An archaeological palimpsest in Minoan Crete : Tholos tomb A and habitation at Apesokari Mesara / by Georgia Flouda ; with contributions by Maciej Chyleński [ ... and 9 others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Flouda, Georgia, 1974- author.

Contributor:

Chylenśki, Maciej, contributor.

Series:

Prehistory monographs ; 70.

Prehistory monographs ; 70

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Minoans--Greece--Mesara Plain.

Minoans.

Tombs--Greece--Mesara Plain.

Tombs.

Mesara Plain (Greece)--Antiquities.

Mesara Plain (Greece).

Excavations (Archaeology)--Greece--Mesara Plain.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Mesara Plain (Greece)--Buildings, structures, etc.

Crete (Greece)--Antiquities.

Crete (Greece).

Antiquities.

Buildings.

Greece--Crete.

Greece--Mesara Plain.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 213 pages, 198 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 29 cm.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : INSTAP Academic Press, 2023.

Summary:

"This publication presents the archaeological evidence from two associated Minoan sites situated at Apesokari in the Mesara Plain of south-central Crete, Tholos Tomb A and the neighboring free-standing domestic complex on Vigla hill. It thoroughly reconstructs the natural and social landscape of this Cretan community from the late Prepalatial to the early Neopalatial periods through its interdisciplinary character; this includes photogrammetric two- and three-dimensional models of the architectural remains, viewshed analysis of both monuments and of the earlier Tholos Tomb B, as well as A-DNA and stable isotope analysis of the bones. The study of the burial dataset provides insights into the social construction of collective memory and identity by the burying social group, whereas the habitational deposits from the building on Vigla hill establish the longevity and function of the site as a node of the southern Mesara communication and exchange networks"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

List of tables

List of figures

List of plates

Acknowledgments

List of abbreviations

Part I. Tholos tomb A

Part II. Building on Vigla Hill

Part III. Living with the dead: landscape, ancestors, and agency at Apesokari

Appendix A. Seals in the Giamalakis collection attributed to Apesokari / Olga Krzyszkowska

Appendix B. Petrographic classification of stone objects from Apesokari / by Raman Spectroscopy, Basilios Tsikouras

References

Index

Tables

Figures

Plates.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Flouda, Georgia, 1974- Archaeological palimpsest in Minoan Crete

ISBN:

9781931534352

1931534357

OCLC:

1341211239