Excavations at Pylos in Elis / by John E. Coleman ; with a contribution by Katherine Abramovitz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coleman, John E., 1940-

Contributor:

Abramovitz, Katherine.

Series:

Hesperia (Princeton, N.J.). Supplement ; 21.

Hesperia (Princeton, N.J.). Supplement

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology)--Greece--Ēleia.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Pylos Site (Ēleia, Greece).

Greece--Antiquities.

Greece.

Antiquities.

Ēleia (Greece)--Antiquities.

Ēleia (Greece).

Greece--Ēleia.

Physical Description:

xvi, 176, 54 pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1986.

Summary:

When the site of Elean Pylos was threatened by the construction of a dam in 1968, a team from the University of Colorado moved in to salvage as much information as possible about the ancient town before it was submerged. This report is divided chronologically: Middle Helladic, Geometric, Archaic, Classical, Roman, Byzantine, and Frankish. Each chapter consists of a brief description of the remains in the field, followed by a catalogue of the finds. While earlier finds are mainly of wells, the Classical settlement was the size of a large village providing everyday finds of bronze, lead, iron, and pottery. Some fragments of terracotta figurines and amber suggest a certain amount of wealth, but the primary character of the whole site is agricultural. Roman and Frankish remains are primarily funerary.

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages xiii-xvi.

ISBN:

0876615213

OCLC:

14069574