Ra-Pi-Ne-U

This volume, in honour of one of the Odysseuses in Aegean archaeology,
Professor Robert Laffineur, comprises a combination of papers presented during
a seminar series on recent developments in Mycenaean archaeology at the
Université de Louvain during the academic year 2015-2016. These were organised
within the frame of the ARC13/18-049 (concerted research action) 'A World in
Crisis?' To these are added a series of papers by friends of Robert Laffineur
who were keen to off er a contribution to honour him foremost as a friend and
scholar in his own right but also as editor of a respected international
series founded by him – Aegaeum – and as the driving force and inspiration
behind the biannual Aegean meetings that have travelled the world. Several
papers within touch scientific domains close to Robert’s heart while others
present new excavations or new interpretations of known data.