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Sandy Pylos : an archaeological history from Nestor to Navarino / edited by Jack L. Davis ; with a new preface by Jack L. Davis and John Bennet and contributions by Susan E. Alcock ... [and others].
Penn Museum Library DF261.M45 S26 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Excavations (Archaeology).
- Messēnia (Greece)--Antiquities.
- Messēnia (Greece).
- Messēnia (Greece)--History.
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Greece--Messēnia.
- Navarino, Battle of, Pylos, Greece, 1827.
- Greece--Messēnia.
- Physical Description:
- lix, 342 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, NJ : American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 2008.
- Summary:
- Sandy Pylos traces the archaeological history of Pylos and surrounding areas in Messenia from the Palaeolithic to the present. Designed as much for general readers and travelers interested in ancient Greece as for scholars, the volume presents the findings of the Pylos Regional Archaeological Project (PRAP), which has intensively studied the region. The 1998 edition, originally published by the University of Texas Press and widely used as a textbook in undergraduate classes, is reprinted with a new preface assessing PRAP's impact and outlining new discoveries.
- Contents:
- Transliteration Rules xliii
- Introduction: Glimpses of Messenia Past / Jack L. Davis x
- Chapter 1 The Environmental Setting / Eberhard Zangger 1
- The Physical Scientist's Role in Regional Archaeology / Eberhard Zangger 10
- From Pollen to Plants / Sergei Yazvenko 14
- Chapter 2 The History of Archaeological Investigations in Messenia / Nigel Spencer 23
- The Discovery of the Palace of Nestor / Jack L. Davis 42
- Marinatos in Pylos / Yannos G. Lolos 47
- Chapter 3 The Palace and Its Dependencies / Jack L. Davis 53
- The Port of Nestor / Eberhard Zangger 69
- Mycenaean Burial at Pylos / Yannos G. Lolos 75
- Chapter 4 The Palace and Its Operations / Cynthia W. Shelmerdine 81
- The Ano Englianos Hilltop After the Palace / Charles G. Griebel, Michael C. Nelson 97
- The Perfumed-Oil Industry / Cynthia W. Shelmerdine 101
- Chapter 5 The Linear B Archives and the Kingdom of Nestor / John Bennet 111
- The PRAP Survey's Contribution / John Bennet 134
- Umme and Nichoria / Cynthia W. Shelmerdine 139
- Chapter 6 After the Palace: The Early "History" of Messenia / Ann B. Harrison, Nigel Spencer 147
- Ceramic Typology for Beginners / Ann B. Harrison 163
- Nichoria: An Early Iron Age Village in Messenia / Nigel Spencer 167
- The Battle of Sphacteria (425 B.C.) / Nigel Spencer 171
- Chapter 7 Liberation and Conquest: Hellenistic and Roman Messenia / Susan E. Alcock 179
- Dialiskari: A Late Roman Villa on the Messenian Coast / David Stone, Axel Kampke 192
- Power from the Dead: Tomb Cult in Postliberation Messenia / Susan E. Alcock 199
- Bouka / Ann B. Harrison 205
- Chapter 8 Medieval Messenia / Sharon E.J. Gerstel 211
- The Estates of Niccolo Acciaiuoli / Sharon E.J.Gerstel 229
- Venetian Methoni (Modon) / Sharon E.J. Gerstel 234
- Byzantine Sgraffito Ware / Sharon E.J. Gerstel 239
- Chapter 9 The Second Ottoman Period and the Greek Revolution / Jack L. Davis 245
- Hasanaga: A Glimpse Into the Ottoman Countryside / Susan E. Alcock 262
- The Battle of Navarino / Charles Watkinson 267
- Chapter 10 From Pausanias to the Present / Jack L. Davis 273
- Messenia's Multiple Pasts / Jack L. Davis 292
- Computers and Maps at PRAP / Sebastian Heath 298
- A Fieldwalker's Perspective on PRAP / Maria Antoniou, Kalliope Kaloyerakou 302
- Sources of Quotations 311.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9780876619612
- 0876619618
- OCLC:
- 167511017
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