User:Damate

=Me= My Linear A & B Blog

The 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 Linear B data project I'm working on.

At Academia.edu: me

At Quora: me

wikipedia: english version, mostly updating articles that need it while doing archaealogy or linguistics research.

dead and ancient languages interest me

modern languages: english, russian, spanish (all in moderation)

A pithos is a large clay jar. Like so.

A polythyra is a pier-and-door partition. 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 review, 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 "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" 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
 * 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” 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?” comments
 * Levin, Saul
 * 1964 The Linear B Decipherment Re-Examined 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 "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” 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" comments
 * Brabander, Sander
 * "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.)) "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 "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 "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
 * "From the Ground Up: Earth in Minoan Construction. The Case of Building 5 at Palaikastro"
 * Hemingway, Seán, J. Alexander MacGillivray and L. Hugh Sackett
 * "The LMIB Renaissance at postdiluvian Pre-Mycenaean Palaikastro"

Petras

 * Betancourt, Philip
 * 2010 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 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"