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Knossos excavations, 1957-1961 : early Minoan / by Sinclair Hood and Gerald Cadogan, with contributions by Doniert Evely ... [and others].
Penn Museum Library DF261.K55 H663 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hood, Sinclair.
- Series:
- Supplementary volume (British School at Athens) ; 46.
- The annual of the British School at Athens / supplementary volume ; 46
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Knossos (Extinct city)--Antiquities.
- Knossos (Extinct city).
- Crete (Greece)--Antiquities.
- Crete (Greece).
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Greece--Crete.
- Excavations (Archaeology).
- Greece--Crete.
- Minoans.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 327 pages, 65 pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portrait ; 31 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London : British School at Athens, 2011.
- Summary:
- Not previously published, this volume presents a heavily revised and updated report on the finds from excavations carried out under the direction of Sinclair Hood. Recent research and analysis as well as bibliography have been incorporated into the text, which includes reports by other archaeologists. The central topic is the pottery found during the excavation, which is described in full. Published in an oversized format (8.5x12"), the volume concludes with 65 b&w plates of each shard and pot described. Distributed in North America by The David Brown Book Co. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- Introduction : the excavations at Knossos, 1957-1961
- The Minoan excavations of 1958-1961
- Early Minoan I : the palace well
- The early Minoan II-III excavations
- The early Minoan II pottery
- The early Minoan III pottery
- Area A. Royal Road: North. The early Minoan II-III deposits
- Area B. The early houses : the early Minoan II-III deposits
- Early Minoan II-III : other artefacts and bioarchaeological remains
- Other early Minoan pottery from Knossos : 1179-1369
- The early Minoan ceramic sequence of Knossos
- Conclusions.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-313) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780904887648
- 0904887642
- OCLC:
- 757931372
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