Research Catalog

Title

Pseira III : the Plateia Building / by Cheryl R. Floyd ; contributions by Philip P. Betancourt ... [et al.] ; edited by Philip P. Betancourt and Costis Davaras.

Author

Floyd, Cheryl R.

Publication

Philadelphia : University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 1998.

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Additional Authors

• Betancourt, Philip P., 1936-
• Davaras, Kōstēs.

Description

xv, 329 p., [69] p. of plates (some folded) : ill., maps; 29 cm.

Series Statement

University Museum monograph ; 102

Uniform Title

University Museum monograph 102.

Alternative Title

Plateia Building

Subject

• Architecture, Minoan > Pseira (Extinct city)
• Excavations (Archaeology) > Pseira (Extinct city)
• Minoans > Pseira (Extinct city)
• Pottery, Minoan
• Pseira (Extinct city) > Buildings, structures, etc
• Pseira Island (Greece) > Antiquities

Note

• Appendices: p. [235]-300.
• Concordances: p. [317]-322.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-315) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Introduction / Cheryl R. Floyd -- Methodology / Cheryl R. Floyd -- Excavation of the building / Cheryl R. Floyd ... [et al.] -- The architecture / John C. McEnroe -- The pottery / Cheryl R. Floyd -- The ground and chipped stone tools / Heidi M.C. Dierckx -- The stone weights / Philip P. Betancourt and Heidi M.C. Dierckx -- The clay weights / Philip P. Betancourt -- The sealstone / Marianna Nikolaidou.
• Marine shell artifacts / David S. Reese -- The slingstones / Philip P. Betancourt and Ioannis Frangakis -- Other catalogued objects / Philip P. Betancourt -- The faunal remains / David S. Reese -- The fish bones / Mark J. Rose -- The charcoal remains / Werner H. Schoch -- Lithic materials / Philip P. Betancourt and Costis Davaras -- Mineralogy of the sedimen
• Micromorphology studies / Paul Goldberg -- The plaster / Maria C. Shaw and Philip P. Betancourt -- Analysis of the plasters / George H. Myer -- Analysis of the amphibolite / George H. Myer and Philip P. Betancourt -- Pottery from the Plateia building and east Creatan regionalism / Cheryl R. Floyd -- Zones and circulation in the building / Cheryl R. Floyd -- Analysis of activity areas / Cheryl R. Floyd -- Activities represented in the building / Cheryl R. Floyd -- Activities for which the evidence is less clear / Cheryl R. Floyd.
• Activities possibly represented in the building / Cheryl R. Floyd -- Social ranking / Cheryl R. Floyd -- Summary and conclusions / Cheryl R. Floyd -- Appendex A. Pottery tables for the Plateia building, nos. 1-61 -- Appendix B. Fabric percentages (by count) by room-space and context.
• Appendix C. Average percentages of sherds (by count) in various fabrics according to context -- Appendix D. Percentages of sherds (by count) in various fabrics according to vessel types -- Appendix E. Percentages of sherds (by count) of various vessel types by fabric -- Appendix F. List of stone tools by context and rooms.

ISBN

092417160X

LCCN

^^^98025417^

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library