Monographs of the Danish Institute at Athens
Publisher: Aarhus University Press

Books in the Monographs of the Danish Institutes at Athens (MoDIA) series are scientific publications of conferences and workshops on topics related to Greek and Mediterranean archaeology and cultural history. The series publishes Danish archaeological fieldwork conducted in Greece and books are primarily published in English.

Chalkis Aitolias I Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 502
ISBN: 9788771847123
Pub Date: 30 Apr 2020
Description:
Homeric Chalkis is situated on the coast of Aetolia at the very ‘gateway’ of the Gulf of Patras. The foundation occurred during an important period in early Greek history when trade and movement of peoples along the Gulf intensified with a resulting strong pull to the coast. Well-preserved stratigraphies date the foundation to the early seventh century BC and testify to a flourishing settlement in the sixth century lasting till the early fifth century BC when the site was temporarily given up.
The Ancient Harbours of the Piraeus Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 252
ISBN: 9788771848021
Pub Date: 20 Jul 2019
Illustrations: 37 figs., 32 plates
Description:
Volume 15,3: Architecture, Topography, Finds. Expanding on the publication of the shipsheds and slipways found in the northern half of Group 1 (Area 1) on the eastern side of Zea Harbour in Volume I.1–2 (2011) of the peer-reviewed Ancient Harbours of the Piraeus series, Volume II presents further results of the archaeological investigations conducted by the Zea Harbour Project (ZHP) in 2004-2010 and 2012 of ancient shipsheds and slipways in Zea Harbour (Pashalimani), both identified and possible, making them the best documented structures in Athens’ naval bases and in the wider Mediterranean.
Ascending and descending the Acropolis Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 277
ISBN: 9788771844672
Pub Date: 25 Feb 2019
Description:
Ascending and Descending the Acropolis – Mobility in Athenian Religion provides new perspectives on religious mobilities within the geographically limited region of Attica in Greece from the Late Bronze Age to the second century AD. Attica is a particularly fruitful region to study these forms of mobility, as it provides rich evidence across a range of material and textual sources for a variety of different mobile situations – both inside the city of Athens itself (such as on and circumnavigating the Acropolis) and to sanctuaries in its hinterland (such as Eleusis and Brauron), as well to as more distant sanctuaries, such as Delphi.
Material Koinai in the Greek Early Iron Age and Archaic Period Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 370
ISBN: 9788771843286
Pub Date: 01 Mar 2018
Description:
The ancient Greek word koine was used to describe the new common language dialect that became widespread in the ancient Greek world after the conquests of Alexander the Great. Modern scholars have increasingly used the word to conceptualise regional homogeneities in the material culture of the ancient Mediterranean. In this volume, twenty scholars from various disciplines present case studies that focus on the fundamental question of how to perceive and the social and cultural mechanisms that led to the spread and consumption of material culture in the Greek early Iron Age.

Unfolding a Mountain

An Historical Archaeology of Modern and Contemporary Cave Use on Mount Pelion
Format: Hardback
Pages: 322
ISBN: 9788771243796
Pub Date: 31 Dec 2017
Description:
Unfolding a Mountain has an innovative and thought-provoking approach to the neglected topic of the role of caves in the modern and recent historical past in Greece. A team of archaeologists, ethnologists, and a geologist present the results of a survey on Pelion Mountain in East Thessaly, Greece. Through an integrated ethnographic and archaeological approach, the project transcends its scientific frame and offers a human picture of the experiences of cave dwellers through historical evidence, interviews, physical anthropology, material culture, and graffiti.
Petras, Siteia. The Pre- and Proto-palatial cemetery in context Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 448
ISBN: 9788771841572
Pub Date: 28 Feb 2017
Description:
The second conference report on the archaeological site of Petras, Siteia concerns the progress of research conducted about the very important and extensive cemetery of the Pre- and Proto-palatial periods in eastern Crete – one of very few excavations started in Crete in the 21st century. An international group of specialists present and discuss various aspects of the remains of the large, unplundered cemetery and the adjacent settlements traces and in contextualizing the cemetery they try to understand it in the historical, economic and political framework of Pre- and Proto-palatial Crete in general, and Eastern Crete in particular.
Chalkis Aitolias III Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 279
ISBN: 9788771249972
Pub Date: 30 Nov 2016
Illustrations: b/w photos & illus
Description:
Chalkis Aitolias III is the third and final report of the Danish/Greek archaeological field work in Chalkis Aitolias situated near the present-day village of Kato Vasiliki, between Mesolonghi and Naupaktos on the south coast of Aitolia. Excavations were conducted at Aghia Tridia in seven campaigns from 1995-2001. This volume focuses on the dating, construction and re-construction of the considerable terrace-and fortification walls on Aghia Triada and the excavations of the Late Classical and early Hellenistic workshops and storerooms on the north-east side of the mound.

