Kommos I

by Shaw, Joseph W.; Shaw, Maria C.

• ISBN13: 9780691033341
• ISBN10: 069103334X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1995-08-01
• Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr

Summary

Kommos, located on the south coast of Crete, is widely known for its important sanctuary of the Greek period. and for its earlier role as a major Minoan harbortown. Volumes II and III of this series on the results of the major excavations there have already been published. Now Part I of Volume I offers a general introduction to the site with chapters on the history and character of its excavation seen within the context of earlier archaeological exploration of the Mesara Plain and specifically in the Kommos area (Joseph W. Shaw) and studies on the geomorphology (John A. Gifford), the flora (C. Thomas Shay and Jennifer M. Shay, with Katherine A. Frego and Janusz Zwiazek) and the fauna (David S. Reese, with contributions by Mark J. Rose and Sebastian Payne) of the Kommos region, and ancient and modern land use (Michael Parsons, with John A. Gifford), A catalogue and analysis of finds from a foot survey in the Kommos area are included (Richard Hope Simpson, with Philip P. Betancourt, Peter J. Callaghan, Deborah K. Harlan, John W. Hayes, Joseph W. Shaw, Maria C. Shaw, and L. Vance Watrous). A final chapter by Harriet Blitzer treats Minoan implements and industries.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Abbreviations	xiii
List of Tables	xv
The Architecture of the Temples and Other Buildings	1	(100)
Joseph W. Shaw
The Iron Age Inscriptions	101	(34)
Eric Csapo
Alan W. Johnston
Daniel Geagan
The Sculpture from the Sanctuary	135	(75)
Maria C. Shaw
The Iron Age Pottery from Kommos	210	(126)
Peter J. Callaghan
Alan W. Johnston
Patricia Maynor Bikai
John W. Hayes
Richard E. Jones
Miscellaneous Finds	336	(79)
John W. Hayes
Alan S. Walker
Mary K. Dabney
Nancy J. Skon-Jedele
Joseph W. Shaw
Deborah K. Harlan
Katherine A. Schwab
David S. Reese
Paul J. Anderson
The Iron Age Fauna	415	(232)
David S. Reese
Mark J. Rose
Deborah Ruscillo
The Charcoal and Seeds from Iron Age Kommos	647	(22)
C. Thomas Shay
Jennifer M. Shay
Ritual and Development in the Greek Sanctuary	669	(64)
Joseph W. Shaw
References	733	(36)
Concordance	769	(28)
Index	797