Through Lines

Season 1 Retrospective

A look back over the themes that emerged throughout Season 1

Sideline 3 - The Emperor's Garden

On this Sideline, we take a look at the First Emperor's buried garden.

Through Lines - The Terra Cotta Army

China, 1974; Our final artifact is uncovered. Sources Below Books Man, J. (2007) The Terra Cotta Army: China’s First Emperor and the Birth of a Nation. Bantam Press. Web Sources https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-44244493 Journal Articles Kesner, L. (1995). Likeness of No One: (Re)presenting the First Emperor’s Army. The Art Bulletin, 77(1), 115–132. https://doi.org/10.2307/3046084 Shi, J. (2014). INCORPORATING ALL FOR ONE: THE FIRST EMPEROR’S TOMB MOUND. Early China, 37, 359–391. http://www.jstor.org/stable/24392469 HUNG, W. (1988). FROM TEMPLE TO TOMB: Ancient Chinese Art and Religion in Transition. Early China, 13, 78–115. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23351322

Sideline 2 - Mycenae's Infant Shroud

On this Sideline, we look at an emotionally charged artifact from Mycenae.

Through Lines - The Mask of Agamemnon

Mycenae, Greece, 1876; Our second buried artifact is uncovered. Sources Used: Web Sources https://archive.archaeology.org/9907/etc/mask.html https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ancient-art-civilizations/aegean-art1/mycenaean/v/agamemnon-mask https://smarthistory.org/mask-of-agamemnon/ https://retrospectjournal.com/2021/09/19/all-that-glitters-is-gold-museology-and-the-mask-of-agamemnon/ https://www.namuseum.gr/en/monthly_artefact/pages-from-the-mycenae-excavation-diary-of-panayotis-stamatakis/ http://www.aegeussociety.org/images/uploads/publications/schliemann/Schliemann_2012_79-84_Traill.pdf https://research-bulletin.chs.harvard.edu/2019/08/05/report-agamemnon-legend-mycenae/ https://www.namuseum.gr/en/collection/syllogi-mykinaikon-archaiotiton/ https://www.greece-is.com/archaeological-treasures-in-greece-the-mask-of-agamemnon/ https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/exhibition/buriedtreasure/tombraiders2.shtml https://joyofmuseums.com/museums/russian-federation/moscow-museums/pushkin-museum/priams-treasure/ Journal Articles Arentzen, W. (2001). An Early Examination of the “Mask of Agamemnon.” L’Antiquité Classique, 70, 189–192. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41660776 Dickinson, O. (2005). The “Face of Agamemnon.” Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 74(3), 299–308. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25067959 Harrington, S. P. M., Calder, W. M., Traill, D. A., Demarkopoulou, K., & Lapatin, K. D. S. (1999). Behind the Mask of Agamemnon. Archaeology, 52(4), 51–59. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41779424 Konstantinidi-Syvridi, E., & Paschalidis, C. (2018). The unacknowledged Panayotis Stamatakis and his invaluable contribution to the understanding of Grave Circle A at Mycenae. Archaeological Reports, 65, 111–126. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26867451 Papazoglou-Manioudaki, L., Nafplioti, A., Musgrave, J. H., & Prag, A. J. N. W. (2010). MYCENAE REVISITED PART 3. THE HUMAN REMAINS FROM GRAVE CIRCLE A AT MYCENAE. BEHIND THE MASKS: A STUDY OF THE BONES OF SHAFT GRAVES I-V. The Annual of the British School at Athens, 105, 157–224. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41420117 Prag, A. J. N. W., Papazoglou-Manioudaki, L., Neave, R. A. H., Smith, D., Musgrave, J. H., & Nafplioti, A. (2009). MYCENAE REVISITED PART 1. THE HUMAN REMAINS FROM GRAVE CIRCLE A: STAMATAKIS, SCHLIEMANN AND TWO NEW FACES FROM SHAFT GRAVE VI. The Annual of the British School at Athens, 104, 233–277. http://www.jstor.org/stable/20745367 SCHINDLER, W. (1992). An Archaeologist on the Schliemann Controversy. Illinois Classical Studies, 17(1), 135–151. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23064233 TURNER, D. (1990). HEINRICH Schliemann: THE MAN BEHIND THE MASKS. Archaeology, 43(6), 36–42. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41765885