Scholar
Fimmen
fl. 1886–1921
Scholar, active 1886–1921.
Life and work
- 1886Reported (1886): Lets the Mycenaean style end around 1200, relying on absence of painted Mycenaean vases in Grave 2: «Fimmen, der den mykeni- schen Stil um 1200 aufhören läßt, mißt der Tatsache einen großen Wert bei»
Jahrbuch des Kaiserlich Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts (1886), p. 223
- UndatedWrote 'Zeit und Dauer der kretisch-mykenischen Kultur', agreeing with Furtwängler and Evans in dating the Enkomi necropolis to the 12th century BC, and studied Minoan and Mycenaean pottery found outside Greece, arguing that painted kraters exported to Cyprus were bought for their form and decoration.
Jahrbuch des Kaiserlich Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts 1906-1915: 21-30 Index (1906)
- UndatedWrote Zeit und Dauer der kretisch-mykenischen Kultur, fully agreeing with Furtwängler and Evans in dating the Enkomi necropolis to the 12th century BC.
- UndatedStudied the export of Minoan and Mycenaean pottery found outside Greece and Crete, and argued that some Cypriot painted kraters were bought for their form and decoration.
- UndatedDocumented the discovery of Minoan and Mycenaean pottery found outside Greece and Crete, and argued that exported painted vases, including kraters from Cyprus, were bought for their form and decoration.
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Sources
- 1.Jahrbuch des Kaiserlich Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts 1906-1915: 21-30 Index (1906).
- 2.Kaiserlich Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Jahrbuch des Kaiserlich Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts (1887).
- 3.William A. McDonald; Carol G. Thomas, Progress into the Past: The Rediscovery of Mycenaean Civilization (1990).
- 4.William A. McDonald, Progress into the Past: The Rediscovery of Mycenaean Civilization (1967).
- 5.Jahrbuch des Kaiserlich Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts (1886).
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