Tripods constituted a specific group of pottery within the Bronze Age Aegean tradition. The shape was typically associated with ritual and cooking activities. This study presents an examination of Minoan tripod cooking pots from Crete. By tracing the morphological changes that occur from one period to the next, this research seeks to discuss the relationship between the form and function of these vessels. It is hoped that the following analysis may also shed light on the origin and practicality of tripod cooking pots. / Art History

This dissertation examines monkey and ape iconography in Minoan art during the Aegean Bronze Age (ca. 3,000–1,100 B.C.). Although a broad range of animals exist for depiction, Minoan artists carefully selected each subject in order to fulfill specific roles. Monkeys and apes appear to function differently than the other creatures that are depicted in art. Rather than subscribing to the general roles played by other animals, these primates may be shown outdoors, behaving like wild animals, or in a ceremonial context, participating in a ritual. Monkeys also imitate human activities. The deviation of primates from the typical roles of other animals found in Minoan art invites a deeper investigation of the role and iconography of apes and monkeys. In this study, three types of media that bear depictions of primates are considered. These media include figurines, glyptic art, and wall paintings. First, a review of the stylistic features of Minoan art and the possibility for the use of pattern books is discussed. Next, monkey and ape iconography in Egyptian art is explored. A thorough review of the creatures’ iconography in Minoan art follows, which includes the identification of figures as either ape or monkey, as well as a detailed description and conclusions about each type of representation. A new possible reconstruction of the Saffron Gatherer fresco is also included. Finally, the possible origins of Minoan primate iconography are considered, as well as the possible implications of the creature’s history, development, and roles. With this information in mind, the Offering to the Seated Goddess scene is then examined. The possible reconstruction of a crocus ceremony is proposed and explained, and the Levantine parallels for the compositional arrangement of the scene are also addressed. These conclusions may directly inform greater themes in Minoan culture, such as religion and cult practices. / Art History

Five seals come from a Minoan site on the island of Chryssi, just off the southeastern coast of Crete. Four of these seals are sealstones, and one is the bezel of a metal seal ring. These seals are important as individual objects to allow for a deeper understanding of the people that inhabited Chryssi Island during the Bronze Age, but a further understanding of the site itself is also garnered by expanding the focus to include all of the seals of Crete. By doing so, this study allows for the discussion of regional interactions among the people of Chryssi and various other Minoan sites throughout Crete. The various approaches to seals come together to suggest the same conclusions, most notably that at least some of the people on Chryssi enjoyed a life of limited luxury through the control of various industries on the island, particularly the production of murex purple dye. / Art History

