The Alatzomouri rock shelter : an early Minoan III deposit in eastern Crete / edited by Vili Apostolakou, Thomas M. Brogan, and Philip P. Betancourt ; with contributions from Vili Apostolakou, Philip P. Betancourt, Thomas M. Brogan, Joanne E. Cutler, Heidi M.C. Dierckx, Susan C. Ferrence, Floyd W. McCoy, Evi Margaritis, Dimitra Mylona, and Eleni Nodarou.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Apostolakou, Vili, 1957- editor.

Brogan, Thomas M., editor.

Betancourt, Philip P., 1936- editor.

Series:

Prehistory monographs ; 58.

Prehistory monographs ; 58

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology).

Pottery, Minoan.

Minoans.

Material culture.

Caves.

Crete (Greece)--Antiquities.

Crete (Greece).

Pacheía Ámmos (Greece)--Antiquities.

Pacheía Ámmos (Greece).

Caves--Greece--Pacheía Ámmos.

Minoans--Material culture--Greece--Pacheía Ámmos.

Pottery, Minoan--Greece--Pacheía Ámmos.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Greece--Pacheía Ámmos.

Greece.

Physical Description:

xx, 136 pages, 31 unnumbered pages of figures, 49 numbered pages of plates ; 29 cm.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : INSTAP Academic Press, 2017.

Summary:

"Describes and illustrates the excavation of an artificial rock shelter in Crete, Greece. Pottery and small finds such as stone tools, loomweights, and ecofactual remains were recovered. The ceramics elucidate the style and chronology of East Cretan White-on-Dark Ware, which dates to the end of the Early Bronze Age"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

[1] The evidence

Introduction / Vili Apostolakou, Thomas M. Brogan, and Philip P. Betancourt

Geology and geoarchaeology / Floyd W. McCoy

Excavation and stratigraphy / Thomas M. Brogan

Pottery / Philip P. Betancourt and Thomas M. Brogan

Chipped and ground stone tools / Heidi M.C. Dierckx

Textile tools / Thomas M. Brogan and Joanne E. Cutler

Marine animals / Dimitra Mylona

Archaeobotanical remains / Evi Margaritis

Miscellaneous objects / Thomas M. Brogan and Philip P. Betancourt

Pottery statistics / Philip P. Betancourt, Thomas M. Brogan, and Susan C. Ferrence

Ceramic petrography / Eleni Nodarou

[2] Discussion

Evidence for chronology / Philip P. Betancourt, Thomas M. Brogan, and Vili Apostolakou

Interpretation of the rock shelter / Vili Apostolakou, Thomas M. Brogan, Susan C. Ferrence, and Philip P. Betancourt

Concordance A: Hagios Nikolaos Museum numbers and catalog numbers

Concordance B: Field and catalog numbers.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Alatzomouri rock shelter.

ISBN:

9781931534932

1931534934

OCLC:

978285578