Re: Indian monkey painting on Thera

And by the way :

It's certainly worth looking at the original scholarly -- and extensively
illustrated -- publication of 5 December 2019 :  "A new identification of
the monkeys depicted in a Bronze Age wall painting from Akrotiri, Thera"  (
at https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Flink=
.springer.com%2Farticle%2F10.1007%252Fs10329-019-00778-1&data=3D02%7C01=
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b64457b818481cb53d42ae%7C0%7C1%7C637124561607524574&sdata=3DY9OSQxf7XgB=
%2FDtEH3U7Cq%2F0e%2Bc38GHhjLhotGHp0niY%3D&reserved=3D0  *OR*
https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Flink.sp=
ringer.com%2Fcontent%2Fpdf%2F10.1007%2Fs10329-019-00778-1.pdf&data=3D02=
%7C01%7CCLASSICS-L%40lsv.uky.edu%7C3391305014df40569f0b08d78569c388%7C2b305=
30b69b64457b818481cb53d42ae%7C0%7C1%7C637124561607524574&sdata=3DzZP4wR=
zyJXS%2BslpC%2FG7bmM0%2BK9J0ExrAialNU3nIEXM%3D&reserved=3D0 ), if
you have institutional access to Springer Link, or alternatively feel
disposed to pay  =E2=82=AC  42.29 for the possibility .

For the rest, there is also the coverage at _Sciences et avenir_  (
https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.sci=
encesetavenir.fr%2Farcheo-paleo%2Farcheologie%2Fune-fresque-murale-de-singe=
s-sur-le-site-d-akrotiri-en-mer-egee-revelerait-des-voyages-insoupconnes-ef=
fectues-par-les-anciens-minoens-a-l-age-du-bronze_139926&data=3D02%7C01=
%7CCLASSICS-L%40lsv.uky.edu%7C3391305014df40569f0b08d78569c388%7C2b30530b69=
b64457b818481cb53d42ae%7C0%7C1%7C637124561607524574&sdata=3DW5oRDK5AjG5=
kdM%2BJmYvTRrCYya6Cf%2F5NE2YVgNdWytc%3D&reserved=3D0
)  and, for those who can manage Russian, at _Polit_  (
https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fpolit.r=
u%2Fnews%2F2019%2F12%2F16%2Fps_akrotiri%2F&data=3D02%7C01%7CCLASSICS-L%=
40lsv.uky.edu%7C3391305014df40569f0b08d78569c388%7C2b30530b69b64457b818481c=
b53d42ae%7C0%7C1%7C637124561607524574&sdata=3DzNDltjm0wm%2BZgLyPMBgAskK=
nZ4MLZ0bppipFZpPKz%2BY%3D&reserved=3D0 ) .   Maybe also worth
looking at is the relevant blog posting "Minoan Monkey Business: Fresco
Links Greek Island With Asia" at
https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.anc=
ient-origins.net%2Fnews-history-archaeology%2Fminoan-monkey-0013011&dat=
a=3D02%7C01%7CCLASSICS-L%40lsv.uky.edu%7C3391305014df40569f0b08d78569c388%7=
C2b30530b69b64457b818481cb53d42ae%7C0%7C1%7C637124561607524574&sdata=3D=
cUTZI1nnY%2FMG1cd4Haxj4zdHj24QRVIyp6Jld5W8MOw%3D&reserved=3D0
.

According to Altmetric.com, the publication has so far generated 114
Twitter mentions -- with an especially high percentage of them coming,
perhaps not surprisingly, from . . . India .


- Laval Hunsucker
  Br=C5=93uquelenne-les-deux-=C3=A9glises, Pays-Bas


On Fri, Dec 20, 2019 at 1:11 AM Jennifer Margrison <[email protected]>
wrote:

The Smithsonian Magazine also covered this:
>
>  "Such cosmopolitan behavior probably wasn=E2=80=99t easy, but =E2=80=9Co=
ur ancestors were
> interested in rare and exotic things, just as we are,=E2=80=9D Peter Fran=
kopan, a
> global history expert at Oxford University who wasn=E2=80=99t involved in=
 the
> study, tells Whipple. =E2=80=9CLong-distance trade, and connections betwe=
en the
> Mediterranean, Asia and the Indian Ocean are well attested, even in this
> period, for high value, expensive objects.=E2=80=9D
> A live langur from a far-flung locale would certainly fit that bill.
> There=E2=80=99s even evidence from other archaeological finds supporting =
the idea
> that foreign monkeys might have made it to Greece: a fossilized skull
> <
> https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.a=
ncient.eu%2Farticle%2F673%2Fakrotiri-frescoes%2F&amp;data=3D02%7C01%7CCLASS=
ICS-L%40lsv.uky.edu%7C3391305014df40569f0b08d78569c388%7C2b30530b69b64457b8=
18481cb53d42ae%7C0%7C1%7C637124561607524574&amp;sdata=3D5shL7P%2FIjeW45bn0Y=
D819gaqTF%2BalqfgoRvaQsFNcWA%3D&amp;reserved=3D0>
> on Thera, for
> instance, and an ivory figurine
> <
> https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.t=
heaustralian.com.au%2Fnation%2Fcurious-tail-of-monkeys-who-crossed-the-anci=
ent-world%2Fnews-story%2F0f71bd4708dc3bcfdc4849b6c674c65b&amp;data=3D02%7C0=
1%7CCLASSICS-L%40lsv.uky.edu%7C3391305014df40569f0b08d78569c388%7C2b30530b6=
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6aYCN91VdEYM%2BVTF0gglvEDil7yEwLVgU%3D&amp;reserved=3D0
> >
>  on Crete. "
>
> No paywall but a lot of advertising:
>
> https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.s=
mithsonianmag.com%2Fsmart-news%2Fpainted-bronze-age-monkeys-hint-interconne=
ctedness-ancient-world-180973789%2F&amp;data=3D02%7C01%7CCLASSICS-L%40lsv.u=
ky.edu%7C3391305014df40569f0b08d78569c388%7C2b30530b69b64457b818481cb53d42a=
e%7C0%7C1%7C637124561607524574&amp;sdata=3DTESjDCoH%2Bx2nsTCkliLA3orEdMgC2O=
QsaEYixX%2FY7UU%3D&amp;reserved=3D0
>
> etc.
>
>