Jan Driessen
Visiting Scholar
Rawson Visiting Scholar
Blegen Library
A&S Classics Tytus Scholars - 0226
Professional Summary
Jan Driessen has an MA in Archaeology and one in Ancient History, both from the University of Leuven, where he also defended his PhD. He is emeritus professor of Greek Archaeology of the UCLouvain and is honorary director of the Belgian School at Athens (2012-2022). He directs the Bronze Age excavations at Sissi on Crete and co-directs the excavations at Pyla-Kokkinokremos on Cyprus.
Publications
Peer Reviewed Publications
Driessen J.; Letesson Q. (03-01-2024. ) The Gathering: Collectivity and the Development of Bronze Age Cretan Society.Journal of Archaeological Research, , 32 (1 ) ,1-58 More Information
Polig M.; Hermon S.; Jusseret S.; Sorrentino G.; Driessen J.; Kanta A.; Bretschneider J. (01-01-2023. ) High-Resolution 3D Documentation of Archaeological Artefacts. A Copper-Alloy Object from Pyla-Kokkin.Digital Biblical Studies, , 6 ,46-71 More Information
Driessen J. (06-01-2021. ) Revisiting the Minoan palaces: Ritual commensality at Sissi.Antiquity, , 95 (381 ) ,686-704 More Information
Nafplioti A.; Driessen J.; Schmitt A.; Crevecoeur I. (02-01-2021. ) Mobile (after-)lifeways: People at pre- and protopalatial Sissi (Crete).Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, , 35 , More Information
Driessen J.; Sarris A. (11-16-2020. ) Archaeology and Geophysics in Tandem on Crete.Journal of Field Archaeology, , 45 (8 ) ,571-587 More Information
Driessen J. (01-10-2019. ) The Santorini eruption. An archaeological investigation of its distal impacts on Minoan Crete.Quaternary International, , 499 ,195-204 More Information
Driessen J. (01-01-2019. ) Claiming the bones, naming the stones? Appropriating a minoan past .Aegaeum, , 43 ,765-774
Hermon S.; Polig M.; Driessen J.; Jans G.; Bretschneider J. (09-01-2018. ) An integrated 3D shape analysis and scientific visualization approach to the study of a Late Bronze .Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, , 10 , More Information
Sarris A.; Manataki M.; Déderix S.; Driessen J. (09-30-2017. ) Revealing the structural details of the minoan settlement of Sissi, eastern Crete, through geophysic .AP2017: 12th International Conference of Archaeological Prospection 12th-16th September 2017, University of Bradford, , 206-208
Driessen J. (01-01-2017. ) Preface.Minoan Earthquakes: Breaking the Myth through Interdisciplinarity, , 5-6 More Information
Driessen J. (01-01-2017. ) ‘In bulls doth the earth-shaker delight’ - Introduction to the volume .Minoan Earthquakes: Breaking the Myth through Interdisciplinarity, , 19-28
Driessen J.; Knappett C. (01-01-2014. ) The late minoan i building at vai (Crete).Bulletin de Correspondance Hellenique, , 138 (2 ) ,451-466 More Information
Jusseret S.; Driessen J.; Letesson Q. (01-01-2013. ) Minoan lands? Some remarks on land ownership on bronze age crete.An Archaeology of Land Ownership, , 46-69 More Information
Driessen J. (01-12-2012. ) Malia.The Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean, , More Information
Driessen J. (01-01-2003. ) Towards an archaeology of crisis: Defining the long-term impact of the Bronze Age Santorini eruption.Natural Disasters and Cultural Change, , 250-263 More Information
Schoep I.; Driessen J. (12-01-2002. ) An inscribed handle from Palaikastro (PK Zb 25) .Minos, , 37-38 ,77-80
Driessen J.; Macdonald C.F. (06-20-2000. ) The eruption of the Santorini volcano and its effects on Minoan Crete.Geological Society Special Publication, , 171 ,81-93 More Information
Driessen J. (01-01-1999. ) 'The archaeology of a dream': The reconstruction of Minoan public architecture.Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology, , 12 (1 ) ,121-127 More Information
Macgillivray J.A.; Sackett L.H.; Driessen J.M. (01-01-1998. ) Excavations at palaikastro, 1994 and 1996.The Annual of the British School at Athens, , 93 ,221-268 More Information
Driessen J. (01-01-1994. ) A fragmentary linear a inscription from petsophas, palaikastro (pk za 20).Kadmos, , 33 (2 ) ,149-152 More Information
MacGillivray J.A.; Sackett L.H.; Driessen J.M.; Hemingway S. (01-01-1992. ) Excavations at palaikastro 1991.The Annual of the British School at Athens, , 87 ,121-152 More Information
Macgillivray J.A.; Sackett L.H.; Driessen J.; Bridges R.; Smyth D. (01-01-1989. ) Excavations at palaikastro.The Annual of the British School at Athens, , 84 ,417-445 More Information
Macgillivray J.A.; Sackett L.H.; Driessen J.; Smyth D. (01-01-1987. ) Excavations at palaikastro, 1986.The Annual of the British School at Athens, , 82 ,135-154 More Information
Driessen J. (01-01-1987. ) Earthquake-Resistant Construction and the Wrath of the “Earth-Shaker”.Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, , 46 (2 ) ,171-178 More Information