The Ionian Islands in the Bronze Age and early Iron Age, 3000-800 BC / Christina Souyoudzoglou-Haywood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Souyoudzoglou-Haywood, Christina.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bronze age--Greece--Ionian Islands.

Bronze age.

Iron age--Greece--Ionian Islands.

Iron age.

Ionian Islands (Greece)--Antiquities.

Ionian Islands (Greece).

Ionian Islands (Greece)--Civilization.

Greece--Ionian Islands.

Physical Description:

xvi, 217 pages, 73 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 31 cm

Place of Publication:

Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 1999.

Contents:

1. The Physical Environment 3

2. The Ionian Islands Before the Bronze Age 6

3. History of Archaeological Exploration in the Ionian Islands 9

4. Bronze Age Kerkyra (Corfu): a Summary 11

Part II The Islands

5. Lefkada 17

1. Bronze Age sites

A. The South-West 17

B. The West 17

C. The North 17

D. The East 17

E. Meganisi 19

2. The Early Bronze Age

A. Settlement 19

B. Burials 20

C. Pottery 25

D. Metalwork 28

E. Jewellery 29

F. Miscellaneous Artefacts of Clay, Stone and Bone 29

3. The Middle Bronze Age

A. Settlement 30

B. Burials 30

C. Pottery 32

D. Metalwork 33

E. Miscellaneous Artefacts of Clay, Stone and Horn 34

4. The Late Bronze Age and Protogeometric periods 34

6. Kefalonia 38

1. Bronze Age site 38

A. Argostoli-Livatho 38

B. Paliki 43

C. Koroni 44

D. Sami 45

2. The Early Bronze Age 46

A. Settlement 46

B. Pottery 46

C. Stone Tools and Obsidian 46

3. The Middle Bronze Age 47

A. Settlement 47

B. Tombs 47

C. Pottery 47

D. Other Industries 48

4. The Late Bronze Age and Protogeometric Periods 48

A. Tombs 48

B. Settlement 59

C. Pottery 60

D. Clay Figurine 76

E. Metalwork 77

F. Jewellery and Personal Effects of Glass, Stone, Clay and Amber 83

7. Ithaki 93

1. Bronze Age and Early Iron Age Sites 93

A. Northern Peninsula 93

B. Southern Peninsula 95

2. The Early Bronze Age 95

A. Settlement 95

B. Burials 96

C. Pottery 97

D. Metalwork 99

E. Tools, Implements and Objects of Personal Use in Stone, Obsidian, Clay, Bone and Ivory 100

3. The Middle Bronze Age 101

A. Settlement 101

B. Pottery 101

C. Metalwork 102

4. The Late Bronze Age 102

A. Settlement 102

B. Pottery 103

C. Clay Figurine 107

D. Metalwork 107

E. Miscellaneous Artefacts of Clay and Stone 108

5. The Protogeometric period 108

A. Settlement 108

B. Pottery 109

C. Metalwork 117

8. Zakynthos 122

1. Bronze Age Sites 121

2. The Early and Middle Bronze Ages 122

3. The Late Bronze Age 122

A. Settlement 122

B. Tombs 123

C. Pottery 124

D. Metalwork 126

E. Miscellaneous Artefacts of Stone, Clay, Amber and Faience 126

9. The Islands Through Time 131

1. The Early Bronze Age (ca. 3000-2100 BC) 131

2. The Middle Bronze Age (ca. 2100-1550 BC) 134

3. The Late Bronze Age (ca. 1550-1050/40 BC) 136

4. The Protogeometric Period (ca. 1050/40-760 BC) 142

Catalogue of Late Bronze Age Pottery from Kefalonia 147.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [201]-206) and index.

ISBN:

0853236542

OCLC:

44494390