The Wor(l)ds of Linear A: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Documents and Inscriptions of a Cretan Bronze Age Script

Authors

Ester Salgarella (ed)
Vassilis Petrakis (ed)
Assistant Professor Department of History and Archaeology National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
https://orcid.org/0009-0003-4044-2313 (unauthenticated)

Synopsis

This volume collects papers presented in the first international meeting devoted entirely to the so-called Linear A script, used in Crete and on certain other Aegean sites during the Protopalatial and Neopalatial periods (c. 1900-1450 BCE). It includes both specialized studies and macroscopic surveys of the evidence, indicating the state of affairs in the study of this still undeciphered Aegean Bronze Age script.

Chapters

  • Getting to know Linear A: A historiographic introduction
    Vassilis Petrakis, Ester Salgarella
    pp. 27-34
  • Names on roundels? The “special” case of Neo-Palatial roundels with incised numerals
    Maria Anastasiadou
    pp. 35-42
  • Recent linguistics-based advances in the study of Linear A
    Brent Davis
    pp. 43-60
  • Cycladic Linear A and connections between scripts
    Cassandra Donnelly
    pp. 61-76
  • Creating a network graph from the Linear A tablets
    Robert Hogan
    pp. 77-94
  • Digital approaches to interdisciplinary datasets and resources for Minoan studies
    Clelia R. LaMonica
    pp. 95-113
  • The common thread: textiles and wool logograms in Linear A
    Marie-Louise Nosch, Jörg Weilhartner
    pp. 115-135
  • The impact of the Minoan chronological framework on the study of Minoan and Mycenaean writing and sealing practices
    Ilse S choep
    pp. 137-150
  • Coded in clay: understanding the relationships between the Linear A, Cretan Hieroglyphic and Linear B administrative systems through the application of phylogenetics
    Emily Tour
    pp. 151-166
  • The Wor(l)ds of Linear A: Concluding thoughts
    Vassilis Petrakis, Philippa M. Steele
    pp. 167-176

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Published

September 8, 2026

Series

AURA Supplements

Online ISSN

2732-9275

Print ISSN

2732-9267
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