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David Wilson
Associate Professor & Undergraduate Chair
B.A.(McGill), M.A. (London), Ph.D. (Cincinnati)
Department of Classical Studies
Lawson Hall, Room 3212
The University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario Canada N6A 5B8
(519) 661-2111 ext. 84527
dwilson@uwo.ca

CURRENT TEACHING (2012-2013):

CS3903F - Archaeology of Ancient Athens MWF (8:30-9:30 am) VAC100
Classics 9000 - Core Course -Archaeology W (2:30-5:30) LwH 3220
Classics 9533A - Greek Archaeology M (2:30-4:30) LwH 3220

SPECIAL INTERESTS:

Bronze Age Aegean archaeology. Publications: Keos IX, 1. Ayia Irini: Periods I-II. The Pottery and Small Finds; articles on Bronze Age archaeology in the Cyclades and Crete: pottery, trade, and social practice.

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Archaeology of the Prehistoric Aegean with special focus on the Early Bronze Age Cyclades and Crete and the use of pottery as evidence for social function and organisation.

CURRENT PROJECTS:

Study and publication of the earlier prepalatial settlement of Poros-Katsambas (Heraklion) with N. Dimploulou (Heraklion Museum) and P.M. Day (Sheffield).

WORKS IN PROGRESS:

Books:
N. Dimopoulou, D.E. Wilson and P.M. Day, The Harbour-town of Poros-Katsambas: the earlier prepalatial settlement, monograph length study.
D.E. Wilson and P.M. Day, Ceramic Analysis of Early Cycladic II Pottery from Ayia Irini, Kea, monograph length study.

PUBLICATIONS:

