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Dr

Brent Davis

Lecturer In Archaeology
Bronze Age eastern Mediterranean and Near East
Bronze Age
scripts
languages
archaeology
social sciences
aegean
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Dr

Brent Davis

 
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Ancient Languages And Scripts
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Dr

Brent Davis

 

Dr Brent Davis received his undergraduate degree in Linguistics from Stanford University. In 2011, he completed his PhD at the University of Melbourne on Minoan ritual vessels and Linear A, the undeciphered script of the Minoans.

His thesis will be published in book-form in early 2014 as #36 in the prestigious Aegaeum series. With a background in both archaeology and linguistics, his interests include not only the ancient cultures of the eastern Mediterranean, but their languages and scripts as well. He has published numerous articles and chapters on Minoan culture and script, as well as on archaeological theory, and he has taught many subjects in Classics and Archaeology, including Ancient Egyptian. He has undertaken several years of archaeological fieldwork at Tell-es Safi/Gath (Israel), the site of a major Philistine city.

Scholarly Works

Displaying the 24 most recent scholarly works by Brent Davis.

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Technological Insights on the Philistine Culture: Perspectives from Tell es-Safi/Gath

AM Maeir, D Ben-Shlomo, D Cassuto, JR Chadwick, BE DAVIS, A Eliyahu Behar, S Frumin, S Gur-Arieh, LA Hitchcock, L Kolska Horwitz, F Manclossi, SA Rosen, J Verduci, E Weiss, E Welch, V Workman

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology & Heritage Studies

More than a century of study of the Philistines has revealed abundant remains of their material culture. Concurrently, our underst..

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Curation in the Bronze Age Aegean: Objects as Material Memories

Brent Davis, Emilia Banou, Louise Hitchcock, Anne Chapin

Book Chapter  |  2019

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Painted Larnakes of the Late Minoan III Period: Funerary Iconography and the Stimulation of Memory

Jacob Heywood, Brent Davis

Book Chapter  |  2019

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The Phaistos Disk: A New Way of Viewing the Language Behind the Script

Brent Davis

Journal article  |  2018  |  Oxford Journal of Archaeology

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What Language(s) Did the Philistines Speak?

Brent Davis

Journal article  |  2018  |  Near Eastern Archaeology

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Literacy in Cyprus and the Levant in the Early Iron Age: Continuities from the Bronze Age

B Davis

Book Chapter  |  2018

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Like Dolmen, Like Dromos: Contextualizing the Solar Orientations of Some Mycenaean Tholoi

BE Davis, AP Chapin, E Banou, LA HITCHCOCK

Book Chapter  |  2017  |  Aegaeum

It has been observed that the Treasury of Atreus at Mycenae, the most famous Mycenaean tholos tomb, is oriented to the point on th..

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Cypro-Minoan in Marking Systems of the Eastern and Central Mediterranean: New Insights into Old Problems

M Valério, B Davis

Book Chapter  |  2017

This volume is intended to be the first in a series that will focus on the origin of script and the boundaries of non-scribal comm..

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The symbolism of the scorpion in minoan religion: A cosmological approach on the basis of votive offerings from the peak sanctuary at Ayios Yeoryios Sto Vouno, Kythera

E Banou, B Davis

Book Chapter  |  2016  |  Aegaeum

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Philistine Names and Terms Once Again: A Recent Perspective

AM Maeir, BE Davis, LA Hitchcock

Journal article  |  2016  |  Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology & Heritage Studies

In the last decade or so, new data and interpretations on the onomastics of Iron Age Philistia have appeared. In this article, we ..

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An ivory bowl from Early Iron Age Tell es-Safi/Gath (Israel): manufacture, meaning and memory

AM Maeir, B Davis, LK Horwitz, Y Asscher, LA Hitchcock

Journal article  |  2015  |  World Archaeology

In 2013, an ivory bowl was discovered in a chalky matrix in the Early Iron Age (Philistine) levels in Area A at Tell es-Safi/Gath...

