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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452545203321

Autore

Sampson Adamantios

Titolo

Cave of the Cyclops [[electronic resource] ] : Mesolithic and Neolithic Networks in the Northern Aegean, Greece: Volume I: Intra-Site Analysis, Local Industries, and Regional Site Distribution

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : INSTAP Academic Press, 2008

ISBN

1-62303-069-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (421 p.)

Collana

Prehistory Monographs ; ; v.21

Disciplina

939

939.11

939/.11

Soggetti

Antiquities, Prehistoric -- Greece -- Cyclops, Cave of the

Cyclops, Cave of the (Greece)

Excavations (Archaeology) -- Greece -- Gioúra Island

Mesolithic period -- Greece -- Cyclops, Cave of the

Neolithic period -- Greece -- Cyclops, Cave of the

Excavations (Archaeology) - Gioâura Island - Greece

Mesolithic period - Greece - Cyclops, Cave of the

Neolithic period - Greece - Cyclops, Cave of the

Antiquities, Prehistoric - Cyclops, Cave of the - Greece

Anthropology

Social Sciences

Prehistoric Anthropology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""List of Tables""; ""List of Figures""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I Tool Industries""; ""1 The Mesolithic and Neolithic Bone Implements""; ""Part II Dietary Resources and the Paleoenvironment""; ""2 From Mesolithic Fishermen and Bird Hunters to Neolithic Goat Herders: The Transformation of an Island Economy in the Aegean""; ""3 Non-Vertebral Fish Bones""; ""4 Fish Vertebrae""; ""5 Malacological Material""; ""6 Palynological Evidence""; ""7 Charcoal



Analysis""; ""8 Archaeobotanical Seed Remains""; ""Part III Archaeometrical Studies""

""9 Neolithic Pottery: A Characterization Study""""10 Sequential Radiocarbon Dating and Calculation of the Marine Reservoir Effect""; ""11 Clastic Sediments""; ""12 Stable Isotopic Analysis of the Mollusk Shells""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

This is the first volume detailing the excavation of the ""Cave of the Cyclops"" on the island of Youra in the North Aegean. The cave was occupied at various times from the Mesolithic through Roman periods. The setting and stratigraphy of the cave and a survey of the area are discussed. The Mesolithic and Neolithic ceramic, lithic, and small finds are organised into catalogues. Additionally, this volume provides insight into the means of survival and the flowering of culture on Youra during the Mesolithic and Neolithic periods, and it presents the connections between this outlying area and mai