BOOKS PUBLISHED:
Keos IX.1 Ayia Irini: Periods I-III. The Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Settlements. Part 1: The Pottery and Small Finds, Von Zabern, Mainz, 1999.BOOKS ACCEPTED (Title, Publisher, Expected Date of Publication): N/A
CHAPTERS IN BOOKS PUBLISHED:
"New Contributions to the Study of Keian Prehistory" with J. F. Cherry, J. L. Davis, and E. Mantzourani in Landscape Archaeology as Long-term History: Northern Keos in the Cycladic Islands, J. F. Cherry, J. L. Davis, and E. Mantzourani (Institute of Archaeology, U.C.L.A.), Chapter 6, 1991, 165-72.
"Knossos before the Palaces: An Overview of the Early Bronze Age (EMI - EM III)", in Knossos: A Labyrinth of History. Papers Presented in Honour of Sinclair Hood, D. Evely, H. Hughes-Brock and N. Momigliano (eds.) (British School at Athens, London, 1994), pp.23-44.
“Landscapes of Memory, Craft and Power at Pre-Palatial and Proto-Palatial Knossos”, P.M. Day and D.E. Wilson in Y. Hamilakis (ed.) The Labyrinth Revisited: Rethinking Minoan Archaeology, (Oxbow, 2002), pp. 143-66.
"The pottery from EMI-IIB Knossos and its relations with the harbour site of Poros-Katsambas", D.E. Wilson, P.M. Day and N. Dimopoulou, in Knossos: Palace, City, State, G. Cadogan, E. Hatzaki and A. Vasilakis (eds.), British School at Athens Studies Series vol. 12 (London, 2004), pp.67-74.
“Ceramic change and the practice of eating and drinking in Early Bronze Age Crete”, P.M. Day and D.E. Wilson, in Food, Cuisine and Society in Prehistoric Greece (Sheffield Studies in Aegean Archaeology, 5, 2004), P. Halstead and J. Barrett (eds.), pp. 45-62.
ARTICLES PUBLISHED:
"Ayia Irini III: The Last Phase of Occupation at the EBA Settlement" with M. Eliot in The Prehistoric Cyclades, J. A. MacGillivray and R. L. N. Barber (eds.), pp. 78-87, University of Edinburgh, 1988
"The Pottery and Architecture of the EMIIA West Court House at Knossos" Annual of the British School at Athens, Vol. 80 (1985) 281-364
"An Early Minoan IIA Triple-Bodied Jug from Knossos" Annual of the British School of Athens, Vol. 82 (1987) 335-338
"Kea and East Attike in Early Bronze II: Beyond Pottery Typology", in Syneisphora McGill. McGill University Monographs in Classical Archaeology and History 6, J. M. Fossey (ed.) (1987) 35-49
"Interregional Contacts in the Aegean in Early Bronze II: The Talc Ware Connection", with S.J. Vaughan in Wace and Blegen, Proceedings of the International Conference: Pottery as Evidence for Trade in the Aegean Bronze Age, 1939-1989 (ASCS, December, 1989), C. Zerner (ed.) Amsterdam, pp. 169-186, 1993
"Early Minoan and Middle Minoan Pottery Groups at Knossos", with G. Cadogan, P. Day, C. Macdonald, J. MacGillivray, N. Momigliano, and T. Whitelaw Annual of the British School at Athens (1993), Vol. 88, pp.21-8
"Ceramic Regionalism in Prepalatial Central Crete: the Mesara Imports at EMI-EMIIA Knossos" with P.M. Day in Annual of the British School at Athens, vol. 89 (1994), pp. 1-87
"Knossos 1993: Excavations outside the South Front of the Palace", with N. Momigliano, Annual of the British School at Athens 91 (1996), pp.1-57
"Ceramic Traditions at EMIIB Myrtos, Fournou Korifi", T. Whitelaw, P.M. Day, E. Kiriatzi, V. Kilikoglou, and D.E. Wilson in TEXNH. Craftsmen, Craftswomen, and Craftsmanship in the Aegean Bronze Age. Proceedings of the 6th International Aegean Conference. Philadelphia, April 1996, R. Laffineur and P.P. Betancourt (eds.), (1997) pp.266-74, pls. CII-CIX.
"Reassessing Specialization in Prepalatial Cretan Ceramic Production", P.M. Day, D.E. Wilson, and E. Kiriatzi in TEXNH. Craftsmen, Craftswomen, and Craftsmanship in the Aegean Bronze Age. Proceedings of the 6th International Aegean Conference. Philadelphia, April 1996, R. Laffineur and P.P. Betancourt (eds.), (1997) pp. 275-89, pl. CX
"Pots, Labels, and People: Burying Ethnicity in the Cemetery of Aghia Photia, Siteias" P.M. Day, D.E. Wilson, and E. Kiriatzi, in Cemetery and Society in the Bronze Age Aegean, K. Branigan (ed.), Sheffield Academic Press, (1998), pp.133-149.
“Consuming Power: Kamares Ware of Protopalatial Knossos”, P.M. Day and D.E. Wilson, Antiquity 72 (1998), pp. 350-358.
"EMIIB Ware Groups at Knossos: The 1907-08 South Front Tests", D.E. Wilson and P.M. Day in Annual of the British School at Athens , Vol. 94 (1999), pp.1-62.
“EMI Chronology and Social Practice: Pottery From the Early Palace Tests at Knossos”, D.E. Wilson and P.M. Day in Annual of the British School at Athens, 95 (2000), pp.21-63.
“H Kerameikhv apov to PMI Nekrotafeivo sthn Agiva Fwtiav ShteivaßÚ topikhv hv eisagmevnhÆ, P.M. Day, D.E. Wilson, E. Kiriatzi, and L. Joyner, in Proceedings of the 8th International Congress of Cretan Studies, Vol.A1, (2000), pp.341-353.
“Diakivnhsh thß Kerameikhvß kai Koinwnikopolitikhv OrgavnwshÚ h grapthv kerameikhv thß PMI kai II periovdou sthn Anatolikhv Krhvth”, E. Kiriatzi, P.M. Day, and D.E. Wilson, in Proceedings of the 8th International Congress of Cretan Studies, Vol.A1, (2000), pp.99-115.
