Early Athens: Settlements and Cemeteries in the Submycenaean, Geometric, and Archaic Periods

by: Dimitriadou, E.M.

Eirini M. Dimitriadou, Early Athens: Settlements and Cemeteries in the Submycenaean, Geometric, and Archaic Periods (Monumenta Archaeologica 42), Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press, 2019. ISBN: 978-1-938770-15-9

This volume is one of the most important works on ancient Athens in the last fifty years. The focus is on the early city, from the end of the Bronze Age—ca. 1200 BCE—to the Archaic period, when Athens became the largest city of the Classical period. From a systematic study of all the excavation reports and surveys in central Athens, the author has synthesized a detailed diachronic overview of the city from the Submycenaean period through the Archaic. It is a treasure-trove of information for archaeologists who work in this period. Of great value as well are the detailed maps included, which present features of ancient settlements and cemeteries, the repositories of the human physical record. Over eighty additional large-scale, interactive maps are available online to complement the book.

About the author
Eirini M. Dimitriadou has a PhD from the University of Athens and is a staff archaeologist in the Greek Archaeological Service.

Table of Contents
PART I

Chapter 1. Introduction

History of Research
Methodology: Collecting the Material, Inventorying – Classifying, Mapping, Graphic Solutions and Contributions
Problems, Criteria and Conventions of the Present Study
Chapter 2. Submycenaean Period 1075-1050/1000 B.C.

Excavation Data: Settlement Remains, Data from Cemeteries and Roads
Discussion and Synthesis of the Material: The Site of the Settlement, The Cemetery Sites
Conclusions: The Bronze Age Settlement at the Dawn of the Iron Age
Chapter 3. Geometric period 1050/1000-700 B.C.

Excavation Data: Settlement Remains, Evidence of Cemeteries and Roads
Discussion and Synthesis of the Material: The Site of the Settlement, Settlement Activity in the Rest of Athens, The Sites of the Cemeteries, The Geometric Mortuary Sites of Athens
Conclusions: Iron Age Athens
Chapter 4. Archaic Period 700-480/479 B.C.

Excavation Data: Settlement Remains, Evidence of Cemeteries and Roads
Discussion and Synthesis of the Material: The Site of the City, Settlement Activity in the Rest of Athens, The Archaic Cemeteries
Conclusions: The Archaic City Until the Destruction By the Persians
Chapter 5: General Conclusions

Epilogue

PART II: GAZETTEER

Gazetteer of Archaeological Sites

Kerameikos, Ancient Agora – Areopagus – Monastiraki, Psyrri – Koumoundouros Square, Varvakeios – Omonoia Square, Commercial Center, Plaka, National Garden – Syntagma Square, Akropolis, Olympieion, Makrygianni, Kynosarges, Koukaki, Theseion
Index of Entries of Archaeological Sites

Appendix of Ancient Sources

Early Athens: Settlements and Cemeteries in the Submycenaean, Geometric, and Archaic Periods

by: Dimitriadou, E.M.

• ISBN-13: 9781938770159 / 978-1-938770-15-9
• ISBN-03: 1938770153 / 1-938770-15-3
• Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA, Los Angeles, 2019