The Sanctuary of Hermes and Aphrodite at Syme Viannou VII, Vol. 2 : The Greek and Roman Pottery.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kotsonas, Antonis.

Series:

ISAW Monographs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology)--Greece--Symē.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Pottery, Classical--Greece--Symē.

Pottery, Classical.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (238 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, 2024.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

New insights from the archaeology and pottery of the sanctuary of Hermes and Aphrodite at Syme Viannou, Crete The Sanctuary of Hermes and Aphrodite at Syme Viannou VII: The Greek and Roman Pottery presents in two volumes the Greek and Roman pottery recovered from the excavation of the sanctuary of Syme Viannou, one of the most long-lived and important cult sites of ancient Crete and the Aegean. The site, which is known as the Cretan Delphi, was dedicated to Hermes and Aphrodite for much of its history. The present study analyzes and catalogs 865 pieces, dating from across the early first millennium BCE to the mid-first millennium CE. Kotsonas integrates traditional typological and chronological inquiries with contextual considerations, macroscopic and petrographic analyses of ceramic fabrics, and quantitative studies. The resulting work provides detailed documentation of the pottery from Syme Viannou and explores its ritual and other roles within the diachronic panorama of cultic and other activities at the site. It also supports a broader understanding of the role of ceramics in sanctuary contexts by introducing systematically comparative perspectives on the evidence of pottery from other Cretan and Greek sanctuaries.Volume 2 presents synthetic studies of the material, exploring the use of different ceramic fabrics, the relationship between the form and function of the vessels, and the place of ceramic items in the cultic practice and daily life at the sanctuary in Greek and Roman antiquity.

Contents:

Frontmatter

ISAW Monographs

Table of Contents

Part II. Greek and Roman Pottery and Cult Practice at the Sanctuary of Syme Viannou

3. The Fabric of Cult: Local and Imported Fabrics, and the Politics of Cult at Syme Viannou

4. Ceramic Form and Function at Syme Viannou

5. Synthesis: The Greek and Roman Pottery from Syme Viannou in Context

6. Appendix: Petrographic Analysis of Greek and Roman Pottery from Syme Viannou (by Eleni Nodarou)

Λεπτομερής περίληψη στα ελληνικά (Detailed Summary in Greek)

References

Λεπτομερής περίληψη στα ελληνικά (Detailed Summary in Greek)

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781479830398

1479830399

OCLC:

1409030573