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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452278403321

Titolo

Mochlos IC [[electronic resource] ] : period III, neopalatial settlement on the coast, the artisans' quarter and the farmhouse at Chalinomouri : the small finds / / Jeffrey S. Soles ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : INSTAP Academic Press, 2004

ISBN

1-62303-021-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (343 p.)

Collana

Prehistory monographs ; ; 9

Altri autori (Persone)

SolesJeffrey S. <1942->

Disciplina

939/.18

Soggetti

Excavations (Archaeology) - Greece - Mochlos Plain

Minoans - Greece - Mochlos Plain

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 (p. [159]-172) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""List of Tables""; ""List of Figures""; ""List of Plates""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""1 The Mochlos Ship Cup""; ""2 Ceramic, Stone, Bone,and Shell Objects""; ""3 The Metal Finds and theirGeological Sources""; ""4 The Stone Implements""; ""5 Minerals and Rocks ""; ""6 Fauna and Flora""; ""7 Conclusions""; ""Appendix A""; ""Appendix B""; ""Bibliography""; ""Concordance A""; ""Concordance B""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

Mochlos is a Minoan town set on a fine harbor at the eastern side of the Gulf of Mirabello, in northeast Crete. It was first inhabited during the Neolithic period, and it had an important Minoan settlement during most of the Bronze Age. Mochlos I, to be published in three volumes, presents the results of the excavations in the Neopalatial levels of the Artisans' Quarter and the farmhouse at Chalinomouri. The Artisans' Quarter consisted of a series of workshops with evidence for pottery manufacture, metalworking, and weaving. Chalinomouri, a semi-independent farmhouse with strong connections to