Papers by Jeannette Forsén
Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2016
The present paper reports results of an integrated study of a selection of pottery recovered from... more The present paper reports results of an integrated study of a selection of pottery recovered from the altar of Zeus, Mount Lykaion, Arcadia, in the Peloponnese, Greece, dating from the Neolithic to the Early Iron Age. A multi-analytical approach based on petrographic and chemical analysis, supported by refiring tests and geological sampling, has been employed to tackle issues of technology and provenance. Results shed light on patterns of raw material sources exploitation and pottery production and supply at the site over time.
Papers from the third international seminar on Ancient Arcadia, held at the Norwegian Institute a... more Papers from the third international seminar on Ancient Arcadia, held at the Norwegian Institute at Athens, 7-10 May 200
American Journal of Archaeology, 1997
Dieser Forschungsbericht zur Frühbronzezeit auf dem Gebiet des heutigen Griechenlands, der in der... more Dieser Forschungsbericht zur Frühbronzezeit auf dem Gebiet des heutigen Griechenlands, der in der Nachfolge der fünfbändigen, von Fritz Schachermeyr verfassten Serie Ägäische Frühzeit steht, behandelt die Neufunde der Jahre 19752002. Auf eine ausführliche ...
... 1 km, enclosing an area of about 11 ha. Asea is a poJis located in a small, separate valley b... more ... 1 km, enclosing an area of about 11 ha. Asea is a poJis located in a small, separate valley between Tegea and Megalopolis. ... 11. For round towers, see Winter 1971,216-7; Adam 1982.62-3. 12. Dogan and Papamarinopoulos 2003. Page 5. ...
Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2016
The present paper reports results of an integrated study of a selection of pottery recovered from... more The present paper reports results of an integrated study of a selection of pottery recovered from the altar of Zeus, Mount Lykaion, Arcadia, in the Peloponnese, Greece, dating from the Neolithic to the Early Iron Age. A multi-analytical approach based on petrographic and chemical analysis, supported by refiring tests and geological sampling, has been employed to tackle issues of technology and provenance. Results shed light on patterns of raw material sources exploitation and pottery production and supply at the site over time.
Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, Supplementary Issues
Environmental and cultural changes and their mutual relationship or influence have long been a su... more Environmental and cultural changes and their mutual relationship or influence have long been a subject of research, in particular in the Eastern Mediterranean region with its long historical and prehistorical record. However, especially mainland Greece faces a dearth of environmental records with a comparatively high temporal resolution near archaeological sites. Here we present a 6500 year long record of a sediment core taken in the Asea valley on the central Peloponnese, where an intensive archaeological survey has identified traces of human presence dating back to the Middle/Upper Paleolithic. Our paleo-environmental reconstruction is based on geochemical analyses of a sediment core by high-resolution XRF scanning in combination with a Bayesian age-depth-model built on 31 AMS-14 C dates. After a long period of relatively stable climatic conditions from Late Neolithic into the Late Bronze Age between 6500 and 3500 cal BP (4550 -1550 cal BC), the Asea valley experienced a phase of more humid and potentially also cooler conditions towards the end of the Late Bronze Age until the Middle Geometric period (around 3250 -2700 cal BP / 1300 -750 cal BC). This was followed by a relatively dry and/or warm period which had its maximum in the Hellenistic period around 2300 cal BP (300 cal BC). The lack of lake sediments and the formation of soils in the uppermost part of the Asea-1 sedimentary record limit the use of our proxies for reconstructing the environmental history of the last 2000 years.
American Journal of Archaeology, 1998
The uncompromising nature of the landscape of the Methana Peninsula in Greece, and its overall is... more The uncompromising nature of the landscape of the Methana Peninsula in Greece, and its overall isolation, have been dominating factors in the peninsula's history. This is a report of major fieldwork undertaken following a brief reconnaissance in the summer of 1981. A more detailed exploratory study was made a year later, and it soon became obvious that the settlement history of the peninsula was more complex than it had been thought to be, when a number of unrecorded sites were discovered. It also became clear that most previous reports had discussed known sites solely or primarily in terms of their architectural remains, and that the peninsula's settlement history would not be comprehensible without systematic study. A survey strategy was developed and a full field-survey season on Methana was undertaken with two teams in 1984, followed by further seasons in each of the next three years.
Archaeology of the Ionian Sea
Landscape Archaeology between Art and Science
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Papers by Jeannette Forsén