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= Maria C. Shaw = Maria C. Shaw, née Coutroubaki, is an archaeologist who specialised in the Aegean Bronze Age. She taught for over 30 years as a Professor at the University of Toronto.

Brief biography
Shaw, whose parents were Greek, was raised in Cairo, Egypt. She attended the American University in Cairo, where she received a B.A. She was awarded her M.A. in 1962 and Ph.D. in 1967 at Bryn Mawr College. She married Joseph W. Shaw in 1965

Shaw, together with her husband, oversaw a large, long-running Canadian research programme to excavate and preserve the remains of a Bronze Age town in Kommos, Crete, from 1976 until their retirement in the 2000s.

Honours and Awards
Shaw and her husband jointly received the AIA Gold Medal Award for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement in 2006.

1960s

 * Shaw, M.C. 1969. Review of J.W. Graham, T.L. Shear, Jr., E.T. Vermeule, S. Dow, and P.W. Lehmann, A Land Called Crete: A Symposium in Memory of Harriet Boyd Hawes, Northampton, MA, 1968, in AJA 73, p. 381.

1970s

 * ———. 1970. “Ceiling Patterns from the Tomb of Hepzepha,” AJA 74, pp. 25–30.
 * ———. 1971. Review of C. Doumas, The N.P. Goulandris Collection of Early Cycladic Art, New York, 1968, in AJA 75, pp. 97–98.
 * ———. 1971. Review of F. Matz and H.-G. Buchholz, eds., Archaeologia Homerica: Die Denkmäler und das Frühgriechische Epos, Göttingen, 1967, in AJA 77, pp. 87–88.
 * ———. 1971. Review of I. Pini, Beiträge zur minoischen Gräberkunde, Wiesbaden, 1968, in AJA 75, p. 221.
 * ———. 1972. “The Miniature Frescoes of Tylissos Reconsidered,” AA 2, pp. 171–188. ———. 1978. “A Minoan Fresco from Katsamba,” AJA 82, pp. 27–34.
 * ———. 1979. Review of E.S. Hirsch, Painted Decoration on the Floors of Bronze Age Structures on Crete and the Greek Mainland (SIMA 53), Göteborg, 1977, in AJA 83, p. 237.

1980s

 * ———. 1980. “Painted ‘Ikria’ at Mycenae?” AJA 84, pp. 167–179.
 * ———. 1981. “Sir Arthur Evans at Kommos: A Cretan Village Remembers its Past,” Expedition 23, pp. 4–12.
 * Shaw, M.C., and J.W. Shaw. 1981. “Recent Discoveries in Crete: Excavations at Kommos,” Rotunda 14, pp. 12– 19.
 * Shaw, M.C. 1982. “Ship Cabins of the Bronze Age Aegean,” IJNA 11, pp. 53–58.
 * ———. 1983. “Two Cups with Incised Decoration from Kommos, Crete,” AJA 87, pp. 443–452
 * ———. 1984. “Kommos: A Minoan Harbour on the South Coast of Crete,” Bulletin, Canadian Mediterranean Institute IV, No. 4, p. 5.
 * ———. 1985. “Late Minoan I Building J/T and LM III Buildings P and N at Kommos: Their Nature and Possible Uses as Residences, Palaces and/or Emporia,” Scripta Mediterranea VI, pp. 19–30.
 * ———. 1986. “The Lion Gate Relief of Mycenae Reconsidered,” in Fivlia evpi ei~ Gewvrgion E. Mulonavn dia ta 60 eti tou anaskafikouv tou evrgou, Athens, pp.108–123.
 * Coutroubaki-Shaw, M. 1987. “A Bronze Figurine of a Man from the Sanctuary at Kommos, Crete,” in EILAPINH: Tovmo~ Timhtikov~ gia ton Kaqhghthv Nikolavo Platwvna, L. Kastrinaki, G. Orphanou, and N. Giannadakis, eds., Herakleion, pp. 371–382.
 * Shaw, M.C. 1988. Review of G. Walberg, Tradition and Innovation: Essays in Minoan Art, Mainz, 1986, in AJA 92, pp. 604–605.

