The Cretan Collection in the University of Pennsylvania Museum III : Metal Objects from Gournia

• Autore: Betancourt Philip P
• Pubblicazione: Philadelphia : , : Institute for Aegean Prehistory Press, , 2023; ©2023
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (207 pages)
• Disciplina: 939/.18
• Soggetto topico: Minoans
• Soggetto geografico: Crete (Greece) Antiquities Catalogs; Greece Antiquities Catalogs
• Altri autori: FerrenceSusan C. <1974-> Giumlia-MairAlessandra R
• Nota di contenuto: v. 1. Minoan objects excavated from Vasilike, Pseira, Sphoungaras, Priniatikos Pyrgos, and other sites / Philip P. Betancourt ; photographs by Harrison Eiteljorg II -- [v. 2. Pottery from Gournia / Philip P. Betancourt and Jean S Silverman] -- v. 3. Metal objects from Gournia / by Philip P. Betancourt, Susan C. Ferrence, and Alessandra Giumlia-Mair ; with contributions by Noël Gale, Lynn Grant, Moritz Jansen, Caitlyn Mahony, and Zofia Anna Stos-Gale.
• Sommario/riassunto: The University of Pennsylvania owns the largest collection of Minoan artifacts outside of Europe. The objects were acquired legally from the nation of Crete after it became independent from the Ottoman Empire and before its request was accepted to become a part of Greece, whose laws forbade such gifts to institutions that had sponsored archaeological expeditions. This third volume about the Cretan Collection in the Penn Museum presents the Minoan metal artifacts. They provide primary evidence for the early history of metallurgy in southeastern Europe during the second millennium B.C. This is a rich and varied assemblage of objects, with a large number of different classes. It is especially rich in items from the preliminary stages of metalwork (including oxhide ingot fragments, cut preliminary strips, and small cast strips used as early stages in the manufacture of artifacts). The study using modern techniques of examination-including scientific analyses-both documents the museum's holdings and provides new information on Minoan metalworking. Two important metallurgical techniques are documented: eutectic bonding of silver-capped rivets on daggers and "casting on" repairs to an existing object, which has not been noted previously in Minoan metalwork. The assemblage is remarkable for the light its objects shed on the history of technology.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Cretan Collection in the University of Pennsylvania Museum III
• ISBN: 9781623034436; 1623034434
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911049138703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Prehistory Monographs