Ergasteria: Works Presented to John Ellis Jones on His 80th Birthday

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This volume is the fourth to appear in the monograph series 'Akanthina', published for the Institute of Archaeology of Gdansk University, Poland. As the title suggests, the volume, which was presented to John Ellis Jones on his 80th birthday, which fell on October 10th 2009, and consists of a collection of articles written by his friends, colleagues, pupils and admirers. The front cover is decorated with one of the dedicatee's more recent famous watercolours of the Dema House. The book starts with a tribute to John Ellis Jones written by Hugh Sackett including a colour photograph of the dedicatee at work, then a bibliography of his publications. The following individual contributions mainly deal with Jones' principal field of interest: ancient mining, Attica, bee-keeping, ceramics and the classical heritage in Wales. 188p, 2 col illus, b/w illus Individual contributions are as follows: Lost and Found: the Tale of a Miner's Shovel Amenhotep III, Mycenae and the Laurion Eteocretans and Eteo-britons: The Intellectual Prehistory of the Minoans 'E S S S - A Spartan Craftsman of Ionian Origin? 'Knowing the story told about Erichthonios': looking at 'the goddess Athena, the maiden warrior" Athens' Silver Springs Hagnon, Amphipolis and Rhesus Raids on the coast of Attica Mines, Miners and Macedon Pseudo-Scylax on Attica Athens, Sokles and the Exploitation of an an Attic Resource The Golden Pig Tower Miscellanea Apicula A Knidian thymiaterion from Roman Knossos