Cette étude concerne un long enregistrement sédimentaire marin (Site DSDP 380 : Miocène supérieur à Présent) et des affleurements à terre de dépôts marins ou lacustres du Miocène supérieur et(ou) du Pliocène inférieur. L’objectif principal de cette recherche est de reconstruire la végétation et le climat des régions nord-anatolienne et nord-égéenne des 7 derniers Ma. Deux types de végétation y furent alternativement : les forêts de plantes thermophiles et les formations ouvertes incluant les steppes à Artemisia. A la fin du Miocène, la plupart des éléments mégathermes (tropicaux) et mégamésothermies (subtropicaux) avaient régressé en raison des détériorations climatiques. Cependant, certains d'entre eux ont survécu pendant le Pliocène supérieur, notamment ceux qui constituaient des forêts littorals marécageuses (Glyptostrobus, Engelhardia, Sapotaceae, Nyssa) ou participaient à des forêts mixtes avec des arbres décidus mésothermes. Pendant ce temps, les formations ouvertes à herbes sont devenues prédominantes dans la végétation sans que les éléments steppiques (Artemisia, Ephedra, Hippophae rhamnoides) soient très abondants. A 2,6 Ma, sous l’effet des premières glaciations arctiques, les éléments méga-mesothermes se sont très raréfiés malgré la persistance de quelques reliques (Taxodiaceae : probablement Glyptostrobus, Engelhardia, Sapotaceae, Nyssa). Simultanément, les forêts mixtes à éléments mésothermes (Quercus décidus, Betula, Alnus, Liquidambar, Fagus, Carpinus, Tilia, Acer, Ulmus, Zelkova, Carya, Pterocarya, etc) ont aussi quasiment disparu tandis que les environnements steppiques se développaient fortement. Désormais, tout au long des cycles glaciaire-interglaciaire (d’abord de 41 ka de périodicité puis de 100 ka), les steppes à Artemisia occuperont plus d’espace temporel que les phases arborées. Depuis 1,8 Ma, les environnements à herbes et les steppes à Artemisia n’ont cessé de s’étendre jusqu' à aujourd'hui. Cette expansion des steppes à Artemisia dans la région du Pont-Euxin a été observée au tout début du Pliocène mais leur premier enregistrement en Anatolie date du Miocène inférieur. Le développement de la steppe à Artemisa en Anatolie pourrait résulter du soulèvement du Plateau tibétain. Le maintien dans cette région de plantes thermophiles reliques en situation de refuges (Carpinus orientalis, Pterocarya, Liquidambar orientalis, Zelkova) peut être expliqué par l’influence grandissante de la mousson asiatique dont le renforcement aurait aussi résulté du soulèvement du Plateau tibétain. / This study concerns a long marine section (DSDP Site 380: Late Miocene to Present) and onshore exposed sections from the Late Miocene and/or Early Pliocene. The main target of this study is to reconstruct vegetation and climate in the North Anatolia and North Aegean region for the last 7 Ma. Two vegetation types were alternately dominant: thermophilous forests and open vegetations including Artemisia steppes. During the Late Miocene, most of the tropical and subtropical plants declined because of the climatic deterioration. However, some of them survived during the Late Pliocene, such as those which constituted coastal swamp forests (Glyptostrobus, Engelhardia, Sapotaceae, Nyssa) or composed deciduous mixed forests with mesothermic trees. Simultaneously, herbaceous assemblages became a prevalent vegetation component despite steppe elements (Artemisia, Ephedra, Hippophae rhamnoides) did not significantly develop. At 2.6 Ma, as a response to the onset of Arctic glaciations, subtropical elements rarefied despite some taxa persisted (Glyptostrobus, Engelhardia, Sapotaceae, Nyssa). In parallel, deciduous mixed forest assemblages composed of mesothermic trees (deciduous Quercus, Betula, Alnus, Liquidambar, Fagus, Carpinus, Tilia, Acer, Ulmus, Zelkova, Carya, Pterocarya) almost disappeared too while steppe environments strongly enlarged. Then, Artemisia steppic phases developed during longer temporal intervals than mesophilous tree phases all along the glacial-interglacial cycles (first with a period of 41 kyrs, then 100 kyrs). Since 1.8 Ma, herbaceous ecosystems including Artemisia steppes still continuously enlarged up today. Such an expansion of Artemisia steppes in the Ponto-Euxinian region was observed at the earliest Pliocene but their earliest settlement in Anatolia seems to have occurred in the Early Miocene. The development of the Artemisa steppes in Anatolia might result from the uplift of the Tibetan Plateau. Relictuous plants such as Carpinus orientalis, Pterocarya, Liquidambar orientalis, Zelkova persisted up today. This story can be explained by some influence of the Asian monsoon which reinforced as a result from the uplifted Tibetan Plateau.

Le Dodécanèse, cet ensemble d'îles dans le sud-est de la mer Égée, constitue un carrefour géopolitique et historique de très grand intérêt, qui se trouve à nouveau au milieu des enjeux géopolitiques, géostratégiques et géoéconomiques en raison des perspectives d'exploitation de champs gaziers en Méditerranée orientale et de la recomposition géopolitique de la région (crise syrienne, flux migratoires, rapprochement stratégique et économique entre Chypre et Israël etc.) De plus, la population de l'archipel préserve, beaucoup plus que le reste du territoire grec, le souvenir de la diversité culturelle ottomane, (habitants chrétiens orthodoxes, chrétiens catholiques, musulmans et juifs) et porte sur son paysage la marque de multiples présences (au XXème siècle : ottomane, italienne, britannique, grecque). Pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, le Dodécanèse a constitué une des principales bases d'opération de la marine italienne. L'articulation entre les permanences historiques de fonction de carrefour et les nouveaux enjeux d'une Méditerranée orientale en pleine recomposition constitue le défi intellectuel de cette thèse. Enfin, une attention particulière est donnée à l'étude du rapport entre construction identitaire et exposition sur la circulation, l'identité dodécanésienne étant un élément dynamique et important dans les nouveaux enjeux liés au processus de la mondialisation. / The Dodecanese, this archipelago in the south-eastern Aegean Sea, constitutes an important geopolitical and historical crossroads. Nowadays, it is once again, in the middle of serious geopolitical, geostrategic, and geo-economic tensions because of the gas field exploitation perspectives in the Eastern Mediterranean and the ongoing geopolitical decomposition of the region (Syria crisis, migration flows, strategic and economic rapprochement between Cyprus and Israel etc.). ln addition, the archipelago's population preserves -far more than the rest of the Greek territory- the memory of Ottoman cultural diversity (Orthodox, Catholic, Muslim and Jewish populations). Its landscape has also been shaped by the interaction between multiple foreign presences and influences (to limit ourselves to the 20th century: Ottoman, Italian, British, and Greek). It is worth reminding that during the Second World War, the Dodecanese was one of the main Italian Navy bases. The articulation between regional geo-historic orientations (crossroads situation) and the Eastern Mediterranean shifting framework constitutes the main intercultural challenge of this PhD thesis. Furthermore, this research is an opportunity to analyze the relationship between identity building and exposure to circulation processes, in order to assess the potentialities of Dodecanesian identity in the emergent multipolar context of Globalization.

