Books by Walter Gauss
Ein anderes Griechenland: 125 Jahre Forschungen des Österreichischen Archäologischen Instituts Athen, 2023
Arete 1, 2022
The theatre terrace of ancient Aigeira is considered to be one of the most interesting architectu... more The theatre terrace of ancient Aigeira is considered to be one of the most interesting architectural ensembles of the Hellenistic period on the Peloponnese. Its exploration is one of the foci of the long-term activities of the Austrian Archaeological Institute in Aigeira. This volume, edited by Walter Gauß, presents both results from the earlier excavations by Wilhelm Alzinger in the 1970s and 1980s as well as recent research conducted under the direction of the editor in this area between 2011 and 2018. The lavish expansion of the previously scarcely built-up area into a new public centre with religious and secular buildings began around the middle of the 3rd century BC and marks the beginning of Aigeira's heyday. This is closely linked to the history of the Achaian League and lasted into the Roman imperial period. Until the 1st century BC, the theatre, a Doric peripteros, a large peristyle building and several small temple-like buildings, so-called naiskoi, were erected in the theatre area. The latter were probably used as treasuries, dining or cult buildings. While Aigeira remained an urban centre until the beginning of Late Antiquity, the theatre area had lost its function as a public centre by this time and served as a workshop area in the 4th/5th century AD. Fourteen contributions discuss aspects of the development and design of individual buildings, selected groups of small finds, and questions regarding the function of the area and its importance for the political and religious life at Aigeira.
Aegina has long been recognised as a major production centre of a variety of widely exported cera... more Aegina has long been recognised as a major production centre of a variety of widely exported ceramic containers not only in the relatively recent past but also in Classical antiquity and especially during the Middle and Late Bronze Age. Moreover, the prehistoric ceramic industry based on Aegina has become an increasingly important phenomenon in recent scholarship dealing with the rise of complex societies in the Aegean world during 2nd millennium BC. Such persistence on pottery production on Aegina through time renders obvious that a combination of factors, such as socio-economic, historical and geographical ones, as well as the locally available raw materials and the attraction of Aeginetan ceramics at other sites, must be taken into consideration in addressing the development of a specialized potting centre on the island. This study is the first to undertake a comprehensive look at the Aeginetan ceramic industry during much of the Bronze Age (ca. 2500-1200 BC), aiming at shedding light upon the factors influencing transformations in potting traditions, and the growth and decline of a specialised pottery production centre on Aegina. Advocating a landscape approach, it concentrates not only on pottery production but also on supply and consumption of ceramic vessels on the island. The systematic stylistic study of the formal attributes of local products and imports at the site of Kolonna is combined with the investigation of their manufacturing technology and the compositional characterisation of their fabrics through petrographic and chemical analysis. This integrated archaeological and scientific examination of the pottery, together with research on the island’s resources, replication experiments and ethnoarchaeology, provides the ground for the reconstruction of the local potting traditions and the understanding variability observed within and across certain periods of the Bronze Age.
Papers (Aigeira) by Walter Gauss
Eder, Ch. Baier, W. Gauß (eds.), Ein anderes Griechenland. 125 Jahre Forschungen des Österreichischen Archäologischen Instituts in Athen zum antiken Griechenland | Μια άλλη Ελλάδα 125 χρόνια έρευνας του Αυστριακού Αρχαιολογικού Ινστιτούτου Αθηνών για την Αρχαία Ελλάδα, 2023
B. Eder, Ch. Baier, W. Gauß (eds.), Ein anderes Griechenland. 125 Jahre Forschungen des Österreichischen Archäologischen Instituts in Athen zum antiken Griechenland | Μια άλλη Ελλάδα 125 χρόνια έρευνας του Αυστριακού Αρχαιολογικού Ινστιτούτου Αθηνών για την Αρχαία Ελλάδα, 2023
B. Eder, Ch. Baier, W. Gauß (eds.), Ein anderes Griechenland. 125 Jahre Forschungen des Österreichischen Archäologischen Instituts in Athen zum antiken Griechenland | Μια άλλη Ελλάδα 125 χρόνια έρευνας του Αυστριακού Αρχαιολογικού Ινστιτούτου Αθηνών για την Αρχαία Ελλάδα , 2023
B. Eder, Ch. Baier, W. Gauß (eds.), Ein anderes Griechenland. 125 Jahre Forschungen des Österreichischen Archäologischen Instituts in Athen zum antiken Griechenland | Μια άλλη Ελλάδα 125 χρόνια έρευνας του Αυστριακού Αρχαιολογικού Ινστιτούτου Αθηνών για την Αρχαία Ελλάδα , 2023
W. Gauß (ed.), Aigeira 3. Forschungen im Bereich des Theaters von Aigeira, 2011–2018, 2022
W. Gauß (ed.), Aigeira 3. Forschungen im Bereich des Theaters von Aigeira, 2011–2018, 2022
W. Gauß (ed.), Aigeira 3. Forschungen im Bereich des Theaters von Aigeira, 2011–2018, 2022
W. Gauß (ed.), Aigeira 3. Forschungen im Bereich des Theaters von Aigeira, 2011–2018, 2022
Archaeological Prospection, 2021
Remote Sens. 2020, 12(15), 2450, 2020
Remote Sensing
The Northern Peloponnese is not only home of a series of ancient poleis that are being studied by... more The Northern Peloponnese is not only home of a series of ancient poleis that are being studied by archaeologists, but it is also located on the southern shoulder of the most active extensional crustal structure in the world; the Corinthian rift. This rift has shaped the Northern Peloponnese as we now see it today since the Pliocene. Normal faulting, the tectonic uplift of syn-rift sediments and sea level changes, has shaped a landscape of steps rising from the coast to the ridges in the hinterland that provides challenging conditions to a geophysical survey. Where we can find coarse grained slope and delta deposits of conglomerate on top of banks of marl on ridges and slopes, the lower marine terraces and the coastal plain as well as valleys show the protective caprock eroded and the marl covered by young alluvial deposits. These materials show only a small contrast in their magnetic properties, which reduces the importance of magnetic mapping for the archaeological prospection in t...
The Achaeans in Greece and in Southern Italy: New Discoveries and Perspectives. Proceedings of the International Meeting, Aighion, 12–13 December 2016
COMMUNITIES IN TRANSITION. The Circum-Aegean Area during the 5th and 4th Millennia BC, 2018
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Books by Walter Gauss
Papers (Aigeira) by Walter Gauss