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=Me=
[http://minoan.deaditerranean.com My Linear A & B Blog]
The [http://www.amazon.com/Minoan-Linear-Tablets-Triada-ebook/dp/B004INHRRY/ Linear A eBook] I published in 2011. Very dry technical reference, but hopefully will become useful as a cross-reference as it evolves. Includes facsimiles of many of the clay tablets from Hagia Triada.
The [http://minoan.deaditerranean.com/linear-b-transcriptions/ Linear B data project] I'm working on.
At Academia.edu: [http://independent.academia.edu/KRaymoure me]
At Quora: [http://www.quora.com/Kim-Raymoure me]
wikipedia: english version, mostly updating articles that need it while doing archaealogy or linguistics research.
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dead and ancient languages interest me
modern languages: english, russian, spanish (all in moderation)
A pithos is a large clay jar. [http://www.flickr.com/photos/kiminoa/sets/72157627879533125/ Like so.]
A polythyra is a pier-and-door partition. [http://www.flickr.com/photos/kiminoa/sets/72157627972784564/ Like so.]
=Reading to date=
Ancient History
- Casson, Lionel
- 1991 The Ancient Mariners
[[Ancient Egypt]] & [[Egyptian]]
- Casson, Lionel
- 2001 Everyday Life in Ancient Egypt
- Faulkner, Raymond
- 1972 A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian
- Lichteim, Miriam
- 1973 Ancient Egyptian Literature Volume I: The Old and Middle Kingdoms
- Zauzich, Karl-Theodor
- 1992 Hieroglyphs without Mystery: An Introduction to Ancient Egyptian Writing
[[Greece]] & [[Greek]]
- Nikolic, Milorad
- 2011 Mnemosyne Ser. IV Vol. LXIV Fasc. 3 "An Investigation of Vitruvius' Technical Vocabulary Relating to Water Conduits and Pipelines in De. arch. 8.6.6-9: vis spiritus and colluviaria (Re)examined"
[[Linear A]]
- Anderson, W. French
- 1958 American Journal of Archaeology (AJA) vol. 62 "Arithmetical Procedure in Minoan Linear A and in Minoan-Greek Linear B" p. 363-368 [http://minoan.deaditerranean.com/2010/10/26/american-journal-of-archaeology-aja review], [http://www.jstor.org/pss/501989 JSTOR]
- Bennett, Emmett Jr.
- 1950 American Journal of Archaeology (AJA) vol. 54 "Fractional Quantities in Minoan Bookkeeping"
- 1980 Kadmos vol. 19 "Linear A Fractional Retractation"
- Godart, Louis and Jean-Pierre Olivier
- Recueil des inscriptions en linéaire A (GORILA) vol. 1-5
- Gordon, Glen
- 2010 [http://paleoglot.blogspot.com/2010/01/prefixes-in-minoan.html "Prefixes in Minoan"]
- Hallager, Erik
- 1996 Aegaeum 14 "The Minoan Roundel and other Sealed Documents in the Neopalatial Linear A Administration"
- Packard, David
- 1974 Minoan Linear A
- Palmer, Ruth
- 1995 Politeia "Linear A Commodities: a Comparison of Resources"
- Schoep, Ilse
- 2002 Suplementos a MINOS no. 17 "The Administration of Neopalatial Crete: A Critical Assessment of the Linear A Tablets and Their Role in the Administrative Process" [http://minoan.deaditerranean.com/2010/11/15/the-administration-of-neopalatial-crete-ilse-schoeps-dissertation/ comments]
- Tomas, Helena
- 2001 Opvscvla Archaeolgica Papers of the Department of Archaeology vol. 25 "The Administration of Haghia Triada"
- Was, Daniël
- 1981 Kadmos vol. 20 "The land-tenure texts of Hagia Triada"
- Zeke, András
- [http://minoablog.blogspot.com/ Minoan language blog]