Il est communément admis que, vers l’année 95 de notre ère, l’apôtre Jean fut exilé à Patmos par l’empereur Domitien. C’est sur cette île que Jean l’Évangéliste aurait écrit l’Apocalypse. Puis, après avoir traversé le premier millénaire après Jésus-Christ dans l’indifférence, c’est au XIe siècle, sous la domination byzantine, que Patmos reprend vie avec l’arrivée du moine Christodoulos, à qui Alexis Ier Comnène a cédé l’île. Il y fait bâtir en 1088 le monastère de Saint-Jean-le-théologien. On assiste alors à une profonde mutation de l’île, qui vécut désormais au rythme du monastère, d’où le titre de notre thèse : « île-monastère ». Notre travail part de cette fondation et se propose d’étudier l’activité de l’île jusqu’à l’occupation ottomane au XVIe siècle. Au cours de ces cinq siècles, Patmos connaît les dominations successives des Byzantins et des Vénitiens, mais contre vents et marées le monastère veille à rester indépendant. Nous nous interrogerons sur les moyens employés par les moines pour rester maîtres de leur île et sur les conséquences qui en découlèrent, sur les plans économique et culturel. / History and economy of a monastery-island: Patmos (11th - 16th century). It is widely accepted that around the year 95 A.D, John the apostle was sent to exile to Patmos by the emperor Domitian. John the Evangelist is said to have written the Apocalypse on this island. From the next 1000 years or so, the island was treated with relative indifference by outsiders. It was in the 11th century, under Byzantine rule, that the island of Patmos came to life with the arrival of the monk Christodoulos to whom emperor Alexis I Comnenos gave the island. There, in the year 1088, he had the monastery St John the Theologian built.It was at this point that the island underwent a radical transformation, its daily life being dictated by the rhythm of the monastery, hence the title of our thesis : "monastery-island".This lays the foundation of our work which offers a study of the activity of the island up until the Ottoman occupation in the 16th century. For the next five centuries, Patmos is subjected to the successive Byzantine and Venitian dominations, however the monastery makes sure to remain independant. We will thus reflect upon the means used by the monks to maintain control over their island, along with both the economical and cultural consequences that arose from them.

The wind waves have significant effects on small craft and fisheries. Therefore, wind wave climate has an important role in the design and operation of fishing harbors and harbors for small craft. The purpose of this study is to identify the wind wave climate along the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea coastline of T&uuml / rkiye. For this purpose, wind wave data for a certain period is obtained from ECMWF for the analysis. Moreover, the data will be analyzed for locations selected along the Turkish coast using a special software developed for this thesis study. For every location, the wind wave roses, significant wind wave height versus mean period of primary wind relations, extreme probability distribution, and log-linear cumulative probability distributions will be presented. By the help of software developed, it will be possible to analyse any coordinate using ECMWF data.

In this thesis, the e-awareness of exporter enterprises is investigated in the Aegean Region. This thesis aims to propose policy recommendations for the Aegean Region decision makers to increase ICT utilization of the exporter enterprises to attain competitiveness in global markets. The research is conducted with a web-based survey that was open for two months. Survey aims to find out the enterprises&rsquo / ICT profile, for what reasons and with what amount of importance they use ICT, their reluctance to new ICT tools implementation and their needs for successful implementation of ICT tools. 3140 enterprises, which are the members of Aegean Exporters&rsquo / Associations, are informed about the survey by an e-mail notification, 267 exporter enterprises are participated to the survey. As it was expected, the survey showed that although the enterprises are using low-level ICT tools, they have desire to implement ICT tools because they believe that implementing ICT will increase their sales and profits. However, due to the problems in human resources, financial resources, information and know-how and the problems in network of relationships, implementing more ICT tools will not be easy in the short &ndash / run.

