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JAMES
C. WRIGHT
Research
Interests:
Pre- and protohistoric Aegean; Greek architecture and urbanism; land-use
and settlement; method and theory, GIS and cultural geography
Courses:
Aegean Pre- and Protohistory, Ancient Greek Cities and Sanctuaries, The Early Bronze Age, Early and Middle Minoan Crete, The Mycenaeans, The Origins of the Polis, Greek architecture
Recent Publications:
- Comparative Settlement Patterns During the Bronze Age in the Peloponnesos, J. Cherry and S.Alcock, eds. Side-by-Side Survey: Comparative Regional Studies in the Mediterranean, (Proceedings of a Conference at the University of Michigan, April 4-7, 2002). Oxford: David Brown, 2004.
- Mycenaean Drinking Service and Standards of Etiquette, in P. Halstead and J. eds. Food, Cuisine and Society in Prehistoric Greece. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2004.
- General editor, The Mycenaean Feast, Papers of a colloquium at the General Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Philadelphia, January 2001. Hesperia , summer 2004.
- Introduction, in The Mycenaean Feast, Hesperia, summer 2004.
- The Iconographic and Artifactual Evidence for Mycenaean Feasting, in The Mycenaean Feast, Hesperia, summer 2004.
- The Emergence of Leadership and the Origins of Civilisation in the Aegean, in P. Halstead, ed. The Emergence of Civilisation in the Bronze Age Aegean: Retrospect and Prospect. Sheffield Academic Press, forthcoming 2004.
- Factions and the Origins of Leadership and Identity in Mycenaean Society. abstract. Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies, University of London. 45 (1999), p. 182.
- A Marble Figurine from Tsoungiza. In P. P. Betancourt and R. Laffineur. (Eds.). Meletemata, Studies in Aegean Archaeology presented to Malcolm H. Wiener as he Enters his 65 th Year. Aegaeum, 20. Liège, (1999), pp. 945-951.
- Mary K. Dabney, James C. Wright, and Donald H. Sanders. Virtual Reality and the Future of Publishing Archaeological Excavations: the multimedia publication of the prehistoric settlements on Tsoungiza at Ancient Nemea. In David Bearman and Jennifer Trant. (Eds.). Cultural Heritage Informatics 1999: selected papers from ichim99. Pittsburgh: Archives and Museum Informatics. Pittsburgh, (1999), pp. 125-132.
- The Place of Troy Among the Civilizations of the Bronze Age. Classical World, 91 (1998), pp. 356-368.
- Thugs or Heroes? The Early Mycenaeans and Their Graves of Gold". In Richard H. Howland, (ed.). A Mycenaean Treasure Trove: Repatriated Jewelry Goes Home. (Proceedings of a conference sponsored by the Society for the Preservation of the Greek Heritage and held at the Smithsonian Institution, January 26, 1996), Washington, D.C. (1997), pp. 5-17
Personal Statement:
My primary interest is in the evolution of complex societies in the
Aegean basin, and this leads to interests in architecture and urbanism,
the social aspects of socio-political integration, the use of the
landscape by humans. I have always been interested in ancient Greek
architecture, especially as it informs us about the development of
the polis, of Greek sanctuaries, of regionalism and of the spread
of Hellenism. I am currently coordinating with Greek colleagues the
excavation of Mycenaean cemeteries in the vicinity of ancient Nemea,
Greece.
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