Housing in New Halos : a Hellenistic town in Thessaly, Greece / editors, H. Reinder Reinders & Wietske Prummel ; with contributions by Georgette M.E.C. van Boekel ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reinders, H. Reinder.

Contributor:

Prummel, Wietske.

Reinders, H. Reinder.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dwellings--Greece--New Halos (Extinct city).

Dwellings.

Greece--New Halos (Extinct city).

New Halos (Extinct city).

Buildings--Greece--New Halos (Extinct city).

Buildings.

Physical Description:

viii, 331 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Exton, Pa. : A.A. Balkema Publishers, [2003]

Summary:

Archaeologists report the results of excavation campaigns between 1978 and 1993 of six houses that were discovered undisturbed and in good condition during surface mapping of the lower town of New Halos in 1977. Rather than focusing on each house, the chapters look at overall features with examples from the various houses. The topics are the town and the investigation itself; general features of the houses; artifacts; environmental, vegetation, and faunal remains; and the beginning and end of the occupation of New Halos, postulated to have been only from 302 to 265 BC. Appended are catalogues of pottery, figurines, loom weights, metal artifacts, and coins. A first volume on the excavations in the city of New Halos was published in 1988 (HES Publishers, Utrecht) Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Chapter 1. New Halos in Achaia Phthiotis / H. Reinder Reinders 7

1. Archaeological research in the Almiros plain 7

2. Coastal towns along the Pagasitikos and Maliakos gulfs 10

3. The investigation of New Halos 30

Chapter 2. The Houses of New Halos / Margriet J. Haagsma 37

2. Principles of the construction of the houses 39

3. Description of the houses 47

Chapter 3. Artefacts 81

1. Pottery / Colette Beestman-Kruyshaar 81

2. Terracotta figurines / Georgette M.E.C. van Boekel, Bieneke Mulder 106

3. Loomweights / Yvette Burnier, Steven Hijmans 118

4. The metal finds / Steven Hijmans 123

5. Coins / H. Reinder Reinders 138

Chapter 4. Environment, Vegetation and Faunal Remains 147

2. Forest vegetation and human impact in the Othris mountains / Henk Woldring 147

3. Late Holocene vegetational history of the Othris mountains / Henk Woldring 159

4. Animal husbandry and mollusc gathering / Wietske Prummel 175

5. Analysis of the arthropod remains / Jaap Schelvis 223

Chapter 5. Beginning and End of the Occupation of New Halos / H. Reinder Reinders 231

1. Dating evidence concerning the city's foundation 231

2. Dating evidence concerning the end of the city's occupation 232

3. Earthquakes in the Almiros plain and the abandonment of New Halos 234

Appendix 1. Catalogue of pottery / Colette Beestman-Kruyshaar 249

Appendix 2. Survey of the distribution of the types of vessels in the six houses / Colette Beestman-Kruyshaar 284

Appendix 3. Catalogue of figurines / Georgette M.E.C. van Boekel, Bieneke Mulder 295

Appendix 4. Catalogue of loomweights / H. Reinder Reinders 298

Appendix 5. Catalogue of metal artefacts / Steven Hijmans 303

Appendix 6. Catalogue of coins / H. Reinder Reinders 320.

Notes:

Rev. ed. of: New Halos. 1988.

Originally published: Utrecht : HES Publishers, 1988.

Includes index.

Related Work:

Reinders, H. Reinder. New Halos.

ISBN:

9058095401

OCLC:

51770782