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Disentangling Entangled Objects: Iron Age Inscriptions from Philistia as a Reflection of Cultural Processes

Brent Davis, Aren M Maeir, Louise A Hitchcock

Journal article  |  2015  |  Israel Exploration Journal

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ADORNMENT, RITUAL AND IDENTITY: INSCRIBED MINOAN JEWELLERY

Josephine Verduci, Brent Davis

Journal article  |  2015  |  Annual of the British School at Athens

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Minoan Stone Vessels with Linear A Inscriptions [Aegaeum 36]

B Davis

Book  |  2014

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Syntax in Linear A: The Word Order of the Libation Formula

B Davis

Journal article  |  2014  |  Kadmos: Zeitschrift fuer vor- und fruehgriechische Epigraphik

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The vapheio tholos tomb and the construction of a symbolic landscape in Laconia, Greece

AP Chapin, B Davis, LA Hitchcock, E Banou

Book Chapter  |  2014  |  Aegaeum

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A new Cypro-Minoan inscription from Tiryns: TIRY Avas 002

B Davis, J Maran, S Wirghová

Journal article  |  2014  |  Kadmos

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Cypro-Minoan in Philistia?

BE DAVIS

Journal article  |  2011  |  Kubaba

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Introduction to the Aegean Pre-Alphabetic Scripts

BE DAVIS

Journal article  |  2010  |  Kubaba

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A New Reading of PK ZB 21

Brent Davis

Journal article  |  2009  |  Kadmos: Zeitschrift fuer vor- und fruehgriechische Epigraphik

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So You Find a Deposit Filled with Artifacts: Where Do You Start to Read? A Discussion of Material Culture as Text

BE DAVIS

Journal article  |  2008  |  Archaeological Review from Cambridge

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Libation and the Minoan Feast

BE Davis

Book Chapter  |  2008

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The Lunar Year of the Coligny Calendar as a Precedent for the Insular Lunar Year

BE DAVIS

Journal article  |  2007  |  Talanta : proceedings of the Dutch Archaeological and Historical Society

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The Solar Year of the Coligny Calendar as an Analog of the Roman Solar Year

BE DAVIS

Journal article  |  2007  |  Talanta : proceedings of the Dutch Archaeological and Historical Society

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Scholarly Works

Keyword Analysis

Archaeology
Expanding Knowledge
Understanding Past Societies
Historical Studies

News

Displaying the 2 most recent news articles by Brent Davis.

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How do you crack the code to a lost ancient script?

Brent Davis

November 3, 2019
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Lucky discoveries of lost ancient history

James Chong-Gossard, Brent Davis, Tim Parkin, Louise Hitchcock

February 14, 2019

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Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2019

The Michael Ventris Award for Mycenaean Studies 2019

University of London
2010

Postgraduate Travel Grant, USD $313

Archaeological Institute of America
2008

Recognition for Outstanding Academic Achievement in 2007, Dean's Awards

University of Melbourne
2008

Spencer-Pappas Travel Grant, AUD $694

University of Melbourne
2007

Jessie Webb Fellowship, AUD $13,000

University of Melbourne
2007

Alma Hansen Scholarship, AUD $8,000

University of Melbourne
2007

William Culican Memorial Award for Archaeology and Ancient History, AUD $500

University of Melbourne
2007

Australian Postgraduate Award, AUD $61,281

University of Melbourne
2013

HONFSHPS - Honorary Fellow, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies

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Awards

Credentials

Positions

Lecturer In Archaeology

Historical And Philosophical Studies

Member

Archaeological Institute of America

Study Specialist (Ancient Egypt)

VCAA Examination Development Panel

Early Career Researcher Member

American Schools of Oriental Research

Education

Doctor of Philosophy

University of Melbourne

Postgraduate Diploma

University of Melbourne

Graduate Diploma

University of Melbourne

Bachelor of Arts

Stanford University

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