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INSTAP Academic Press - other INSTAP Academic Press titles
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The Cretan Collection in the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania II: Pottery from Gournia
by Philip P. Betancourt and Jean Silverman
The Minoan town at Gournia flourished from the Early Bronze Age until its destruction at the end of the Late Minoan IB period. It was later resettled before being abandoned again in LM IIIB. The town was substantial, with houses arranged in irregular ...
Hardback. Price GB £43.00
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Introduction to Aegean Art
by Philip P Betancourt
This textbook is a compilation of the author's more than 35 years of teaching and excavation experience in the field of Aegean Bronze Age art history and archaeology. It is geared toward an audience of undergraduate and graduate students as an introduction to the Bronze Age art objects and architecture that have been uncovered on Crete, the Greek peninsula, and the Cycladic Islands. c.220p, 169 b/w illus, 12 col pls (The Institute for Aegean ...
Paperback. Price GB £24.00
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Prehistoric Crete: Regional and Diachronic Studies on Mortuary Systems
edited by Joanne M. Murphy, with contributions by Philip P. Betancourt, Gerald Cadogan, Melissa Eaby, Borja Legarra Herrero, Joanne M. Murphy, and Katia Perna
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 chronological periods of Cretan history, tombs are the most abundant source of data. Each author in this volume takes a clear and distinct approach to the data, including some that emphasise political geography on ...
Paperback. Price GB £24.00
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The Bronze Age Begins: The Ceramics Revolution of Early Minoan I and the New Forms of Wealth that Transformed Prehistoric Society
by Philip P. Betancourt
This book focuses on economic and social changes, particularly during the opening phase of the Minoan civilization on the island of Crete. New developments in ceramics that reached Crete at the end of the Neolithic period greatly contributed to the creation of economic, technological, social, and religious advancements we call the Early Bronze Age.
The arguments are two-fold: a detailed explanation of the ceramics we call Early Minoan I ...
Paperback. Price GB £30.00
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Pseira II: Building AC (the `shrine') and Other Buildings in Area A
edited by Philip P. Betancourt and Costis Davaras
Pseira, in northeast Crete, was a port dating from the end of the Neolithic until the Late Minoan. This, the second volume on the recent joint American-Greek archaeological excavations, reports on the new researches on building AC, the Late Minoan I ...
Hardback. Price GB £41.00
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Pseira IV: Minoan Buildings in Areas B C D F
edited by Philip P Betancourt and Costis Davaras
Volume four in the series of final reports on the Bronze Age town of Pseira located on Pseira island just off the coast of Crete. This volume reports on the architectural remains and associated finds from Areas B, C, D and F, including pottery, stone ...
Hardback. Price GB £54.00
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Pseira III: The Plateia Building
by Cheryl R Floyd
This third volume in the series of publications on the Minoan site of Pseira focuses on the Plateia building discovered in 1986. This report on the findings includes an introduction to the project, followed by a detailed discussion of the architecture and ...
Hardback. Price GB £42.00
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Pseira V: Architecture of Pseira
Mcenroe, John C
This report discusses the architecture of the Bronze Age settlement on Pseira, a small island off the coast of Crete. It considers the phases of construction during the MM III through LM IB periods, the building materials and techniques, and the function ...
Hardback. Price GB £38.50
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