Kommos: An Excavation on the South Coast of Crete, Volume IV: The Greek Sanctuary. Part 2 : Plates

by: Shaw, J.W.

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Kommos : an excavation on the south coast of Crete

Authors:Joseph W. Shaw, Maria C. Shaw, Philip P. Betancourt, Livingston Vance Watrous

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 harbor town. 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 industries. 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 domestic 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

Kommos, a coastal site in south central Crete, has a long history highlighted by a prosperous Minoan settlement and port and a post-Minoan Greek sanctuary. Volume IV of the series documents the excavation of Kommos, focusing on the sanctuary and covering the full spectrum of its use and development during its life span from c. 1020 B.C. to A. D. 200. It thus provides a unique perspective on the history of religion and cult from the sub-Minoan to the early Roman Imperial periods.Produced in two parts (text and plates), the book includes individual chapters on the architecture and stratigraphy (J. W. Shaw); the Greek inscriptions and the many graffiti (E. Csapo, D. Geagan, A. Johnston); the votive sculpture (M. C. Shaw); the remarkable series of stratified Greek, Phoenician, and Roman pottery deposits (P. Callaghan, A. Johnston, P. Bikai, J. Hayes); the miscellaneous finds (numerous authors); and the flora and fauna (D. Reese, M. Rose, T. Shay, and J. Shay), with emphasis on evidence for animal sacrifice. A concluding chapter by J. W. Shaw synthesizes the evidence presented and places the sanctuary at Kommos in perspective with Cretan temple and cult development.Using an interdisciplinary approach to over a thousand years of activity, the contributors have produced a definitive study of a Greek sanctuary in this volume.

Kommos: An Excavation on the South Coast of Crete, Volume IV: The Greek Sanctuary. Part 2 : Plates

by: Shaw, J.W.

• ISBN-13:  9780691050805 / 978-0-691-05080-5
• ISBN-03: 0691050805 / 0-691-05080-5
• Princeton University Press, New Jersey, 2000

Price: 309,00 EURO

1 copy in stock