Institute of Archaeology, University of Warsaw, Poland

Friday, April 24, 2015

THE 3rd YOUNG RESEARCHERS’ CONFERENCE

IN AEGEAN ARCHAEOLOGY
Organized by The Department of Aegean Archaeology, Institute of Archaeology, University of Warsaw:
Prof. Kazimierz Lewartowski
Dr Agata Ulanowska
Katarzyna Żebrowska, MA

9.00 – 9.10 Welcome from Prof. Kazimierz Lewartowski (University of Warsaw)

9.10 – 9.30 Opening lecture by Prof. Janusz Czebreszuk (Adam Mickiewicz University in
Poznań)
PART I: Burial Customs

9.30 – 9.50 The Significance of Multiple Burials in the Studies of Early Mycenaean Elites
Katarzyna Dudlik, MA; Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań

9.50 – 10.10 Animal Burials in Mycenaean Greece: The Question of Religious Customs or
Socio-Cultural Identity?
Kinga Bigoraj, MA; Antiquity of Southeastern Europe Research Centre,
University of Warsaw

10.10 – 10.30 Some Observations on the Archaeological Context and Interpretation of Gold
Funeral Masks from Grave Circle A in Mycenae
Mariya Avramova, MA; Antiquity of Southeastern Europe Research Centre,
University of Warsaw

10.30 – 10.50 The (In)Visible Tombs. Some Remarks on Seeing and Perceiving Sicilian
Tholoi
Katarzyna Żebrowska, MA; University of Warsaw

10.50 – 11.05 Discussion

11.05 – 11.20 Coffee Break
PART II: Intermediterranean Relations

11.20 – 11.40 From Egypt to Crete: Iconography on Minoan Seals in the Phaistos Deposit
Carissa Nicholson, MA; University of Florida

11.40 – 12.00 The Age of Innocence. Parallel Young Lives in Bronze Age Crete and Cyprus
Giulia Muti, BA; University of Torino

12.00 – 12.20 Phantom Mycenaeans in Western Anatolia?

Dr Rik Vaessen; University of Sheffield

12.20 – 12.40 Gold and Silver of the Aegean and Mediterranean during the Middle and Late
Bronze Age
Ester Messina, MA; University of Trieste, Udine and Venice
 Institute of Archaeology, University of Warsaw, Poland
Friday, April 24, 2015

12.40 – 12.55 Discussion

12.55 – 14.00 Lunch Break

PART III.1: Archaeology of Crete

14.00 – 14.20 A Forgotten Periphery or Independent Development? Early Minoan III-Middle

Minoan IA Period in Eastern Crete
Agnieszka Kaliszewska, MA; Institute of Archeology and Ethnology, Polish
Academy of Sciences

14.20 – 14.40 The Archeological Site of Priniàs in LMIIIC

Andrea Tagliati, MA; University of Trieste, Udine and Venice

PART III.2: Textile Manufacturing

14.40 – 15.00 Textile Tools on Seals and Seal-Impressed. In Search of Loom Weights and
Loom(s?) in Minoan Glyptic
Dr Agata Ulanowska; University of Warsaw

15.00 – 15.20 Textile Implements from Early Bronze Age Greece: Searching for Potential
Tools
Dr Małgorzata Siennicka; The Danish National Research Foundation’s Centre for
Textile Research, SAXO Institute, University of Copenhagen

15.20 – 15.35 Discussion

15.35 – 15.50 Coffee Break

PART IV: Human and Nature

15.50 – 16.10 Review of the Prehistoric, Historic and Modern Human-Nature Relations. A
Case Study from Northern Greece
Jakub Niebieszczański, MA; Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań

16.10 – 16.30 Animals in Insular Environment: The Case of Bronze Age Crete Through
Minoan Art
Christos Boutsidis, MA; University of Thrace

16.30 – 16.50 The Human Life Hidden in a Symbol of Flower. Between Minoan World and
Egypt
Monika Wesołowska, MA; University of Warsaw

16.50 – 17.10 Representations of the Male Figures in Aegean Art in the Second Millennium
BC; Their Regional Variations and Social Context
Monika Koźlakowska, MA; University of Warsaw, Adam Mickiewicz University
in Poznań

17.10 – 17.30 Final Discussion.