The excavation of the prehistoric burial tumulus at Lofkënd, Albania / John K. Papadopoulos, Sarah P. Morris, Lorenc Bejko, and Lynne A. Schepartz ; with contributions by Esmeralda Agolli, Jamie D. Aprile, Brian N. Damiata, J.E. Foss, Shpresa Gjongecaj, Christopher Johanson, Rovena Kurti, Richard MacDonald, John M. Marston, Samantha Martin-McAuliffe, Laura Menez, Vanessa Muros, Yannis Mylonas, Seth Pevnick, David A. Scott, Sarah C. Sherwood, John Southon, Lyssa C. Stapleton, George Theodorou, Evi G.Vardala-Theodorou, Evangelos Velitzelos ; survey, site plans, and drawings by Max Farrar and Samantha Martin-McAuliffe ; object drawings by Ilir Zaloshnja ; photography by Richard MacDonald (2004-2007), Anna MacDonald (2006-2007), and Ian Coyle (2008).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Papadopoulos, John K., 1958- author.

Morris, Sarah P., 1954- author.

Bejko, Lorenc, author.

Schepartz, Lynne Alison, author.

Contributor:

Agolli, Esmeralda, contributor.

Series:

Monumenta archaeologica (Los Angeles, Calif.) ; v. 34.

Monumenta archaeologica ; 34

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antiquities, Prehistoric.

Social archaeology.

Iron age.

Bronze age.

Mounds.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Illyria--Antiquities.

Illyria.

Illyria--Social life and customs.

Illyria--Environmental conditions.

Lofkënd (Albania)--Antiquities.

Lofkënd (Albania).

Excavations (Archaeology)--Albania--Lofkënd.

Mounds--Albania--Lofkënd.

Bronze age--Albania--Lofkënd.

Iron age--Albania--Lofkënd.

Social archaeology--Albania--Lofkënd.

Antiquities, Prehistoric--Albania--Lofkënd.

Albania.

Physical Description:

2 volumes (xxxvii, 1118 pages) ; 29 cm.

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles : Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press, 2014.

Summary:

"The burial tumulus of Lofkënd lies in one of the richest archaeological areas of Albania (ancient 'Illyria'), home to a number of burial tumuli spanning the Bronze and Iron Ages of later prehistory. Some were robbed long ago, others were reused for modern burials; few were excavated under scientific conditions. Modern understanding of the pre- and protohistory of Illyria has largely been shaped by the contents of such burial mounds. What inspired the systematic exploration of Lofkënd by UCLA was more than the promise of an unplundered necropolis; it was also a chance to revisit the significance of this tumulus and its fellows for the emergence of urbanism and complexity in ancient Illyria. In addition to artifacts, the recovery of surviving plant remains, bones, and other organic material contribute insights into the environmental and ecological history of the region"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Volume 1. Text. Part I. The excavation of the tumulus

Introduction

The excavation of the tumulus

Catalogue of Tombs and Their Contents

The relative and absolute chronology of the tumulus

Conservation at the Lofkënd Archaeological Project, 2004-2008

PART II. The population of the tumulus

Bioarchaeology of the Lofkënd tumulus

Appendix 1: Summary of results of DNA analysis of ancient human bone from the Lofkënd tumulus

Results of stable-isotope analyses of human bone samples from Lofkënd

PART III. The analysis of the material from the tumulus

The prehistoric burial customs

The pottery from the tombs and tumulus fill

Appendix 2: Illyria Capta : Corinthian wheelmade pottery from the Lofkënd tumulus

The small finds other than pottery : objects of terracotta and metal (gold/electrum, bronze, iron, bimetallic)

Appendix 3: Modern gun shells and bullets on the surface of the Lofkënd tumulus

Analytical studies of the metal objects from Lofkënd

Textiles and other mineralized organic remains at Lofkënd

The lithic artifacts

Daub

Bitumen at Lofkënd : deposits, sherds, and containers

Environmental archaeology at Lofkënd

PART IV. The tumulus in its context

Research on tumuli in Albanian archaeology

An intensive, systematic archaeological survey of the landscape around the Lofkënd tumulus

The three-dimensional model : digging into information design

Lofkënd as cultivated place

The beginning and the end of the Lofkënd tumulus and the prehistory of the Kanun

Heritage management and the future of the tumulus

Epilogue 1: The lifeways of the tumulus builders

Epilogue 2: From the Stone Age to the recent past : the cultural biography of a landscape and of an Illyrian tumulus

Volume 2. Illustrations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781938770005

1938770005

OCLC:

877853046

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