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We are pleased to announce the publication of ! This issue includes studies on bothroi in Late Helladic settlements in mainland Greece, memory and hero cult at Sparta, the management of wealth at the Argive Heraion during the early 5th century, and the survey work conducted at the site of Methone in northern Greece.

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, by Polina Kapsali, explores the fact that while bothroi are a distinctive feature of late 3rd-millennium BCE living environments in mainland Greece, their usage and purpose remain unclear. The article critically examines the paradigms influencing their study and argues that bothroi have often been analyzed through a dichotomy between practical and ritual interpretations, thus limiting our present understanding. By focusing on the spatial relationships of bothroi and their fills, the study offers an alternative approach. While centered on Lerna, it also incorporates evidence from other mainland sites, suggesting that activities associated with bothroi played a role in reinforcing the connections of people to specific places during a period when living environments were undergoing significant transformation.

, by Nicolette Pavlides, examines how the Menelaion sanctuary and the Late Helladic remains at Therapne (Sparta) became lieux de mémoire, “memory spaces” of the local past. The “sacralization” of the landscape at Therapne is viewed in the context of the gradual naissance of Spartan state formation ca. 700 BCE, when Sparta slowly established itself as a community, and of the subsequent monumentalization of the sanctuary in the Archaic period. The inception of the cult at the end of the 8th or early 7th century BCE illustrates how heroes could serve as anchors for later communities undergoing periods of transformation, allowing them to define themselves through their local past.

, by Evan Vance, reexamines three dedications by iaromnamones at the Argive Heraion dating to the early 5th century BCE (ca. 480–460). While these inscriptions were published around the turn of the 20th century, their importance for understanding the finances of Hera’s sanctuary at a crucial point in Argive history has not been appreciated. The inscriptions reveal that iaromnamones regularly froze Hera’s wealth as dedications, suggesting an apprehension about maintaining a sacred treasury in cash. By situating the inscriptions in their Archaic context, this article offers a new paradigm for understanding magistrate dedications as a form of public accountability and highlights the institutional complexity of communal resources in the early Greek polis.

, by C. Myles Chykerda and MaryAnn Kontonicolas, presents the work of the Ancient Methone Archaeological Project, a four-year, multidisciplinary study focused on Methone and its associated environs in northern Greece. One component, a surface survey balancing intensive coverage with time constraints, was initiated with a goal of investigating 80 ha of land surrounding the Classical and Macedonian sites. It was found that the area surrounding the urban core had evidence of human activity ranging from the Neolithic to the Byzantine period and later. This article outlines general research philosophies and methodologies of the survey and integrates knowledge of the surrounding area that would generally be classified as “extensive” data.

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