Horizon : A Colloquium on the Prehistory of the Cyclades

by Brodie, Neil; Doole, Jenny; Gavalas, giorgos; Renfrew, Colin

• ISBN13: 9781902937366
• ISBN10: 1902937368
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-06-30
• Publisher: David Brown Book Co

Summary

The Cycladic Islands of Greece played a central role in Aegean prehistory, and many new discoveries have been made in recent years at sites ranging in date from the Mesolithic period to the end of the Bronze Age. In the well-illustrated chapters of this book, based on the recent conference held at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research in Cambridge, international scholars including leading Greek archaeologists offer new information about recent developments, many arising from hitherto unpublished excavations. The book contains novel theoretical insights into the workings of culture process in the prehistoric cultures of the islands. It will be an indispensable resource for students and scholars interested in the prehistory of the Aegean and in the contributions made to its development by the prehistoric inhabitants of the Cyclades.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Cycladic Studies Today

Sea Routes in the Prehistoric Cyclades

The Mesolithic Settlement and Cemetary of Maroulas on Kythnos

Glimpses of Aegean Island Communitites during the Mesolithic and Neolithic Periods: the Zooarchaeological Point of View

The Architectural Phases of the Neolithic Settlement of Ftelia on Mykonos

Economy and Occupation in the Cyclades during the Late Neolithic: the Example of Ftelia, Mykonos

Strofilas: a Neolithic Settlement on Andros

Some Initial Wobbly Steps Towards a Late Neolithic to Early Bronze III Radiocarbon Chronology for the Cyclades

Some Refelections on EC Domestic Space Arising from Observations at Koukounaries, Paros

Aspects of Pottery Circulation in the Cyclades During the Early EB II Period: Fine and Semi-fine Imported Ceramic Wares at Skarkos, Ios

Observations on the Early Brinze Age Sealings from the Cave of Zas at Naxos

Markiani on Amorgos: an Early Bronze Age Fortified Settlement - Overview of the 1985-91 Investigations

Dhaskalio Kavos, Keros: the Investigations of 1987-88

Dhaskalio Kavos, Keros: the Pottery from the Investigations of the 1960s

Akrotiri, Thera: the Late Neolithic and Early bronze Age Phases in the Light of Recent Excavations at the Site

Akrotiri, Thera: Stone Vessels and Implements of the Early Bronze Age - a Preliminary Report

The 'Kastri Group': Evidence from Korfariton Amygdalion (Panormos) Naxos, Dhaskalio Keros and Akrotiri Thera

Chambers of Mystery

Obsidian Beyond Technology? The 'Cenotaphic' Use of Obsidian in the Pillar Shaft 17 Area of Akrotiri, Thera

Early Bronze Age Cemetaries of the Kampos Group on Ano Kouphonisi

Naxos, Tsikniades: an Early Cycladic Cemetary

The Early Cycladic Cemetary at Rivari on Melos

Early Cycladic II-III Finds from Rivari, Melos

The Consumption of Obsidian in the Early Bronze Age Cyclades

The Cemetary at Haghia Photia, Crete

The Transition from EB I to EB II in the Cyclades and Crete: Historical and Cultural Repercussions for Aegean Communities

The Gateway Port of Poro-Katsambas: Trade and Exchange between North-central Crete and the Cyclades in EB I-II

Diaspora, Presence or Interaction?: the Cyclades and the Greek Mainland from the Final Neolithic to Early Bronze II

The EH I Deposit Pit at Tsepi, Marathon: Features, Formation and the Breakage of the Finds

Note on the Extent of Cultural Continuity on the Cyclades after the 'Zeit der Wende' ('Time of Change') in the Late Third Millennium BC: the Ceramic Perspective

The Donkey: an Appropriate Technology for Early Bronze Age Land Transport and Traction

The Commercial Foundation and Development of Ayia Irini IV (Kea) 305

Trapped in the Middle: New Stratigraphic and Ceramic Evidence from Middle Cycladic Akrotiti, Thera

Aegina Kolanna and the Cyclades

Postherds from the Edge: the Construction of Identities and the Limits of Minoanized Areas of the Aegean

'Cooking' Installations in LC IA Akrotiri on Thera: a Preliminary Study of the 'Kitchen' in Pillar Shaft 65

Written and Stamped Records in the Late Bronze Age Cyclades: the Sea Journeys of an Administration

Changing Patterns in Prehistroic Cycladic Metallurgy

The Settlement of South Phylakopi: a Reassessment of Dawkins and Droop's 1911 Excavations

Horizon and Body: Some Aspects of Cycladic Symbolism

From Pots to Pictures: Middle Cycladic Figurative Art from Akrotiri, Thera

The Wall Paintings from the Xeste 3 Building at Akrotiri: Towards an Interpretation of the Iconographic Programme

The Cyclades during the Mycenaean Period

A Late Mycenaean Journey from Thera to Naxos: the Cyclades in the Twelfth Century BC

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Index

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