IAM Publications

The publications of the Institute of Archaeomythology include the Journal of Archaeomythology, published online, collected papers from international symposia, and monographs on archaeomythological themes.

The online Journal is available for complete access and download to current members of IAM. (See membership page for enrollment information.) Non-members are able to access the table of contents, Introduction, and abstracts of articles in the current and archived issues.

Books, monographs, and other listed items can be purchased by printing out the online order form and sending a check or money order (in US dollars or Euros) to the IAM addresses in the United States or Europe.

Signs of Civilization: Exhibition Catalogue, edited by Andrej Starović

Novi Sad: Institute of Archaeomythology and Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, 2004 (100 pp; 52 color, 97 B&W illus.; text in English and Serbo-Croatian).

This publication chronicles the exhibition of inscribed Vinča culture artifacts, curated by Andrej Starović, that accompanied the international symposium “Signs of Civilization,” held at the Novi Sad branch of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, May 24-29, 2004.

Table of Contents:

• “Institute of Archaeomythology,” Joan Marler
• “Vinča culture,” Bogdan Brukner
• “The Challenge of the Abstract Mind: Symbols, Signs and Notational
  Systems in European Prehistory,” Harald Haarmann
• “Knowledge Owners’ Marks,” Andrej Starović
• Catalogue of the Exhibition

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Poster of Vinča culture artifacts / “Signs of Civilization”

Full color; size 17”x 24”

The Neolithic Vinča culture (6th-5th millennia BC) occupied a large area of present day Serbia and Montenegro and as well as regions of Bulgaria and Romania.

This map, expertly drawn by A. Kapuran and adapted for “Sign of Civilization” by A. Starović, shows the geographical location of some of the most famous engraved Vinča artifacts.

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Price: $20   16 Euros
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Forthcoming Spring 2008

Signs of Civilization: The Neolithic Symbol System of Southeast Europe

Papers from the International Symposium in Novi Sad, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, May 24-29, 2004. Edited by Joan Marler and Miriam Robbins Dexter. (For list of papers, click here.)

Prehistoric Roots of Romanian and Southeast European Traditions, Volume I

by Adrian Poruciuc

Illustrations by Aneta Corciova

Edited by

Joan Marler and

Miriam Robbins Dexter

C O N T E N T S

Introduction

I. The Romanian dolf ‘sea-monster’ in Connection with a Greek Lexical Family and with Early Signs of Eurasian Religion

II. The Sea and the Sea Flood Motif in Romanian Folklore

III. The Shape of Sacredness from Prehistoric Temples to Neo-Byzantine Churches

IV. Demeter as ‘Earth Mother’ and Dionysos as ‘Earth’s Bridegroom’

V. Thracian Lions and Romanian Lion-Carols

VI. Orpheus: Name and Function

VII. Folk-Orphic Survivals and Christianized Variants

Instead of an Epilogue