[[Linear B]]
- Aura Jorro, Fracisco
- 1996 Attí e memorie del secondo congresso internazionale di micenologia vol. I Philology “El léxico micénico y su evolución al primer milenio: proyecto y metodología” wnxiv.37-38
- Bartonek, Antonín
- 1996 Attí e memorie del secondo congresso internazionale di micenologia vol. I Philology “The Mycenaean Language and Dialect” wnxiv.11-21
- Bennett, Emmett L., Jr. and Jean-Pierre Olivier
- 1976 The Pylos Tablets Transcribed Part II: Hands, Concordances, Indices
- 1973 The Pylos Tablets Transcribed
- Bernabé, Alberto
- 1996 Attí e memorie del secondo congresso internazionale di micenologia vol. I Philology “Estructura del léxico micénico sobre el carro y sus partes” wnxiv.43-44
- Buzalkovska-Aleksova, Margarita
- 1996 Attí e memorie del secondo congresso internazionale di micenologia vol. I Philology “Is apocope in Mycenaean Greek possible?” wnxiv.44-49
- Carratelli, Ioannes Pugliese
- 1964 Documenta Mycenaea
- Chadwick, John
- 1988 Texts, Tablets and Scribes: Studies in Mycenaean Epigraphy and Economy Offered to Emmett L. Bennett, Jr. (Suplementos a MINOS num. 10) "The Women of Pylos"
- Chadwick, John and Theodoros Spyropoulos
- 1975 The Thebes Tablets II
- Chadwick, John and Michael Ventris
- 1973 Documents in Mycenaean Greek
- Davies, Anna Morpurgo
- 1999 Floreant Studia Mycenaea, Proceedings of the Tenth Mycenaean Colloquium “The Morphology of Personal Names in Mycenaean and Greek: Some Observations”
- del Barrio Vega, M. Luisa
- 1996 Attí e memorie del secondo congresso internazionale di micenologia vol. I Philology “Algunas consideraciones sobre los silabogramas complejos” wnxiv.38-43
- Duhoux, Yves and Anna Morpurgo Davies (editors)
- 2008 A Companion Guide to Linear B: Mycenaean Greek Texts and Their World vol. 1
- Georgiev, Vladimir
- 1956 Études Mycéniennes Gif-sur-Yvette, 3-7 Avril 1956 “La valeur phonétique de quelques signes du syllabaire Créto-Mycénien B”
- Godart, Louis & Anna Sacconi
- 1978 Les Tablettes en Lineaire B de Thebes
- Hallager, Erik, Birgitta P. Hallager and Maria Vlasakis
- 1990 Kadmos 29 "The first Linear B tablet(s) from Khania"
- 1992 Kadmos 31 "New Linear B tablets from Khania"
- Hart, G.R.
- 1965 Mnemosyne vol. 18 "The Grouping of Place-Names in the Knossos Tablets"
- Henle, Jane Elizabeth
- 1953 A Study in Word Structure in Minoan Linear B
- Ilievski, Petar Hr.
- 1996 Attí e memorie del secondo congresso internazionale di micenologia vol. I Philology “The Mycenaean Personal Names in -to with regard to the derivatives from verbal adjectives” wnxiv.21-32
- James, Sarah
- 2002-2003 Minos vol. 37-38 "The Thebes Tablets and the Fq Series: a Contextual Analysis"
- Killen, J.T.
- 1964 Annual of the British School at Athens (BSA) no. 59 “The Wool Industry of Crete in the Late Bronze Age”
- 1983 Concilium Eirene XVI “TA and DA” [http://minoan.deaditerranean.com/2011/02/21/ta-da-extra-rations-on-the-pylos-linear-b-tablets/ comments]
- 1984 Studi Micenei ed Egeo-Anatolici (SMEA) 25 “Last Year's Debts on the Pylos Ma Tablets”
- 1994-95 Minos 29-30 “A Note on Pylos Tablet Ma 120”
- 2000-2001 Minos 35-36 "A Note on Pylos Tablet Un 1482"
- 2000-2001 Minos 35-36 "A Note on Knossos Tablet L 5561"
- Killen, J.T. and Jean-Pierre Olivier
- 1989 The Knossos Tablets 5th Ed.
