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Tholos Tomb Gamma: A Prepalatial Tholos Tomb at Phourni, Archanes
Yiannis Papadatos
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Description for Tholos Tomb Gamma: A Prepalatial Tholos Tomb at Phourni, Archanes
Hardback.
This publication includes a detailed discussion of the pottery, the finds and their parallels, and a reconstruction of both the excavation and stratigraphy of Tholos Gamma in the Bronze Age cemetery of Phourni at Archanes. This evidence is used to give the historical outline of the tomb from its foundation in Early Minoan IIA until its excavation in 1972. Several problems concerning Prepalatial mortuary practices are discussed, with particular reference to Tholos Gamma and the new evidence resulting from the study of this funerary assemblage. The artifacts from the tomb include pottery, metal objects, marble figurines, other small finds, and ... Read more
This publication includes a detailed discussion of the pottery, the finds and their parallels, and a reconstruction of both the excavation and stratigraphy of Tholos Gamma in the Bronze Age cemetery of Phourni at Archanes. This evidence is used to give the historical outline of the tomb from its foundation in Early Minoan IIA until its excavation in 1972. Several problems concerning Prepalatial mortuary practices are discussed, with particular reference to Tholos Gamma and the new evidence resulting from the study of this funerary assemblage. The artifacts from the tomb include pottery, metal objects, marble figurines, other small finds, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
INSTAP Academic Press United States
Number of pages
166
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, United States
ISBN
9781931534178
SKU
V9781931534178
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99-50
About Yiannis Papadatos
Yiannis Papadatos was born in Patras in 1972. He received his degree in Archaeology and History of Art from the University of Athens (1994), and his PhD in Prehistoric Archaeology from the University of Sheffield (1999). He has worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Sheffield (2001-2002) and as contract archaeologist for the Greek Archaeological Service (2002-2007). ... Read more
Reviews for Tholos Tomb Gamma: A Prepalatial Tholos Tomb at Phourni, Archanes
The book is a very thorough, detailed and careful publication of the excavation context, with many illustrations of the plan and stratigraphic section of the tholos, the location of burials and distribution of the individual finds, in a way which is exceptional in publications of prepalatial cemeteries.[...]...an extremely useful work for every student of prepalatial Minoan Crete and an excellent ... Read more