Aegean & Mediterranean Prehistory

ISBN: 9781623030308
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: 9781623030391
Published by : INSTAP Academic Press (Institute for Aegean Prehistory)
Series: PREHISTORY MONOGRAPHS
Volume: 37
A regional survey was undertaken in the central part of the Mirabello Bay area: along the northeastern coast of Crete in the Gournia Valley and the northern half of the Isthmus of Ierapetra, ending in the valley of Episkopi, to provide a region... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781623030278
Published by : INSTAP Academic Press (Institute for Aegean Prehistory)
Series: PREHISTORY MONOGRAPHS
Volume: 35
House X is by far the largest and best appointed of the Minoan houses excavated at Kommos in south-central Crete, a Minoan harbor and settlement that later became the site of a Greek sanctuary. Situated on the seacoast of the western Mesara Pla... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781623030339
Published by : INSTAP Academic Press (Institute for Aegean Prehistory)
Series: PREHISTORY MONOGRAPHS
Volume: 34
The publication of the Hagia Photia Cemetery is planned in three volumes. The first volume, which has already been published (Davaras and Betancourt 2004), presented the tomb groups and the architecture. The second volume about the excavation o... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781623031145
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: 9781623030001
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: 9781621390060
Published by : American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Series: Nemea Valley Archaeological Project
Volume: 1
While 'corridor houses' like the House of the Tiles at Lerna have provoked widespread discussion about the origins of social stratification in Greece, few settlements of the Early Bronze Age (ca. 3100-2000 B.C.) have been thoroughly excavated. ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781621390039
Published by : American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Series: Hesperia Supplement
Volume: 44
This volume presents the papers of an international colloquium on the archaeology of houses and households in ancient Crete held in Ierapetra in May 2005. The 38 papers presented here range from a discussion of household activities at Final Neolit... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781623031176
Published by : INSTAP Academic Press (Institute for Aegean Prehistory)
Since the inception of Minoan archaeology, studies pertaining to tombs and tomb deposits have played seminal roles in our understanding of Minoan culture and the reconstruction of Bronze Age society. For several geographical areas and chronolog... .... Learn More