Eleni Konsolaki

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Eleni Konsolaki also Eleni Konsolaki-Giannopoulou ( Greek Ελένη Κονσολάκη , also Ελένη Κονσολάκη-Γιαννοπούλου , English Eleni Konsolaki-Yannopoulou ) is a Greek classical archaeologist .

As a scientist at the Ephorie (monument preservation authority) she is responsible for the Trizinia / Poros / Methana region. She has been researching this area since 1986. She is particularly concerned with the preservation of the region's ancient monuments. She received a lot of attention through her excavation and research activities at the Mycenaean sanctuary, which was discovered on Methana in 1990 . In her research she describes u. a. over 150 tonidols of early Greek deities. Her discovery of a children's grave within the shrine was sensational. Above all, she drew the attention of the Greek state to the fact that the Methana peninsula was archaeologically worthy of protection. It is mainly thanks to them that the Methana peninsula has been noted as an archaeologically protected zone.

In recent years she explored the Mycenaean acropolis Maghoula near Galatas (near the island of Poros). In the process she discovered several Mycenaean domed tombs , which show that the region around Troizen was not only important in ancient times. The more the research progresses, the clearer the connections between the Mycenaean epoch and the Minoan epoch become. Eleni Konsolaki-Giannopoulou published her research at the conference on the history of the Saronic Gulf in 1998 on the island of Poros. Your research has contributed a lot to the prehistory.

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  • A group of new Mycenaean horsemen from Methana . In: Aegaeum , 20, 1999, pp. 427-433.
  • New evidence for the practice of libations in the Aegean bronze age . In: Aegaeum , 22, 2001, pp. 213–220, ulg.ac.be (PDF)
  • A Mycenaean sanctuary on Methana . In: Peloponnesian sanctuaries and cults . Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium at the Swedish Institute at Athens, June 11-13, 1994. Stockholm 2002, pp. 25-36.
  • with Yannis Hamilakis: Pigs for the gods. Burnt animal sacrifices as embodied rituals at a Mycenaean sanctuary . In: Oxford Journal of Archeology , 23, 2004, pp. 153-175, sas.upenn.edu (PDF).