Browsing by Author "Emanuel, Jeff"
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Black Ships and Fair–Flowing Aegyptus: Uncovering the Late Bronze–Early Iron Age Context of Odysseus’ Raid on Egypt
Emanuel, Jeffrey P. (2015-10-07)While the “Second Cretan Lie” of Odyssey xix 199–359 and xvii 417–44 is presented as fictional tales within Homer’s larger myth, some elements have striking analogs in Late Bronze–Early Iron Age reality. This thesis examines ... -
Crown Jewel of the Fleet: Design, Construction, and Use of the Seagoing Balsa of the Pre-Columbian Andean Coast
Emanuel, Jeffrey P. (International Symposium on Boat and Ship Archaeology, 2012)The seaworthiness of the balsa sailing raft, and the seafaring aptitude of those who built and sailed it, has been the subject of critically biased, often conflicting accounts over the nearly five centuries since contact. ... -
Give Them a 'Hand': An Archaeo-Literary Study of Toilet Practices at Khirbet Qumran and Their Implications
Emanuel, Jeffrey P. (Society of Biblical Literature, 2012)The association of the Essenes with the site of Qumran, and the specific instructions regarding latrine placement and etiquette in the Temple and War Scrolls, combine to make the toilet practices of the Qumran community ... -
Heroesx: The Ancient Greek Hero: Spring 2013 Course Report
Reich, Blair Justin Fire; Emanuel, Jeffrey P.; Nesterko, Sergiy O; Seaton, Daniel Thomas; Mullaney, Tommy Philip; Waldo, James H.; Chuang, Isaac; Ho, Andrew Dean (2014)CB22x: The Ancient Greek Hero, was offered as a HarvardX course in Spring 2013 on edX, a platform for massive open online courses (MOOCs). It was taught by Professor Greg Nagy. The report was prepared by researchers external ... -
The Late Bronze–Early Iron Transition: Changes in Warriors and Warfare and the Earliest Recorded Naval Battles
Emanuel, Jeffrey P.; Lee, Geoff; Whittaker, Helene; Wrightson, Graham (2015)The tumultuous transition from the Late Bronze to the Early Iron Age in the Eastern Mediterranean was marked by a change in the iconography of warriors and warfare, particularly in Egypt and in the Aegean world. It is also ... -
Massive Open Online Archaeology, Massive Open Online Opportunity: Toward a Worldwide Community of Archaeological Practice
Emanuel, Jeffrey P. (Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology, 2016-01-06)While the World Wide Web has provided the public at large with heretofore-unimagined access to information, the egalitarian – and frequently anonymous – nature of online content creation has also provided an unprecedented ... -
Odysseus’ Boat? New Mycenaean Evidence from the Egyptian New Kingdom
Emanuel, Jeffrey P. (Department of the Classics, Harvard University, 2014)In 1920, a small wooden ship model was discovered in a shallow tomb in Gurob, near the Faiyum oasis in Middle Egypt. Incorrectly assembled (twice) but perceptively labeled as a “Pirate Boat” by the overseer of its excavation, ... -
Sea Peoples, Egypt, and the Aegean: The Transference of Maritime Technology in the Late Bronze–Early Iron Transition (LH IIIB–C)
Emanuel, Jeffrey Paul (2014)The appearance of the brailed rig and loose–footed sail at the end of the Late Bronze Age revolutionized seafaring in the eastern Mediterranean. The most famous early appearance of this new technology is found in history’s ... -
Srdn from the Sea: The Arrival, Integration, and Acculturation of a Sea People
Emanuel, Jeffrey Paul (The University of Arizona, 2013)Despite a broad temporal presence in Egyptian records, the association of the Sherden with another ‘Sea Peoples’ group – the better known and archaeologically-attested Philistines – has led to several assumptions about ...