Ancient Harbours of the Piraeus

The Zea Shipsheds & Slipways 15.1 + 15.2
Format: Hardback
Pages: 488
ISBN: 9788771240078
Pub Date: 31 Jan 2012
Description:
Volume 15.1: Architecture and Topography.
French Connection Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 108
ISBN: 9788779345676
Pub Date: 18 Mar 2011
Illustrations: illus
Description:
Since the Danish architect Gerhardt Poulsen came to work for the French archaeological project at Delos in 1908, 73 Danish architects and students of architecture have worked for the French school at 14 different locations in Greece, (eg: Delos, Delphi, Athens, Epidauros, Tegea, Samothrace and other sites). The eight contributions present a mosaic of aspects concerning the Danish architects: Why did it all start, how did the architects work, what did their work mean to the French archaeologists and architects, and what influence their work with ancient architecture had on their future buildings, such as the Reykjavík City Theatre? The architects have worked on ancient temples, theatres and cities.
Minoans in the Central, Eastern & Northern Aegean -- New Evidence Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 280
ISBN: 9788779342927
Pub Date: 31 Jan 2010
Illustrations: b/w photos & illus
Description:
This book features hitherto unpublished finds from the Minoan Palace periods discovered in major and minor excavations of recent years in the central, eastern and northern Aegean. The sites in the Aegean are Thera, Ios, Karpathos, Rhodes, Lemnos and Samothrace, while the west coast of Asia Minor are represented with the Urla peninsula (Cesme), Teichioussa, Iasos, Miletus and Troy. The papers discuss finds such as pottery, loom weights, other small finds, administrative written and sealed documents, and architecture seen in relation to questions like trade, 'minoanising' and colonization.
Panayia Ematousa 2-Volume Set Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 615
ISBN: 9788772888361
Pub Date: 31 Jan 2007
Illustrations: colour & b/w illus
Description:
The last five years have seen a series of much called for publications on rural Cyprus, but most of the projects address the late Roman period. The excavations at Panayia Ematousa offer the first insight into a rural site of the Hellenistic and Early Roman periods. Volume one presents the results of the Danish excavation of the site (1991-1999).
Chalkis Aitolias, Volume One Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 280
ISBN: 9788772888668
Pub Date: 30 Apr 2006
Illustrations: illus
Description:
The Prehistoric Periods is the first volume in a series of publications where the results of the Danish/ Greek excavations 1995 to 2001 in Ancient Chalkis in Aetolia, are published. For the first time ever, stratigraphically excavated deposits from the Final Neolithic, the Early Helladic, Middle Helladic and the Late Helladic periods in Northwestern Greece are published and presented in their proper scientific contexts. In addition to the archaeological contexts geological surveys in the area and studies in the fauna of marine shells and animal bones from the prehistoric layers are submitted.
Transport Amphorae & Trade in the Eastern Mediterranean Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 300
ISBN: 9788779341180
Pub Date: 31 Mar 2005
Description:
As Peacock and Williams have noted, amphorae provide us "not with an index of the transportation of goods, but with direct witness of the movement of certain foodstuffs which were of considerable economic importance ..
Foundation & Destruction Nikopolis & Northwestern Greece Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 277
ISBN: 9788772887340
Pub Date: 31 Mar 2001
Illustrations: colour & b/w photos
Description:
The Greek city of Nikopolis was founded by Octavian (later known as the Emperor Augustus) after his victory in the naval battle of nearby Actium in 31 BC. The city was a result of a so-called synoecism, i.e.

Byzantine Chant

Tradition & Reform -- Acts of a Meeting Held at the Danish Institute at Athens, 1993
Format: Paperback
Pages: 204
ISBN: 9788772887333
Pub Date: 19 Mar 1997
Illustrations: illus
Description:
The contributors to this volume about Byzantine chant use different approaches to uncover the early development and transmission of the tradition, its constancy and permutations. Considerations include a recent attempt to establish a new date for the "Round notation", one of the earliest transcriptions, and an ethnomusicological study of a religious chant from the island of Zakynthos that may provide clues to specific features of medieval Byzantine intonations. Other articles deal with aspects of Byzantine chants from the 12th century, through the fall of the Empire in 1453 and into the 20th century.