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Η έρευνα που διεξήχθει για την χαρτογράφηση της Τραγάνας έλαβε χώρα μεταξύ των νησιών Τήνου-Μυκόνου, Μυκόνου-Νάξου, Νάξου-Ίου, Σύρου-Τήνου και Ίου-Θήρας, σε μια έκταση περίπου 184 Km2. Η έρευνα επετεύχθει από τον συνδυασμό εφαρμογής ακουστικών μεθόδων : EG & G ηχοβολιστή πλευρικής σάρωσης, ηχοβολιστής μονής ηχητικής δέσμης SIMDAR και υψηλής ευκρίνειας (3,5 KHz) τομογράφο υποδομής πυθμένα. Από τις ηχογραφίες του Η.Π.Σ αποδόθηκαν ακουστικά μοντέλα με βάση την ένταση των ανακλάσεων. Κατά την μελέτη του Κυκλαδικού πεδίου από τις ηχογραφίες του Η.Π.Σ αποκαλύφθηκαν τέσσερις (4) ακουστικές ανακλάσεις: το ακουστικό στίγμα Α που περιελάμβανε περιοχές με χαμηλές έως μέτριες ανακλάσεις και αναπαριστούσε επίπεδο πυθμένα με αμμώδη έως χαλικώδη ιζήματα. Το ακουστικό στίγμα Β περιελάμβανε έντονες ανακλάσεις και αναπαριστούσε περιοχές συσσωματωμάτων από ασβεστολιθικά ροδοφύκη και προεξοχές βράχων. Το ακουστικό στίγμα C περιελάμβανε περιοχές εναλλασσόμενων υψηλών και χαμηλών ανακλάσεων και αναπαριστούσε στρωματοδομές επηρεασμένες από ρεύματα. Τέλος, το ακουστικό στίγμα D περιελάμβανε περιοχές υψηλής ανθρωπογενούς δραστηριότητας (τράτες). 7. Τα ασβεστιτικά ροδοφύκη είναι οι κύριοι κατασκευαστές των βιογενών οικοδομημάτων της τραγάνας που αναπτύσσεται πάνω στα σκληρά υπολείμματά τους. Το αποτέλεσμα είναι κατασκευές ποικίλων μεγεθών και σχημάτων, όπου μόνο το ανώτερο στρώμα τους αποτελείται από ζωντανά άτομα. Αυτές οι αξιόλογες κατασκευές υποστηρίζουν πολλαπλές μικρό-κοινότητες με αποτέλεσμα να χαρακτηρίζονται ως οικοσυστήματα υψηλής βιολογικής και λειτουργικής ποικιλομορφίας (Peres 1967, Steneck 1985, Sartoretto et al 1996, Ballesteros 2006). Οι κοινότητες αυτές έχουν μεγάλη σημασία για την αλιεία και ιδιαίτερα στην Ελλάδα θεωρούνται τα πιο σημαντικά αλιευτικά πεδία. Ωστόσο λόγω της ευάλωτης δομής τους, οι σχηματισμοί καταστρέφονται από την λειτουργία ορισμένων αλιευτικών εργαλείων. Ιδιαίτερα, στο Κυκλαδικό πεδίο, η χρήση διχτυών, οι υδατοκαλλιέργειες, η τοποθέτηση υποβρύχιων καλωδίων αλλά κυρίως η αλιεία έχουν επιπτώσεις σ’ αυτούς τους σχηματισμούς. Επιπλέον η χρήση τρατών είναι ένας ακόμα παράγοντας καταστροφής της τραγάνας. Οι τράτες προκαλούν την επαναιώρηση των ιζημάτων που μπορεί να έχει επίπτωση στην αύξηση των υφάλων. Αν και ο ακριβής οικολογικός ρόλος των σχηματισμών του κοραλλιογενούς στην Μεσόγειο δεν έχει ακόμα μελετηθεί μπορούμε να βγάλουμε κάποια συμπεράσματα : οι κοραλλιογενείς σχηματισμοί αποτελούν περιοχές αναπαραγωγής τόσο για τους ασπόνδυλους οργανισμούς όσο και για τους οργανισμούς των σπονδυλωτών. Επιπλέον έχουν την ικανότητα να δεσμεύουν και να διατηρούν οργανική ύλη. / -