Kommos : An Excavation on the South Coast of Crete, Volume I, Part I : The Kommos Region, Ecology, and Minoan Industries & Part 2: The Minoan Hilltop and Hillside houses

by: Shaw, J.W. Shaw, M.C.

Price: 325,00 EURO

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Part I:

ISBN 13: 9780691604435 / 978-0-691-60443-5

ISBN 10: 0691604436 / 0-691-60443-6

New Reprint, Princeton University Press, New Jersey, 2014, 850pp.

Kommos: An Excavation on the South Coast of Crete, Volume I, Part I: The Kommos Region and Houses of the Minoan Town. Part I: The Kommos Region, Ecology, and Minoan Industries
Edited by Joseph W. Shaw and Maria C. Shaw

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. This excavationwas conducted by the University of Toronto and the Royal Ontario Museum under the auspices of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.

Originally published in 1995.

Part II:

ISBN 13: 9780691026336 / 978-0-691-02633-6

ISBN 10: 0691026335 / 0-691-02633-5

Princeton University Press, New Jersey, 1996, Hardcover, 754pp.

Kommos: An Excavation on the South Coast of Crete, Volume I, Part II: The Kommos Region and Houses of the Minoan Town. Part II: The Minoan Hilltop and Hillside Houses
Edited by Joseph W. Shaw and Maria C. Shaw

Kommos, located on the south coast of Crete, is widely known for its important sanctuary of the Greek period for its earlier role as a major Minoan harbortown. Volumes II and III in this series, dealing with the Minoan pottery, have already been published. Volume I, Part I (1995), offered a general introduction to the site, followed by chapters on the archaeological exploration of the area, its geology, fauna and flora, land use, as well as on the Minoan implements and indsutries. Now Volume I, Part II introduces the Kommos town (Joseph W. Shaw), and analyzes and interprets the houses on the hilltop (Maria C. Shaw and Lucia F. Nixon) and hillside (James C. Wright and John McEnroe). There is a catalog of miscellaneous finds from the houses (Mary K. Dabney, Katherine A. Schwab, Maria C. Shaw, John Bennet, Helene Whittaker, David Reese, and Olga Kryszowska), followed by synthetic chapters on town planning and domesetic architecture (Maria C. Shaw) and site development (Joseph W. Shaw). Combined, the interrelated Kommos volumes present an unusually thorough, interdisciplinary interpretation of a prehistoric site in Greece.
An excavation by the University of Toronto and the Royal Ontario Museum under the auspices of the American School of Classical Studies in Athens.

Originally published in 1996.

Kommos : An Excavation on the South Coast of Crete, Volume I, Part I : The Kommos Region, Ecology, and Minoan Industries & Part 2: The Minoan Hilltop and Hillside houses

by: Shaw, J.W. Shaw, M.C.

• ISBN-13: 9780691604435 / 9780691026336
• ISBN-03: 0691604436 / 0691026335
• Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1996

Price: 325,00 EURO

1 copy in stock