in conjunction with the exhibition

"From the Land of the Labyrinth: Minoan Crete, 3000 -1100 B.C."

organized in collaboration with the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and

the Archaeological Museum of Crete

9:15 A.M.

Welcoming Remarks

Ambassador Loucas Tsilas,
Executive Director
Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation (USA)

Session 1

Chair/Introduction

Dr. Maria Andreadaki-Vlazaki, Director, 25th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical
Antiquities, Crete, Greece, and curator of the exhibition "From the Land of the Labyrinth:
Minoan Crete, 3000–1100 B.C."

9:30 A.M.     Crete Enters the International World: The First Use of Metals and the Beginnings of Maritime Trade
Dr. James Muhly, Emeritus Professor of Ancient History, University of Pennsylvania; Emeritus Director, American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Greece

9:50 A.M. The Role of Ghassulian Culture in the Development of Early Bronze Age Crete
Dr. Robert B. Koehl, Professor, Department of Classical and Oriental Studies, Hunter College, City University of New York

10:10 A.M. The Minoan Thalassocracy Revisited: The Case of Kea
Dr. Malcolm Wiener, President of the Board of Trustees, Institute for Aegean
Prehistory, Connecticut

10:30-11:00 A.M.   

Discussion

11:00-11:15 A.M.

Coffee Break

Session 2

Chair:

Dr. Malcolm Wiener, Institute for Aegean Prehistory, Connecticut

11:15 A.M.    The Olive, the Vine, and Minoan Agriculture
Dr. Anaya Sarpaki, Independent Scholar, Crete, Greece

11:35 A.M.    The Economy of a Prosperous Minoan Town, Mochlos circa 1500 B.C.
Dr. Jeffrey S. Soles, Co-Director, Greek-American Excavations
at Mochlos, Crete; Professor, Department of Classical Studies, and Chairman,
Archaeology Program, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

and

Dr. Thomas M. Brogan, Director, Institute for Aegean Prehistory,
Study Center for East Crete

11:55 A.M.    The Architecture of Power: The Minoan "Villas" of East Crete
Dr. Eleni Mantzourani, Full Professor of Prehistoric Archaeology,
University of Athens, Greece

12:15-12:45 P.M.

Discussion

1:00- 2:00 P.M.

Lunch Break

Session 3

Chair:

Dr. Yannis Tzedakis, General Director of Antiquities, Emeritus, Athens, Greece

2:30 P.M.    Palace and Peak: The Political and Religious Relationships between Palaces and Peak Sanctuaries. The Case of Juktas
Dr. Alexandra Karetsou, Honorary Ephor of Antiquities, Herakleion, Crete, Greece

2:50 P.M.    Minoan Religious Symbols in the Cyclades: New Evidence on the Figure-of-eight Shield from Akrotiri, Thera
Dr. Marisa Marthari, Director of the 21st Ephorate of Prehistoric and
Classical Antiquities for the Cyclades and Samos, Greece

3:10 P.M.    The Minoan Factor in Linear B Writing
Dr. Thomas G. Palaima, Raymond F. Dickson Centennial Professor of Classics
and Director, Program in Aegean Scripts and Prehistory, University of Texas at Austin

3:30-4:00 P.M.

Discussion

4:00-4:15 P.M.

Coffee Break

Session 4

Chair:

Dr. Philip Betancourt, Temple University, Philadelphia

4:15 P.M.    Armenoi: The Minoan Necropolis and the Industrial Town
Dr. Yannis Tzedakis, General Director of Antiquities, Emeritus, Athens, Greece

4:35 P.M.    Cultural Approaches to the Isle of Gavdos: A Long-term Dialogue with Minoan Complexity
Dr. Katerina Kopaka, Associate Professor of Prehistoric Archaeology,
Department of History and Archaeology, University of Crete, Greece

4:55 P.M.    Flood, Feast and Famine: Adapting to Climate Change in Bronze Age Crete
Dr. Jennifer Moody, Research Fellow, Department of Classics,
University of Texas at Austin

5:15-5:45 P.M.

Discussion

5:45 P.M.

Closing Remarks