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Letter from Arne Furumark to William C. Brice, March 1, 1958
Furumark thanks Brice for his reply regarding the tablet locations. He discusses his decipherment philosophy for Linear A and contrasts it with Ventris' approach to Linear B.Classic
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Letter from Arne Furumark to Emmett Bennett Jr., January 16, 1958
Furumark thanks Bennett for the Pylos Tablets texts of 1955.Classic
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Letter from Arne Furumark to Emmett Bennett Jr., May 6, 1953
Furumark thanks Bennett for the Minoan Linear B Index and plans for a Linear A paper.Classic
Minoans emerging - Erik Hallager & Birgitta P. Hallager (ed.). The Late Minoan IIIB:2 settlement (The Greek-Swedish Excavations at the Agia Aikaterini Square, Kastelli, Khania, 1970-87 and 2001: results of the excavations under the direction of Yannis Tzedakis & Carl-Gustaf Styrenius Vol. 3) (2 volumes; Skrifter Utgivna av Svenska Institutet i Athen 4° 47:3:1). 525 pages, 56 figures, 24 tables, 172 plates. 2003. Sävedalen: Paul Åström; 91-7916-045-X hardback. - P.A. Mountjoy with B. Burke, K.S. Christakis, J.M. Driessen, R.D.G. Evely, C. Knappett & O.H. Krzyszkowska. Knossos: the South House (British School at Athens Supplementary Vol. 34). xiii+236 pages, 71 figures, 2 tables, 10 plates. 2003. London: British School at Athens; 0-904887-42-1 hardback £65. - Philip P. Betancourt & Costis Davaras (ed.). The Pseira cemetery 1: the surface survey (Pseira VI). xvi+199 pages, 42 figures, 10 photographs, tables. 2002. Philadelphia (PA): Instap Academic Press; 1-931534-04-7 hardback 65 & £50. - Philip P. Betancourt & Costis Davaras (ed.). The Pseira cemetery 2: excavation of the tombs (Pseira VII). xiv+250 pages, 50 figures, 56 photographs, 10 tables. 2003. Philadelphia (PA): Instap Academic Press; 1-931534-05-5 hardback 75 & £50.
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Letter from Arne Furumark to William C. Brice, March 15, 1958
Furumark requests photographs of the drawings of the Linear A inscriptions referred to in his letter of February 15, 1958.Classic
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Letter from Arne Furumark to William C. Brice, February 15, 1958
Furumark asks Brice for the location of five Linear A tablets he would like to reference in his upcoming book.Classic
Swedish Excavations at Sinda, Cyprus: Excavations Conducted by Arne Furumark 1947-1948
When Arne Furumark was entrusted with writing the Late Bronze Age summary volume for the Swedish Cyprus Expedition, he realized that a habitation site was needed in order to clarify problems associated with the last phases of that period. As neither the French nor the Cypriote excavations at Enkomi had yet been published he decided to find his own site: he scouted several, but settled on Sinda because recent illicit digging there had thrown up sherds of a sort never before seen on the Island, namely Mycenaean IIIC1b. He conducted two short excavation seasons but the control excavation he planned was aborted when he received notice from the Cypriote authorities that there was large scale destruction of the site. Although there is evidence of earlier and later habitation at Sinda, the most important is the Late Bronze Age fortified town (probably built along the copper trading route), with its three phases: Sinda I, II, and III.Sinda I, which saw the building of the defense system and had a material culture including local Cypriote wares as well as examples of Mycenaean IIIB, suffered major destruction. Sinda II followed: Structures were repaired and built, and were accompanied by a rich material culture including Mycenaean IIIC1a and great quantities of locally produced, early IIIC1b materials. A second catastrophe brought an end to that town. Sinda III followed, a poorer town, but with examples of locally produced, developed IIIC1b wares of the Close Style. Furumark\u27s interpretation that the two destructions were brought about first by Greek settlers and then by Sea Peoples has been challenged by more recent archaeological evidence which lowers the date of Mycenaean IIIB. Paul Astrom, in his summary suggests a reasonable alternative, that pirates and adventurers were responsible for the destructions. -- Provided by publisherhttps://scholarworks.uni.edu/facbook/1232/thumbnail.jp