Theo Nash
@theonash.bsky.social
Classicist and Archaeologist. PhD student IPCAA, MA and BA Victoria University of Wellington.
A good, narrative introduction to the BA (a la Vermeule's Greece in the Bronze Age) remains a great desideratum.
October 29, 2025 at 9:15 PM
A good, narrative introduction to the BA (a la Vermeule's Greece in the Bronze Age) remains a great desideratum.
Very late, but the trouble (as I'm sure you've experienced) is that very little on BA archaeology is particularly accessible beyond those handbooks. Once you've digested the basics, you more or less have to go wading into specialist literature.
October 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Very late, but the trouble (as I'm sure you've experienced) is that very little on BA archaeology is particularly accessible beyond those handbooks. Once you've digested the basics, you more or less have to go wading into specialist literature.
If they're particularly keen, the most recent overview of the general issue of 'Minoanisation' is probably Beyond Thalassocracies (I can share a PDF if you don't have access): www.oxbowbooks.com/978178570203...
Beyond Thalassocracies - Oxbow Books
Beyond Thalassocracies aims to evaluate and rethink the manner in which archaeologists approach, understand, and analyse the various processes associated wit...
www.oxbowbooks.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM
If they're particularly keen, the most recent overview of the general issue of 'Minoanisation' is probably Beyond Thalassocracies (I can share a PDF if you don't have access): www.oxbowbooks.com/978178570203...
Unfortunately there is probably not a 'one-stop-shop'. The Cambridge Companion is probably still the best narrative introduction to most of these issues. The Oxford Handbook is a little bit trickier, but fairly rich if they're willing to dig around a bit.
October 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Unfortunately there is probably not a 'one-stop-shop'. The Cambridge Companion is probably still the best narrative introduction to most of these issues. The Oxford Handbook is a little bit trickier, but fairly rich if they're willing to dig around a bit.
No worries! I am much less active here, but do pop in from time to time.
October 15, 2025 at 3:04 AM
No worries! I am much less active here, but do pop in from time to time.
A hazard of cross-media screenshotting. No hard feelings!
October 14, 2025 at 7:56 PM
A hazard of cross-media screenshotting. No hard feelings!
Because funding bodies, research metrics, and job applications demand publications: that's the source of the 'expected rate'.
October 14, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Because funding bodies, research metrics, and job applications demand publications: that's the source of the 'expected rate'.
I'm glad you conjured such a vivid image of me! A physics denier! What fun!
October 14, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I'm glad you conjured such a vivid image of me! A physics denier! What fun!
No, I think that we are expected to create knowledge by funding bodies and research metrics much faster than is actually possible, and so have to publish a lot of half-baked material.
October 14, 2025 at 7:50 PM
No, I think that we are expected to create knowledge by funding bodies and research metrics much faster than is actually possible, and so have to publish a lot of half-baked material.
Intriguing! Please say more.
October 14, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Intriguing! Please say more.
I'll keep that in mind, thanks!
October 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I'll keep that in mind, thanks!
I don't mind being screenshotted in from the Other Place, but please do tag me too so that I can see the discussion!
October 14, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I don't mind being screenshotted in from the Other Place, but please do tag me too so that I can see the discussion!
That is actually the e-grade: I made a minor mistake doing this from memory.
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No.
e-grade: sit < *sede-
o-grade: set < *sodei̯e-
e-grade: sit < *sede-
o-grade: set < *sodei̯e-
October 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM
That is actually the e-grade: I made a minor mistake doing this from memory.
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Looking forward to this tremendously!
October 8, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Looking forward to this tremendously!
It’s the zero-grade that always gets you!
October 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
It’s the zero-grade that always gets you!
Just making sure the historians don’t go getting any ideas…
September 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Just making sure the historians don’t go getting any ideas…
- 'Classical period' does most of that work anyway
- We over-rate the Peloponnesian War thanks to Thucydides
- People would actually have to care about the period 404-338 BC
- We over-rate the Peloponnesian War thanks to Thucydides
- People would actually have to care about the period 404-338 BC
September 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
- 'Classical period' does most of that work anyway
- We over-rate the Peloponnesian War thanks to Thucydides
- People would actually have to care about the period 404-338 BC
- We over-rate the Peloponnesian War thanks to Thucydides
- People would actually have to care about the period 404-338 BC
'etymology of soot' has quite a ring to it, reminiscent somehow of Hamlet's 'quintessence of dust'.
September 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
'etymology of soot' has quite a ring to it, reminiscent somehow of Hamlet's 'quintessence of dust'.
Like 'nest' not immediately obvious, but logical in a perfective sort of sense: 'something which has settled'
September 21, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Like 'nest' not immediately obvious, but logical in a perfective sort of sense: 'something which has settled'
Strike it not, Banquo...
September 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Strike it not, Banquo...
For philology qua philology, I am not convinced that this is a bad thing; but there is of course more to Classics than constituting a text.
September 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
For philology qua philology, I am not convinced that this is a bad thing; but there is of course more to Classics than constituting a text.