (20–23 April 2006), Aegaeum Vol. 28, 2007, pp. 3–33, ills. I–II.

“Neopalatial Knossos: Rule and Role”, Krinoi kai Limenes: Studies in Honor of Joseph and Maria Shaw, 2007, pp. 231–242.

“The State of the Debate about the Date of the Theran Eruption”, Time’s Up: Dating the Minoan eruption of Santorini, Acts of the Minoan Eruption Chronology Workshop, Sandbjerg (November 2007), 2009, pp. 197–206.

Cold Fusion: The Uneasy Alliance between History and Science”, Tree-Rings, Kings, and Old World Archaeology and Environment: Papers Presented in Honor of Peter Ian Kuniholm, 2009, pp. 277-292.

Thera Discussion: “M.H. Wiener's Reply to the Papers by Manning et al. and Friedrich et al.” and “M.H. Wiener’s Response to the Friedrich et al. and Manning et al. Responses”, Tree–Rings, Kings, and Old World Archaeology and Environment: Papers Presented in Honor of Peter Ian Kuniholm, 2009, pp. 317-332.

“Locating Ahhiyawa”, DORON: Timetikos Tomos gia ton Kathegete Spyro Iakovide, 2009, pp. 701-715.

“A Point in Time”, Cretan Offerings: Studies in Honour of Peter Warren (BSA Suppl. 18), 2010, pp. 367-394.

“Carl William Blegen (1887–1971)”, “Sir Arthur John Evans (1851–1941)”, and “Mycenae”, Homer Encyclopedia, 2011, pp. 133-135, 280-281, 535-538.

Conical Cups: From Mystery to History”, Our Cups Are Full: Pottery and Society in the Aegean Bronze Age. Studies in Honor of Jeremy B. Rutter, 2011, pp. 355-368.

"Problems in the Measurement, Calibration, Analysis and Communication of Radiocarbon Dates (with Special Reference to the Prehistory of the Aegean World)", Proceedings of the 6th Radiocarbon and Archaeology International Symposium, Pafos, Cyprus, April 10-15, 2011, Radiocarbon 54, 2012, pp. 423-434.


Unpublished and Forthcoming Works:

LM III Knossos Outside the Palace: Another Approach to the Tablet/Destruction Date Debate” (lecture given at the New York Aegean Bronze Age Colloquium, 15 February 1984).

“Cretan Connections: External Actors and Factors during the Bronze Age” (lectures given in Heidelberg, Tübingen, Vienna, Salzburg, and Warsaw, 1994).

“Maritime Administration in Minoan Crete” (lecture given at the University of Tübingen, 23 October 1998).

“Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea” (lecture given at the University of Athens, 20 November 1998).

“The Dating Game: Radiocarbon, Tree-Ring and Ice-Core Dating” (lecture given at the New York Aegean Bronze Age Colloquium, 28 September 2007).

“Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea” ” (lecture given at the University of Cincinnati, 8 January 2008).

“Beyond the Versailles Effect: Minoan Crete, Mycenaean Greece, the Cyclades and the Eastern Aegean at the Beginning of the Late Bronze Age” (lecture given at the Minoan Seminar, Archaeological Society at Athens, Greece, 20 June 2008).

“The Minoan Thalassocracy Revisited: The Case of Kea” (lecture given at The Minoan World: Exploring the Land of the Labyrinth. An International Symposium, Onassis Center, New York, 13 September 2008).

“The Current State of Egyptian and Near Eastern Chronology” (Simpson lecture given at Yale University, 19 October 2009).

“Science for Non-Scientists—Radiocarbon, Tree-Ring and Ice-Core Dating” (Simpson lecture given at Yale University, 21 October 2009).

“Case Study: The Date of the Theran Eruption” (Simpson lecture given at Yale University, 23 October 2009).

“Palatial Crete at Its Zenith: The Minoan Empire c. 1600 B.C.” (lecture given at University of California at San Diego, 13 January 2010).

“Palatial Crete at Its Zenith: The Minoan Empire c. 1600 B.C.” (lecture given at University of Pennsylvania, 8 April 2010).

(with Jason Earle) “Radiocarbon Dating of the Theran Eruption: Problems Inherent and Problems Correctable” (lecture given at the 38th International Symposium on Archaeometry, University of South Florida, Tampa, 11 May 2010).

“The State of Science in Mediterranean, Egyptian, and Near Eastern Cultures, Climate and Chronology” (lecture given at Mediterranean Cultures, Climate, Chronology & Context Workshop, University of Arizona, 10 January 2011).

“Minoan Colonization” (lecture given at the 11th International Cretological Congress, Rethymnon, Crete, 21 October 2011).

“Realities of Power: The Minoan Thalassocracy in Historical Perspective”, AMILLA: The Quest for Excellence. Studies in honor of Guenter Kopcke, forthcoming.

“Mycenaean World and Homer”, Mycenaean World Encyclopedia, forthcoming.

“The Chronology of the Late Bronze Age from Egypt to the Aegean: Science, Texts, Interconnections”, forthcoming.

“Oh, No—Not Another Chronology!” The Art and Culture of Ancient Egypt: Studies in Honor of Dorothea Arnold (BES), forthcoming.

"Contacts: Crete, Egypt and the Near East c. 2000 B.C.", Proceedings of the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Symposium: Beyond Babylon: Art, Trade, and Diplomacy in the Second Millennium B.C., 18-19 December 2008, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, forthcoming.