1990s

 * ———. 1990. “Votive Figurines at the Greek Sanctuary at Kommos, in southcentral Crete,” in Pepragmevna tou STV Dieqnouv~ Krhtologikouv Sunedrivou, vol. A2, Chania, pp. 277–280.
 * ———. 1990. “Late Minoan Hearths and Ovens at Kommos, Crete,” in L’habitat Égéen Préhistorique. Actes de la table ronde internationale, Athènes, 23–25 juin 1987 (BCH Suppl. 19),
 * P. Darcque and R. Treuil, eds., 1990, Athens, pp. 231–254.
 * Shaw, J.W., and M.C. Shaw, eds. 1990. Kommos II: The Final Neolithic through Middle Minoan III Pottery, by P.P. Betancourt, Princeton.
 * Shaw, M.C. 1990. Review of L. Morgan, The Miniature Wall Paintings of Thera, New York, 1988, in AJA 94, pp. 347–348.
 * ———. 1991. “Back to Kommos and the 1991 Campaign: A View from House X,” Archaeological Newsletter of the Royal Ontario Museum II, No. 46, pp. 1–4.
 * ———. 1991. Review of L. Morgan, The Miniature Wall Paintings of Thera, New York, 1988, and S.A. Immerwahr, Aegean Painting in the Bronze Age, University Park, PA, 1989, in Phoenix 45, pp. 373–377.
 * Shaw, J.W., and M.C. Shaw, eds. 1992. Kommos III: The Late Bronze Age Pottery, by L.V. Watrous, Princeton.
 * Shaw, M.C. 1993. “The Aegean Garden,” AJA 97, pp. 661–685.
 * Shaw, J.W., and M.C. Shaw. 1993. “Excavations at Kommos (Crete) during 1986–1992,” Hesperia 62, pp. 129–190
 * Shaw, M.C. 1995. “Bull Leaping Frescoes at Knossos and Their Influence on the Tell el Dabc a Murals,” Ägypten und Levante V, pp. 91–120.
 * Shaw, J.W., and M.C. Shaw, eds. 1995. Kommos I: The Kommos Region and Houses of the Minoan Town. Part 1: The Kommos Region, Ecology, and Minoan Industries, Princeton.
 * ———. 1995. A Great Minoan Triangle in Southcentral Crete. Kommos, Hagia Triadha, Phaistos (Scripta Mediterranea VI), Toronto.
 * Shaw, M.C. 1996. “The Bull-leaping Fresco from the Ramp House Area at Mycenae: A Study in Iconography and Artistic Transmission,” BSA 91, pp. 167–190.
 * ———. 1996. “Town Arrangement and Domestic Architecture,” in Shaw and Shaw, eds., 1996, pp. 345–378.
 * Coutroubaki-Shaw, M., and J.W. Shaw. 1996. “ÊKOMMOS: H Qevsh tou sthn proi>storikhv kai thn Istorikhv Epochv,” in H Mesarav mevsa apov ta Mnhmeia th~ Prwvth Arcaiologikhv Sunavnthsh Mesarav~, Moivre~ 5, 6, 7 Septembrivou 1996, A. Vasilakis, ed., Herakleion, pp. 73–108.
 * Shaw, J.W., and M.C. Shaw, eds. 1996. Kommos I: The Kommos Region and Houses of the Minoan Town. Part 2: The Minoan Hilltop and Hillside Houses, Princeton. Shaw, M.C., and L.F. Nixon. 1996. “The Hilltop Settlement at Kommos,” in Shaw and Shaw, eds., 1996, pp. 15–138.
 * Shaw, M.C., M. Dabney, K. Schwab, J. Bennet, H. Whittaker, D. Reese, O. Krzyszkowska, and C. Sease. 1996. “Catalogue of Miscellaneous Finds,” in Shaw and Shaw, eds., 1996, pp. 243–344.
 * Shaw, M.C. 1997. “Aegean Sponsors and Artists: Reflections of Their Roles in the Patterns of Distribution of Themes and Representational Conventions in the Murals,” in TEXNH: Craftsmen, Craftswomen, and Craftsmanship in the Aegean Bronze Age (Aegaeum 16), R. Laffineur and P. Betancourt, eds., Liège, pp. 481–504.
 * Shaw, M.C., and J.W. Shaw. 1997. “Mycenaean Kommos,” in La Crète mycénienne: Actes de la Table Ronde international organisée par l’Ècole française d’Athènes, Athènes, 26–28 mars 1991 (BCH Suppl. 30), J. Driessen and J. Farnoux, eds., Athens, pp. 423–434.
 * Shaw, M.C. 1998. “The Painted Plaster Reliefs from Pseira,” in Pseira II: Building AC (the “Shrine”) and Other Buildings in Area A, P.P. Betancourt and C. Davaras, eds., Philadelphia, pp. 55–76.
 * ———. 1999. “The Enigma of the U-shaped Motifs in Minoan and Mycenaean Architectural Representations,” in MELETEMATA: Studies in Aegean Archaeology Presented to Malcolm H. Wiener as He Enters His 65th Year, vol. III (Aegaeum 20), P.P. Betancourt, V. Karageorghis, R. Laffineur, and W.-D. Niemeier, eds., Liège, pp. 769–779.
 * Shaw, J.W., and M.C. Shaw. 1999. “A Proposal for Bronze Age Shipsheds in Crete,” in 5th International Symposium on Ship Construction in Antiquity (Tropis V), H. Tzalas, ed., Athens, pp. 369–382.

