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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452274503321

Autore

Smith R. Angus K (Robert Angus K.), <1968->

Titolo

Mochlos IIB [[electronic resource] ] : period IV, the Mycenaean settlement and cemetery : the pottery / / by R. Angus K. Smith ; contributions by Eleni Banou and Eleni Nodarou ; with Thomas M. Brogan ... [et al.] ; edited by Jeffrey S. Soles and Costis Davaras

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, Pa., : INSTAP Academic Press, 2010

ISBN

1-62303-051-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (381 p.)

Collana

Prehistory monographs ; ; 27

Altri autori (Persone)

BanouEleni S

NodarouEleni

BroganThomas M

SolesJeffrey S. <1942->

DavarasKōstēs

Disciplina

939/.18

Soggetti

Excavations (Archaeology) - Greece - Mochlos Plain

Ceramics - Greece - Mochlos Plain - History

Pottery, Minoan - Greece - Mochlos Plain

Cemeteries - Greece - Mochlos Plain

Tombs - Greece - Mochlos Plain

Dwellings - Greece - Mochlos Plain

Civilization, Mycenaean

Electronic books.

Mochlos Plain (Greece) Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction / R. Angus K. Smith and Jeffrey S. Soles -- Petrographic analysis of the late Minoan III ceramics / Eleni Nodarou -- Late Minoan II-III pottery / R. Angus K. Smith and Eleni Banou ; with contributions by Thomas M. Brogan ... [et al.] -- Conclusions: Decoration, character, and relative chronology of the late Minoan II-III pottery / R. Angus K. Smith -- Appendix A: Petrographic descriptions / Eleni Nodarou -- Appendix B: Earlier Minoan and later orientalizing pottery from late Minoan III contexts / Jeffery S. Soles and Ann M. Nicgorski -- Concordance A:



Field numbers and catalog numbers for Mochlos vols. IIA, IIB, IIC -- Concordance B: Contexts and catalog numbers in Mochlos vols. IIA, IIB, IIC.

Sommario/riassunto

Excavations carried out at two Late Minoan III sites at Mochlos in eastern Crete yielded a pottery assemblage from 31 tombs and 11 houses, which are cataloged, discussed, and illustrated together with petrographic analyses. The cemetery remains mirror the settlement remains, and the conclusions discuss how the two sites reflect each other. Rarely in Crete are a settlement and its cemetery both preserved, and it is extremely fortunate to be able to document both in a series of scientific excavation reports (Mochlos IIA-IIC). Contents: Introduction; 1. Petrographic Analysis of the Late Minoan II