ByDaisyTheArchaeologistsWhoWould'ntDigWonderfulGreekArchaeologyandartPylosandthestorySandyPylosPRAPandlinearBBackgroundlinking123GreekarchaeologyandartNationalArchaeologicalMuseum(希腊国立考古博物馆)GreekmythsGreekart阿加曼农黄金面具”(MaskofAgam-emnon)海神波赛顿铜像(Poseidonofatremision)PylosAnaturalharborlocatedonthesouthwesterncoastofthePeloponnesianPeninsulaofGreece.(希腊伯罗奔尼撒半岛。)thebayofPylosthesiteoftwoimportantnavalbattles:theBattleofPylos,in425BCduringthePeloponnesianWar.(伯罗奔尼撒战争)theBattleofNavarino,in1827duringtheGreekWarofIndependence.ThebayofPylosHistory1BronzeAgePylos2ClassicalPylos3MiddleAges4FirstVenetianandfirstOttomanperiods(先威尼斯和奥斯曼帝国时期)5SecondVenetianperiod,OttomanreconquestandGreekIndependence(第二个威尼斯期间,奥斯曼夺回和希腊独立)6ThemoderntownOldPyloscastleThenewfortressofPylosSurrenderofNeocastroduringtheGreekWarofIndependencebyPetervonHessSandyPylosThisbooktracesthearchaeologicalhistoryofPylosandsurroundingregionsinMesseniafromthePalaeolithictothepresent.DesignedasmuchforgeneralreadersandtravelersinterestedinancientGreeceasforscholars,thevolumepresentsthefindingsofthePylosRegionalArchaeologicalProject(PRAP),whichhasintensivelystudiedtheregionoverthepast15years,assessingPRAP'simpactandoutliningnewdiscoveriesintheregion.Davisassembledaconsortiumofarchaeologists,historians,physicalscientistsandstudentsintothePylosRegionalArchaeologicalProject,orPRAP.Inarchaeologicalparlance,PRAPissurvey.Byplottingthelocationsofceramics,stonetoolsandotherartifactsthatweatheredoutofthesoilacrosswideareas,PRAPdetermineslarge-scalepatternsofhumanactivity.(textP3,line3)戴维斯召集了一批考古学家,历史学家,物理学家和学生,组成了皮勒斯地区考古工程,或称作PRAP。用考古学的说法,PRAP是一项“调查”。在大范围的区域内陶器、石具和其它物品露出土壤,经受风吹雨打,PRAP通过考察它们的位置,确定大规模的人类活动方式。PRAPThePylosRegionalArchaeologicalProject皮勒斯地区的考古项目PRAPisamulti-disciplinary,diachronicarchaeologicalexpeditionformallyorganizedin1990toinvestigatethehistoryofprehistoricandhistoricsettlementandlanduseinwesternMesseniainGreeceTheprojecthasemployedthetechniquesofarchaeologicalsurfacesurvey,alongwithnaturalenvironmentalinvestigations(geological,geomorphological,geophysical,andpaleobotanical).LinearBB类线型文字出现于青铜晚期,欧洲最古老的文字,也是古希腊人进入文明社会的标志ArthurJohnEvans1900,希腊克里特岛古代宫殿废墟,泥版残片符号。特点:上承埃及象形文字,下启拉丁文字和非尼基字母文,并且显现出某些非尼基象形文字,中东早期楔形文字,甚至中国甲骨文的痕迹和特征。AsampleofLinearBscript,theearliestGreekwriting,1450BC,andanadaptationoftheearlierMinoanLinearAscript.Thispiececontainsinformationonthedistributionofbovine,piganddeerhidestoshoeandsaddle-makers.TheseclaytabletswerefortuitouslypreservedwhentheywerebakedintheMycenaeanpalaceofPylosfire250yearslater.thanks