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Neolithic Alepotrypa Cave in the Mani, Greece : in honor of George Papathanassopoulos

Title
Neolithic Alepotrypa Cave in the Mani, Greece : in honor of George Papathanassopoulos / edited by A. Papathanasiou, W.A. Parkinson, D.J. Pullen, M.L. Galaty, and P. Karkanas.
Publication
Oxford : Oxbow Books, 2018.

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  • Papathanasiou, Anastasia
  • Papathanasopoulos, G.
Description
xviii, 435 pages : illustrations (some color), maps; 31 cm
Summary
Alepotrypa Cave at Diros Bay, Lakonia, Greece, is a massive karstic formation of consecutive chambers ending at a lake. The cave was excavated by G. Papathanassopoulos from 1970 to 2006. In conjunction with the surrounding area, it was used as a complementary habitation area, burial site, and place for ceremonial activity during the Neolithic c 6000 to 3200 BC. As a sealed, single-component, archaeological site, the Neolithic settlement complex of Alepotrypa Cave is one of the richest sites in Greece and Europe in terms of number of artifacts, preservation of biological materials, volume of undisturbed deposits, and horizontal exposure of archaeological surfaces of past human activity and this publication is an important contribution to ongoing archaeological research of the Neolithic Age in Greece in particular, but also in Anatolia, the Balkans and Europe in general. This edited volume offers a full scholarly interdisciplinary study and interpretation of the results of approximately 40 years of excavation and analysis.0It includes numerous chemical analyses and a much needed long series of radiocarbon dates, the corresponding microstratigraphic, stratigraphic and ceramic sequence, the human burials, stone and bone tools, faunal and floral remains, isotopic analyses, specific locations of human activities and ceremonies inside the cave, as well as a site description and the history of the excavation conducted by G. Papathanasopoulos.
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Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN
  • 1785706489
  • 9781785706486
LCCN
2017956457
OCLC
  • ocn962257036
  • 962257036
  • SCSB-9042573
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Columbia University Libraries