"Technologies of Middle Minoan polychrome pottery: traditions of paste, decoration and firing", E.W. Faber, V. Kilikoglou, Peter M. Day and D.E. Wilson, in V. Kilikoglou, A. Hein, and Y. Maniatis (eds), Modern Trends in Scientific Analysis on Ancient Ceramics, (BAR International Series 1011) (2002), pp. 129-41
ARTICLES ACCEPTED:
“The Gateway Port of Poros-Katsambas: trade and exchange between North-central Crete and the Cyclades in EBI-II”, D.E. Wilson, P.M. Day and N. Dimopoulou, in N.J. Brodie, J. Doole, G. Gavalas, C. Renfrew, and K. Boyle (eds.). A Colloquium on the Prehistory of the Cyclades (McDonald Institute Monographs Series) (Cambridge).
"The earlier Prepalatial Settlement of Poros-Katsambas: craft production and exchange at the harbour town of Knossos", N. Dimopoulou, D.E. Wilson, and P.M. Day, in P.M. Day (ed.), Metallurgy in the Early Bronze Age Aegean (Sheffield Studies in Aegean Archaeology Series).
"The Earlier Prepalatial Pottery from Knossos", invited chapter for The Knossos Pottery Handbook, Vol.I: Neolithic and Minoan, N. Momigliano (ed.), British School at Athens Studies Series.
"Early Minoan Crete", invited chapter for the Cambridge Companion to the Aegean Bronze Age, C. Shelmerdine (ed.), Cambridge University Press.
PAPERS READ:
"Ayia Irini, Period III: The Last Phase of Occupation of the EBA Settlement at Ayia Irini, Keos", (Prehistoric Cyclades Conference, London, Eng. -- June, 1983)
"The Architectural Phases of the Early Bronze Age Settlement of Ayia Irini, Keos", (Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Cincinnati, Ohio -- December 28, 1983)
"The Pottery from the West Court House at Knossos: Defining the Beginnings of Early Minoan IIA", (Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Toronto, Ontario -- December 30, 1984). Abstract: AJA 89 (1985) 355-356
"The Early Bronze Age Pottery of Ayia Irini, Keos: Helladic or Cycladic?", (Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America,
Washington, D.C. -- December 28, 1985). Abstract: AJA 90 (1986) 177-8
"Technological and Cultural Change in Early Bronze Age Knossos: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to the Ceramic Record" P.M. Day, V. Kilikoglou, and D.E. Wilson, European Meeting on Ancient Ceramics, Barcelona, Spain, November, 1993
"Pottery Production in Early Minoan Knossos" P.M. Day, V. Kilikoglou, and D.E. Wilson, Workshop on Trade and Production in Premonetary Greece, Swedish Institute at Athens, April, 1994
"Tradition and Innovation in Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age Pottery at Knossos, Crete" P.M. Day, V. Kilikoglou, and D.E. Wilson, 29th International Archaeometry Symposium, Ankara, May 1994
"Pottery Importation in Early Minoan Fournou Korifi, Crete: a reassessment" P.M. Day, E. Kiriatzi, T.M. Whitelaw, and D.E. Wilson, The 29th International Archaeometry Symposium, Ankara, May 1994
"Reassessing Specialization in Prepalatial Cretan Ceramic Production" P.M. Day, D.E. Wilson, and E. Kiriatzi, 6th International Aegean Conference, Temple University, Philadelphia, April 20th, 1996)
"Ceramic Traditions and EMIIB Myrtos, Fournou Korifi", T. Whitelaw, P.M. Day, E. Kiriatzi, V. Kilikoglou, and D.E. Wilson, 6th International Aegean Conference: TEXNH. Craftsmen, Craftswomen, and Craftsmanship in the Aegean Bronze Age, Philadelphia, April 1996.
"H Kerameikh apo to PMIB Nekrotafeio sthn Agia Fwtia ShteiaßÚ topikh h eisagmenh”, P.M. Day, D.E. Wilson, E. Kiriatzi, and L. Joyner, 8th International Congress of Cretan Studies, Heraklion, Crete, Sept. 1996.
“Paragwgh kai Diakinhsh thß Kerameikhß kai Koinwnikopolitikh OrganwshÚ h periptwsh thß grapthß kerameikhß thß PMII periodou sth Anatolikh Krhth” , E. Kiriatzi, P.M. Day, and D.E. Wilson, 8th International Congress of Cretan Studies, Heraklion, Crete, Sept., 1996
"Pots, Labels, and People: burying ethnicity in the EMI cemetery at Aghia Photia, Siteias", P.M. Day, E. Kiriatzi, and D.E. Wilson, at Cemetery and Society in the Aegean Bronze Age. The Second Round Table on Aegean Archaeology, Sheffield Center for Aegean Archaeology, Dec. 1st, 1996.
"The Desacralized Landscape: reinterpreting the role of the first palace at Knossos", P.M. Day and D.E. Wilson, 62nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Nashville, April 4th, 1997. Invited paper at the symposium: Rethinking Mycenaean Palaces: new interpretations of an old idea.
"Northern Crete and the Cyclades in the Early Bronze Age: new evidence from ceramic studies", P.M. Day and D.E. Wilson. Invited paper at the conference: New Light on the Early Bronze Age Cyclades, May 17th,1997, Institute of Archaeology, University College London.
“Ceramic Traditions and EMIIB Myrtos, Fournou Korifi”, T. Whitelaw, P.M. Day, E. Kiriatzi, V. Kilikoglou, and D.E. Wilson, 6th International Aegean Conference: TECNH. Craftsmen, Craftswomen, and Craftsmanship in the Aegean Bronze Age, Philadelphia, April 1996.
