Taking the high road : prehistoric habitation and exploitation in the mountains of East Crete: new evidence from an extensive survey / Tina I. Kalantzopoulou.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kalantzopoulou, Tina I., author.

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Aegis (Series) (Louvain, Belgium) ; 22.

Aegis (Series) (Louvain, Belgium) ; 22

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dwellings--Greece--Crete--History.

Housing--Greece--Crete--History.

Architecture, Greek--Greece--Crete--History.

Cities and towns, Ancient--Greece--Crete--History.

Crete (Greece)--Civilization.

Crete (Greece)--History.

Crete (Greece)--Antiquities.

Antiquities.

Architecture, Greek.

Cities and towns, Ancient.

Civilization.

Dwellings.

Housing.

Greece--Crete.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

124 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 30 cm.

Place of Publication:

Louvain-La-Neuve : PUL Presses Universitaires de Louvain, [2022]

Summary:

This volume presents and discusses the results of an extensive survey that took place between 2014 and 2018 in the mountain ranges of East Crete. The survey of respectively the eastern part of the Dikte range and the Sitanos area above Zakros specifically targeted prehistoric cultural remains with the aim to investigate the extent at which this environmental zone was exploited during the Neolithic period and the Bronze Age. Based on the results of the fieldwork, the discussion focuses mostly on the Neopalatial period (Middle Minoan III Late Minoan IB) during which a systematic effort to occupy and exploit these two upland zones was especially evident. The study of architectural remains and movable finds that were sampled, documented and studied within the two areas allows a reconsideration of issues of political organization, labour mobilization, economic integration, production and specialization.

Contents:

1. Introduction

(1) Previous Fieldwork and Research Questions

(2) The Research Areas as Case Studies

(3) The Sitanos Uplands

(4) The South-eastern Slopes of Mt. Dikte

2. Methodology

3. The Sites

(1) The History of Human Activity on the Sitanos Uplands during Prehistory

1.1. Topography and Geomorphology

1.2. Final Neolithic Period

1.3. Prepalatial Period

1.4. Ritual Activity of the Protopalatial Period

1.5. Neopalatial Period

1.6. Pottery Fabrics

(2) The History of Human Activity on the South-eastern Slopes of Mt. Dikte during Prehistory

2.1. Topography and Geomorphology

2.2. Final Neolithic and Prepalatial Periods

2.3. Protopalatial Period

2.4. Neopalatial Period

2.5. Pottery Fabrics

4. Discussion (1) The Final Neolithic Period

(2) The Protopalatial Period

(3) The Neopalatial Period

3.1. Settlement Patterns and Habitation Models - Farmhouses vs. Rural 'Villas'

3.2. Subsistence and Exploitation Practices

5. Conclusions

The Mountain Zone as an Economic Entity and as a New (Neo)palatial Territory

Bibliography

Site Gazetteer.

Notes:

Revised thesis (doctoral)--National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 2019.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 108-122).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Other Format:

PDF version

ISBN:

9782390612230

2390612237

OCLC:

1378005885

Publisher Number:

9782390612230