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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782627103321

Autore

Gregory Derek <1951->

Titolo

Dark age and Byzantine excavation / / editors, Williams A. McDonald, William D.E. Coulson, John Rosser

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis : , : University of Minnesota Press, , 1983

ISBN

0-8166-8373-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (562 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Excavations at Nichoria in southwest Greece ; ; 3

Altri autori (Persone)

McDonaldWilliams A

CoulsonWilliam D. E. <1942-2001.>

RosserJohn

Disciplina

338.4/767731/094281

Soggetti

Nichoria Site (Greece) History

Nichoria Site (Greece)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographies and index.

Nota di contenuto

Table of Contents; I. The Dark Age; 1. Introduction; 2. The Architecture; Area II; Area III; N. Veves; Area IV; Areas VI, VII; Summary; 3. The Pottery; 4. The Burials; The Late Geometric Pithos Burial; Analysis of Skeletal Material; Human Bone Mineral and Nutrition; The Nichoria Environs; 5. The Small Finds; The Metal Objects; The Evidence for Spinning and Weaving; A Note on Stone and Bone Artefacts; Miscellaneous Small Finds; 6. The Dark Age at Nichoria: A Perspective; General Trends; Trends in Messenia and Neighboring Regions; Chronology; The Nichoria Community in the Dark Age

Village Life in the Dark Age II. Archaic to Roman Times; 7. The Site and Environs; The Archaic Period; The Classical Period; The Hellenistic Period; The Roman Period; Summary; III. The Byzantine Occupation; 8. Introduction; The Byzantine Remains on the Ridge; Nichoria's Environs in the Byzantine Period; 9. The Architecture; Area II; Area III; Area IV; Analysis; 10. The Pottery; Area II: Glazed Wares; Area II: Coarse Wares; Area II: Tiles; Area IV: Glazed Wares; Area IV: Sgraffito Wares; Area IV: Coarse Wares; Roof Tiles; 11. The Burials; Introduction; Stomion Burial

Analysis of Skeletal Material Bone Mineral and Nutrition; 12. The Small Finds; Metal Objects; Glass Objects; Painted Plaster; 13. Summary; The General Historical Situation; The Local Situation; IV. Post-Byzantine Times; 14. The Site and Environs; Unit VI-1; The Nichoria Environs;



Concordance; Index