- Kober, Alice
- 1948 American Journal of Archaeology (AJA) vol. 52 "The Minoan Scripts: Fact and Theory"
- Kölligan, Daniel
- 2000-2001 Minos 35-36 "Myk. qe-re-qo-ta, Alph.-Gr. Τηλεβόλος"
- Leukart, Alex
- 1987 Tractata Mycenaea “Mycenaean O-NU-KA, O-NU-KE, etc.: A concealed root-compound?” [http://minoan.deaditerranean.com/2011/03/09/que-qe-o-nu/ comments]
- Levin, Saul
- 1964 The Linear B Decipherment Re-Examined [http://minoan.deaditerranean.com/2011/09/02/cryptolinguistics/ quotes]
- Melena, José
- 1983 Minos vol. 18 "Olive Oil and Other Sorts of Oil in the Mycenaean Tablets"
- 2000-2001 Minos 35-36 "24 Joins and Quasi-joins of Fragments in the Linear B Tablets from Pylos"
- 2000-2001 Minos 35-36 "63 Joins and Quasi-joins of Fragments in the Linear B Tablets from Pylos"
- Mexas, Haris
- 2011 [http://leidenuniv.academia.edu/HarisMexas/Papers/1570586/The_Linear_B_z-series_and_the_problem_of_its_phonemic_value "Palatalization procedures in Early Greek: The Linear B z-series and the problem of its phonemic value"]
- Neuman, Günter
- 1996 Attí e memorie del secondo congresso internazionale di micenologia vol. I Philology “Zur schaffung der zeichen *91 TWO und *62 PTE von Linear B” wnxiv.32
- Palaima, Thomas
- 1996 Attí e memorie del secondo congresso internazionale di micenologia vol. I Philology “‘Contiguities’ in the Linear B Tablets from Pylos” wnxiv.3-9
- Ruipérez, Martín
- 1987 Tractata Mycenaea “Subjunctive Forms in Mycenaean Texts” [http://minoan.deaditerranean.com/2011/03/09/que-qe-o-nu/ comments]
- Shelmerdine, Cynthia
- 1973 American Journal of Archaeology (AJA) vol. 79 “The Pylos Ma tablets reconsidered”
- van Algen, Peter
- 1996-1997 Minos vol. 31-32 "The Linear B Inscribed Stirrup Jars as Links in an Administrative Chain"
- Ventris, Michael
- 1988 Work notes on Minoan language research and other unedited papers
- Walberg, Gisela
- 1992 Kadmos 31 "A Linear B Inscription from Midea"
- Witczak, Krzysztof Tomasz
- 1992 Kadmos 31 "The Phonetic Value of the Linear B Sign *47"
- Woodard, Roger
- 1997 Greek Writing from Knossos to Homer: A Linguistic Interpretation of the Origin of the Greek Alphabet and the Continuity of Ancient Greek Literacy
Minoan & Mycenaean Art, Archaeology & History
- AAAC The Aerial Atlas of Ancient Crete
- Begg, D. J. Ian
- 2004 Hesperia Supplements vol. 33 ΧΑΡΙΣ: Essays in Honor of Sara A. Immerwahr "An Archaeology of Palatial Mason's Marks on Crete" [http://minoan.deaditerranean.com/2011/10/17/an-archaeology-of-palatial-masons-marks-on-crete-by-d-j-ian-begg/ comments]
- Brabander, Sander
- [http://leidenuniv.academia.edu/SanderBrabander/Papers/357671/Connecting_localities_the_relationship_between_central_places_and_rural_settlements_in_Minoan_Crete_during_the_Pre-_and_Protopalatial_periods "Connecting Localities: the relationship between central places and rural settlements in Minoan Crete during the Pre- and Protopalatial periods”]
- Dimopoulou, Nota and Yorgos Rethemiotakis
- 2004 The Ring of Minos (Ministry of Culture Archaeological Receipts Fund)
- Doumas, Christos
- Santorini: a Guide to the Island and its Archaeological Treasures
- Hood, Sinclair
- 2002 Cretan Studies vol. 7 'Minoan "Masons' Marks" '
- Jones, Donald
- 1999 Peak Sanctuaries and Sacred Caves in Minoan Crete
- Lenuzza, Valeria
- 2005 The Archaeology of Houses and Households in Ancient Crete - papers presented at the international STEGA colloquium, held in Ierapetra, Crete, May 26-28, 2005, Hesperia Suppl. 44, American School of Classical Studies at Athens (K. Glowacki e N. Vogeikoff-Brogan (ed.)) [http://independent.academia.edu/ValeriaLenuzza/Papers/1108786/_The_whole_is_a_freak_a_reassessment_of_the_spatial_organization_of_the_oval_house_at_Chamaizi_Siteia "The whole is a freak”: a reassessment of the spatial organization of the oval house at Chamaizi, Siteia]
- O'Flynn, John
- 1967 Thesis at McGill University [http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/webclient/StreamGate?folder_id=0&dvs=1318101449368~657 "Theatral Areas in Minoan Crete"]
- Sakellarakis, Yannis and Efi Sapouna-Sakellarakis
- Crete: Archanes
- Willetts, R.F.
- The Civilization of Ancient Crete
=[[Gournia]]=
- Davaras, Costis
- 1989 Gournia (Ministry of Culture Archaeological Receipts Fund)
=Kato [[Zakros]]=
- Platon, Nicholas
- Zakros: The Discovery of a Lost Palace of Ancient Crete
=[[Knossos]]=
- Michailidou, Anna
- 1981 Knossos: a Complete Guide to the Palace of Minos
- Driessen, Jan and Colin MacDonald
- 1990 Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique Supplément XIX: L'Habitat Égéen Préhistorique [http://uclouvain.academia.edu/JanDriessen/Papers/663911/The_Storm_Drains_of_Knossos "The Storm Drains of Knossos"]
=[[Kommos]]=
- Shaw, Joseph W.