“The Cyclades Come to Crete: the EBA Levels of the Sanoudakis Plot, Poros Katsambas”, N. Dimopoulou, D.E. Wilson, and P.M. Day, at The Third Round Table on Aegean Archaeology: Metallurgy in the Early Bronze Age Aegean, Sheffield Centre for Aegean Archaeology, Jan 24th, 1998.
“EMI-IIA Metalworking at Poros Katsambas”, R. Doonan, V. Kilikoglou, P.M. Day, D.E.Wilson and N. Dimopoulou, at The Third Round Table in Aegean Archaeology: Metallurgy in the EBA Aegean, Sheffield Centre for Aegean Archaeology, Jan. 24th, 1998.
"The pottery from EMI-IIB Knossos and its relations with the harbour site of Poros-Katsambas", D.E. Wilson, P.M. Day and N. Dimopoulou, invited paper at conference: Knossos: Palace, City, State, held in Heraklion, Greece, Nov. 15th, 2000.
“The construction of an ‘Early Minoan’ pottery: technological and stylistic variation in Cretan ceramics of Early Bronze I-II” P.M. Day, V. Kilikoglou, E. Nodarou and D.E. Wilson, Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Milwaukee, MN, April 11, 2003.
“Teapots and Table Manners: pottery change and the consumption of food and drink in Early Minoan II Crete” P.M. Day and D.E. Wilson, 105th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, San Francisco, CA., January, 2004.
“The Gateway Port of Poros-Katsambas: trade and exchange between North-central Crete and the Cyclades in EBI-II” D.E. Wilson, P.M. Day and N. Dimopoulou, invited paper at the Cambridge Colloquium on the Prehistory of the Cyclades, March 24-28, 2004, Cambridge, England.
“Wares and Fabrics - An investigation of late EBII ceramics from Ayia Irini, Kea” J.Hilditch, P.Day, D.Wilson, and V. Kilikoglou, invited poster presentation at the Cambridge Colloquium on the Prehistory of the Cyclades, March 24-28, 2004, Cambridge, England.
“Prepalatial Minoan imports at Akrotiri, Thera: new evidence for interaction between Crete and the Cyclades” P.M. Day, D.E. Wilson, I. Nikolakopoulou and M. Relaki, 106th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Boston, January 2005.
“The World in a Chamber: The Kastri Group and a Late ECII Deposit from Akrotiri, Thera”
P.M. Day, D.E. Wilson, S. Kariotis, O. Kouka, and M. Relaki, 107th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Montréal, January 2006.
“Site History, Sequences and Gaps: Ceramic Continuity and Change at Akrotiri, Thera at the Onset of the Middle Bronze Age”, I. Nikolakopoulou, P.M. Day, and D.E. Wilson, 107th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Montréal, January 2006.
RESEARCH FIELDWORK:
1982-1983 -- Study of the finds from the EMIIA West Court House at Knossos, British School Stratigraphical Museum, Crete, Greece.
Fall, 1982 -- Participant in the Cincinnati-Maroni excavations at Maroni, Cyprus (G. Cadogan, director)
1982-1987 -- Team member of the Cincinnati-Kea Excavations Project (American School of Classical Studies in Athens and the University of Cincinnati): six summer study seasons
May-June, 1989 -- Study of Early Cycladic pottery in museums in the Cyclades and Athens
Sept.-Dec., 1991 -- Study of Minoan Mesara imports from Knossos, British School Stratigraphical Museum, Crete
May-Aug., 1992 -- Study of EMIB and EMIIB pottery deposits from Knossos, British School Stratigraphical Museum, Crete
June, 1993 -- Co-director with N. Momigliano of excavations outside the South Front of the palace at Knossos in the area of the 'Early Houses'
July-Aug., 1993 -- Study of the pottery from the Early Minoan II settlement of Myrtos-Fournou Korifi with T.M. Whitelaw and P.M. Day, Aghios Nikolaos Museum, Crete
June, 1994 -- House Excavations, Greek Archaeological Service (A. Karetsou, director)
July-Aug., 1994 -- Study of EM deposits from the Mesara and East Crete with P.M. Day as part of the Early Minoan East Crete Ceramics Project
July-Aug., 1995 -- Study of EM deposits from West, Central, and East with P.M. Day as part of the Early Minoan Ceramic Regionalism Project
July-Aug. 1996 -- Final study of EMIIA pottery from the 1993 South House Excavations (Greek Archaeological Service, A. Karetsou director)
Sept.-Nov., 1996 -- Preliminary study of EMI-II deposits from the harbour town of Poros-Katsambas for publication with N. Dimopoulou and P.M. Day
June-Aug., 1997 -- Second study season of EMI-II pottery from Poros-Katsambas with P.M. Day. Study of Early Cycladic pottery groups from Phylakopi, Melos and Ayia Irini, Kea.
June-Aug., 1998 -- Third study season of EMI-II pottery from Poros-Katsambas with P.M. Day. Preliminary study of Aegean imports at Urla, Turkey with V. Sahoglu and P.M. Day.
June-Aug., 2000 -- Final study season of earlier prepalatial pottery from Poros-Katsambas.
June-Aug., 2001 -- Study of EMI-II deposits from Knossos for chapter in pottery handbook.
June-July, 2002 -- Study of EMI-II deposits from the 1955-57 Platon Knossos Palace tests.
June-July, 2003 -- Kastri Group Pottery Project: field study in Greece and Turkey.
June-July, 2005 -- Trade in the Early Bronze II Aegean: field study in Thera, Ios, and Crete.

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