Research Catalog

Title

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.

Publication

• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : INSTAP Academic Press, 2017.
• ©2017

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Details

Additional Authors

• Apostolakou, Vili, 1957-
• Brogan, Thomas M.
• Betancourt, Philip P., 1936-

Description

xx, 136 pages, 31 unnumbered pages of figures, 49 pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 29 cm

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.

Series Statement

Prehistory monographs ; 58

Uniform Title

Prehistory monographs ; 58.

Subjects

• Crete (Greece) > Antiquities
• Caves > Greece > Pacheía Ámmos
• Excavations (Archaeology) > Greece > Pacheía Ámmos
• Pacheía Ámmos (Greece) > Antiquities
• Pottery, Minoan > Greece > Pacheía Ámmos
• Minoans > Material culture > Greece > Pacheía Ámmos

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-123) and index.

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.

Call Number

JFF 18-697

ISBN

• 9781931534932
• 1931534934

LCCN

2017010701

OCLC

978285578

Title

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.

Publisher

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : INSTAP Academic Press, 2017.

Copyright Date

©2017

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Prehistory monographs ; 58

Prehistory monographs ; 58.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-123) and index.

Added Author

Apostolakou, Vili, 1957- editor.

Brogan, Thomas M., editor.

Betancourt, Philip P., 1936- editor.

Other Form:

Online version: Alatzomouri rock shelter. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : INSTAP Academic Press, 2017 9781623034153 (DLC) 2017016960

Research Call Number

JFF 18-697