2000s

 * Shaw, M.C. 2000. “Anatomy and Execution of Complex Minoan Textile Patterns in the Procession Fresco from Knossos,” in Krhvth–Aivgupto~. Politistikoiv Desmoiv triwvn Cilietwvn, A. Karetsou, ed., pp. 52–63
 * ———. 2000. “The Sculpture from the Sanctuary,” in Shaw and Shaw, eds., 2000, pp. 135–209.
 * ———. 2000. “Sea Voyages: The Miniature Fresco from Thera and the Punt Reliefs from Egypt,” in The Wall Paintings of Thera: Proceedings of the First International Symposium, Petros M. Nomikos Conference Centre, Thera, Hellas, 30 August–4 September 1997, vol. I, S. Sherratt, ed., pp. 267–282.
 * ———. 2000. “Symbols of Naval Power at the Palace at Pylos: The Evidence from the Frescoes,” in IQAKH: Festschrift für Jörg Schäfer zum 75. Geburtstag am 25. April 2001, S. Böhm and K.-V. von Eickstedt, eds., Würzburg, pp. 37–43.
 * Shaw, M.C., and J.W. Shaw. 2000. “Minoan and Greek Kommos. An Excavation on the South Coast of Crete by Canadian and American Archaeologists,” in Crete 2000: A Centennial Celebration of American Archaeological Work on Crete 1900–2000, J. Muhly and E. Sikla, eds., Athens, pp. 160–178.
 * Shaw, J.W., and M.C. Shaw, eds. 2000. Kommos IV: The Greek Sanctuary, Princeton. Shaw, M.C. 2002. “Minoan and Mycenaean Wall Hangings. New Light from a Wall Painting at Ayia Triada,” Creta Antica III, pp. 93–104.
 * ———. 2003. “Grids and Other Drafting Devices in Minoan and Other Aegean Wall Painting. A Comparative Analysis Including Egypt,” in METRON: Measuring the Aegean Bronze Age (Aegaeum 24), K. Polinger Foster and R. Laffineur, eds., Liège, pp.179–189.
 * ———. 2004. “The Priest-King Relief from the Palace of Knossos,” in XARIS: Essays in Honor of Sara A. Immerwahr (Hesperia Suppl. 33), A.P. Chapin, ed., Princeton, pp. 65–84.
 * ———. 2004.“Religion at Minoan Kommos,” in Crete Beyond the Palaces (Prehistory Monographs 10), L. Day, M. Mook, and J. Muhly, eds., Philadelphia, pp. 237–150.
 * Chapin, A., and Shaw, M.C. 2005. “Reconstructing the Crocus Panel from the House of the Frescoes, at Knossos,” in AIA 106th Annual Meeting Abstracts, vol. 28, Boston, p. 32.
 * Shaw, M.C. 2006. “Appendix 2.1. Retrieval, Preliminary Study, Conservation, and Display of Plasters Found in the Area of the Monumental Buildings at Kommos,” in Shaw and Shaw, eds., 2006, pp. 230–235.
 * ———. 2006. “The Painted Pavilion of the ‘Caravanserai’ at Knossos,” in Aegean Wall Painting: A Tribute to Mark Cameron (BSA Studies 13), L. Morgan, ed., London, pp. 91–111.
 * Shaw, J.W., and M.C. Shaw, eds. 2006. Kommos V: The Monumental Minoan Buildings, Princeton.
 * Shaw, M.C., A. Dandrau, and S. Dubernet. 2006. “Plasters from the Monumental Minoan Buildings: Evidence for Painted Decoration, Architectural Appearance, and Archaeological Event,” in Shaw and Shaw, eds., 2006, pp. 117–229.
 * Shaw, M.C., J.W. Shaw, and D. Ruscillo. 2006. “Catalogue of Miscellaneous Finds from Southern Area,” in Shaw and Shaw, eds., 2006, pp. 716–844.
 * Shaw, M.C., J.W. Shaw, J. Rutter, and A. Van de Moorel. 2006. “Conclusions: The History and Functions of the Monumental Minoan Buildings at Kommos,” in Shaw and Shaw, eds., 2006, pp. 845–878.
 * Shaw, M.C., and A. Chapin. 2007. “The Frescoes from the House of the Frescoes at Knossos: A Reconsideration of Their Architectural Context and a New Reconstruction of the Crocus Panel,” BSA 101, pp. 57-88.
 * Shaw, M.C. and P.P. Betancourt. 2009. “A Painted Plaster Floor from Pseira, Block AF,” in Pseira X, P.P. Betancourt and C. Davaras, eds., 2009, pp. 113-120.

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Holding place - links for Joseph W. Shaw

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