- 2006 Kommos: A Minoan Harbor Town and Greek Sanctuary in Southern Crete
- Shaw, Joseph W., Aleydis van de Moortel, Peter M. Day, and Vassilis Kilikoglou
- A LM IA Ceramic Kiln in South-Central Crete: Function and Pottery Production (Hesperia Supplement)
=[[Palaikastro]]=
- Devolder, Maud
- [http://uclouvain.academia.edu/MaudDevolder/Papers/264020/From_the_Ground_Up_Earth_in_Minoan_Construction._The_Case_of_Building_5_at_Palaikastro "From the Ground Up: Earth in Minoan Construction. The Case of Building 5 at Palaikastro"]
- Hemingway, Seán, J. Alexander MacGillivray and L. Hugh Sackett
- [http://www.academia.edu/2173113/LM_IB_Ceramic_Phases_at_Palaikastro_and_Malia_a_Response_to_Sean_Hemingway_J._Alexander_MacGillivray_and_L._Hugh_Sackett "The LMIB Renaissance at postdiluvian Pre-Mycenaean Palaikastro"]
=[[Petras]]=
- Betancourt, Philip
- 2010 [http://petras-excavations.gr/sites/petras-excavations.gr/files/Philip%20P.Betancourt_0.pdf The Architecture at the Petras Cemetery]
=[[Phaistos]]=
- Hadzi-Vallianou, Despina
- 1989 Phaistos (Ministry of Culture Archaeological Receipts Fund)
=[[Tylissos]]=
- Vasilakis, Antonis
- 1997 Tylisos
Pattern Recognition
- Korf, Ian, Mark Yandell and Joseph Bedell
- 2003 BLAST
- Kruskal, Joseph and David Sankoff
- 1999 Time Warps, String Edits, and Macromolecules: The Theory and Practice of Sequence Comparison
[[Pirahã_language|Pirahã language]] and anthropology
- Everett, Daniel L.
- 2005 Current Anthropology vol. 46 "Cultural Constraints on Grammar and Cognition in Pirahã"
- 2008 Don't Sleep, There are Snakes
Roman Art, Archaeology & History
- Hodge, A. Trevor
- 2002 Roman Aqueducts and Water Supply
[[Ugaritic]]
- Segert, Stanislav
- 1984 A Basic Grammar of the Ugaritic Language
Xenolinguistic [[Science Fiction]] (for fun)
- Finch, Sheila
- 2003 Reading the Bones
- The Guild of Xenolinguists
- Levine, David 2005 "Tk'Tk'Tk"
- Miéville, China 2011 Embassytown
=To Read=
Egyptian Art, Archaeology & History
- Arnold
- 1990
- 1991
- Clarke and Engelbach
- 1990
- Helck, Wolfgang
- 1973-4
- Jenkins
- 1980
- Jones
- 1988
Minoan & Mycenaean Art, Archaeology, History & Philology
- Cucuzza, Nicola
- 1991 Sileno vol. 17 “Mason’s Marks at Haghia Triada”
- Graham, J. Walter
- 1959 American Journal of Archaeology (AJA) vol. 63 "The Residential Quarter of the Minoan Palace"
- 1960 American Journal of Archaeology (AJA) vol. 64 "Windows, Recesses and the Piano Nobiles in the Minoan Palaces"
- Greenlaw, Cybelle
- 2011 The Representation of Monkeys in the Art and Thought of Mediterranean Cultures: A new perspective on ancient primates
- Haggis
- 1999 From Minoan Farmers to Roman Traders Chaniotis (ed) “Staple Finance, Peak Sanctuaries, and Economic Complexity in Late Prepalatial Crete”
- Lejeune, Michel
- 1961 Revue de philologie (RPh) 35 "Essais de philologie mycénienne VI. Les dérivés en -ter-"
- Manning
- 1994 Development and decline in the Mediterranean Bronze Age Mathers & Stoddart (eds) “The Emergence of Divergence: Development and Decline on Bronze Age Crete and the Cyclades”
- Parkinson & Galaty
- 2010 Archaic State Interaction: The Eastern Mediterranean in the Bronze Age
- Shaw, Joseph
- 2009 Minoan Architecture: Materials and Techniques. Studi di archeologia cretese
- 1973 Annuario 33 "Minoan Architecture: Materials and Techniques"
- Tsipopoulou
- 2002 Monuments of Minos: rethinking the Minoan palaces Driessen, Schoep & Laffineur (eds) “Petras, Siteia: The Palace, the Town, the Hinterland and the Protopalatial Background”
- Weingarten, Judith
- 2000 (TBD; reidentifying stones previously identified as loom- and net-weights)
Linear A
- Valério, Miguel
- 2007 Kadmos vol. 46 "Diktaian Master: A Minoan Predecessor of Diktaian Zeus in Linear A?"
- Uchitel, A., and M. Finkelberg
- 1995 SMEA vol. 36 "Some Possible Identifications in the Headings of the Linear A Archives"