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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 December 2013
The year 1947–1948 has been one of limited activity. The presence of rebel bands continues to restrict movement in parts of mainland Greece and the Peloponnese; and the financial policy of the Greek Government has allowed little progress to be made this year in reconstituting the museums. The ban which the Ministry of Education imposed on excavation in Greece has not been withdrawn, though there are signs of a more liberal interpretation of it. On the other hand, the foreign archaeological institutions in Greece have intensified their activities within the limits imposed by present conditions; they have been happily strengthened by the founding on 10th May 1948 of a Swedish Institute in Athens.
The Kerameikos Museum is now opened by appointment for students. The principal sculptures of the National Museum have been unpacked in preparation for replacement; an exhibition of early Greek sculptures and works of art was formally opened in the new year; it includes the Delphi charioteer and the new kouros from Anavysos. Additions to Mrs. Stathatou's private collection include a Late Geometric amphora and stamped gold head-band which were found in a grave in the Mesogaia, a small archaic bronze steer's head, and a grave relief of the later fifth century B.C.
1 Prof. Homer A. Thompson, the Field Director of the excavations, has kindly communicated a report on which this account is based.
2 Cf. Archaeology in Greece, 1945–1947, p. 23 (= JHS LXVI 110Google Scholar).
3 Hesperia XVII, pl. 49 f.
4 I am indebted to M. Amandry for notices of this and other activities of the French School.
5 This account of discoveries at Corinth is based on material kindly supplied by Dr. Weinberg.
6 BSA XVI, 12 ff.Google Scholar
7 Cf. Robert's, L. recent article “Ἀμφιθαλής” in Athenian Studies to W. S. Ferguson, 509 ff.Google Scholar
8 For the type cf. BSA XIII, 214Google Scholar, Sparta Mus. Cat. 113 ff.
9 Cf. BSA XVI, 12Google Scholar.
10 Cf. Artemis Orthia 109, and fig. 82.
11 Cf. BCH LXIII, 320Google Scholar; LXVIII–LXIX, 151–154.
12 Cf. Ramsay, W.JHS I, 64 ffGoogle Scholar.; Cadoux, C. J.Ancien Smyrna 44Google Scholar.
13 Öjh XXVII Beibl. 159ff.; Cadoux, Ancient Smyrna 60Google Scholar.
14 Hdt. i. 16; for the subsequent dispersal of the population in villages cf. Strabo xiv. 646.
15 BSA XXXII, pl. 19. 6.
16 Cf. Öjh XXVII Beibl. 149 ff.; Cadoux, Ancient Smyrna 43Google Scholar.
17 This report on the year's work in Cyprus has been kindly communicated by Mr. A. H. S. Megaw; it continues the account given in Archaeology in Greece, 1945–1947 (=JHS LXVI 119 f.Google Scholar).
