Listening to the Stones: Essays on Architecture and Function in Ancient Greek Sanctuaries in Honour of Richard Alan Tomlinson

Elena C. Partida is research archaeologist at the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports, and adjunct professor at the University of Patras. She holds MA and PhD from the University of Birmingham.Barbara Schmidt-Dounas studied classical archaeology, ancient history and prehistory at the Universities Johann Wolfgang von Goethe at Frankfurt/Main and Georg August at Göttingen in Germany. Barbara is a member of the founding board of the Interdisciplinary Centre of Archaeological Studies ‘Manolis Andronikos’ and a director of the Cast Museum of the Department of Archaeology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Barbara is also a corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute.

The book includes a diversity of topics that examine different aspects of architecture identifiable with Tomlinson's research: matters of construction, design, orders, architectural planning, but also identity, politics and the part architecture played in them, not only enriching our knowledge of specific sites and buildings, but also emphasising the value of architectural analysis.

• Preface – by Elena Partida and Barbara Schmidt-DounasPublications by Richard Alan TomlinsonEmplekton - The Art of Weaving Stones – by Poul PedersenIonic or Doric – by Barbara Schmidt-DounasObservations on the Interior Structure of Macedonian Tombs – by Stella DrougouThe Stoas of the Sanctuary at Dodona – by Nikolaos Th. KatsikoudisArchitectural Practice and the Distinctiveness of Sacred Sites – by Franziska LangTown and Sanctuary in Aetolia - Calydon in Context – by Søren DietzPolitics Reflected on Architecture: An Evaluation of the Aetolian, the Pergamene and the Roman Input to the Religious Landscape at Delphi – by Elena C. PartidaFrom the Valley of the Muses Via the Kabeirion of Thebes to the Ptoion: The Theatres and Sanctuaries of Boeotia – by Marco GermaniObservations on the History and Topography of Two Major Sanctuaries of Poseidon and Zeus in Aigialeia of Achaea – by Dora KatsonopoulouThe Organization, Planning and Architectural Design of the Sanctuary of Zeus at Mount Lykaion, Arcadia – by David Gilman RomanoReconstructing Building Height: The Early Hellenistic Hestiatorion Propylon at Epidauros – by Jari PakkanenInterpretation of the Current State of the Treasuries Retaining Wall at Ancient Olympia through Staged Historical Back Analysis – by Dimitrios EgglezosSacred Architecture in Roman Laconia – by Georgios DoulfisMore Corinthian on Samothrace – by Bonna D. WescoatThe Sanctuaries on the Island of Lesbos from an Architectural and Topographical Perspective – by Yannis KourtzellisShaping the Ancient Religious Landscape at Kato Phana, Chios – by Lesley A. BeaumontTopographical Study of Ancient Cos: New Data from the Western District – by Giorgio RoccoThe Tufa Stoa in Cos: A Hypothesis on Its Identification – by Monica LivadiottiMedicine, Urbanisation and Religion in Classical Cos – by Luigi M. CaliòTemple and Hestiatorion. The Combined Edifice on Mount Çatallar Tepe (Turkey) – by Frank HulekThe Role of Carians in the Development of Greek Architecture – by Abdulkadir BaranVisualising Cyrene: Three-Dimensional (3D) Laser Scanning and the Ancient Urban Environment – by Gareth Sears and Vince GaffneyNew Evidence for Early Greek Settlement on the Acropolis of Selinunte – by Clemente MarconiTravels Around Greece – by Tony Spawforth, Erica Davies and Marie-Christine Keith