Aegean / Mediterranean Prehistory

ISBN: 9781931534680
Published by : INSTAP Academic Press (Institute for Aegean Prehistory)
Series: PREHISTORY MONOGRAPHS
Volume: 38
This volume is based on material from an intensive and systematic field survey of Halasarna (modern Kardamaina), located on a coastal plain in the southern part of the Dodecanesian island of Kos, and a study of settlement patterns across the A... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781107029316
Published by : Cambridge University Press
Within the field of ancient bilingualism, Sicily represents a unique terrain for analysis as a result of its incredibly rich linguistic history, in which 'colonial' languages belonging to branches as diverse as Italic (Oscan and L... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781931534666
Published by : INSTAP Academic Press (Institute for Aegean Prehistory)
Excavations at the Bronze Age seaport on Pseira Island uncovered the remains of sophisticated water retention systems that included the addition of retaining walls to prevent erosion, massive dams with associated reservoirs, and small check-dam... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407310213
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: Bar S
Volume: 2422
The development of settlement in the region between Chiusi and Volterra (northern Etruria, corresponding to the modern territory of Siena), from the Iron Age to the end of the Romanization period (9th-1st century BC), is a much-debated subject amo... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407310251
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: Bar S
Volume: 2426
The core of this study encompasses the presentation of the pottery analysis from Levels IV-V at Ulucak Mound in Izmir, Turkey, in order to reveal the site’s cultural-historical and chronological position within the greater Neolithic context of Tur... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781107009073
Published by : Cambridge University Press
The Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar is a rare document of omens foretold by thunder. It long lay hidden, embedded in a Greek translation within a Byzantine treatise from the age of Justinian. The first complete English translation ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781931534659
Published by : INSTAP Academic Press (Institute for Aegean Prehistory)
Series: PREHISTORY MONOGRAPHS
Volume: 36
Contributions by 37 scholars are brought together here to create a volume in honor of the long and fruitful career of Costis Davaras, former Ephor of Crete and Professor Emeritus of Minoan Archaeology at the University of Athens. Articles perta... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781842175149
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: EARTH SERIES
Volume: 1
This first monograph in the EARTH series The dynamics of non-industrial agriculture: 8,000 years of resilience and innovation , approaches the great variety of agricultural practices in human terms. It focuses on the relationship between plants... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780904887662
Published by : British School at Athens
Series: BSA Studies
Volume: 20
How do the cultures of Crete and Cyprus, the two great islands of the eastern Mediterranean, compare in their history and development from the 3rd millennium to the 1st millennium BC? What was similar and what was different in the... .... Learn More