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OverviewThe Minoan site at Bramiana in southeastern Crete provides evidence for a Bronze Age economy based on trade, agriculture, and craftwork. This publication uses a new system of organizing the pottery by petrography-sorting it by materials and workshop practices-revealing a trade network of cooking pots and other clay vessels and their contents. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Vili Apostolakou , Philip Betancourt , Thomas BroganPublisher: INSTAP Academic Press Imprint: INSTAP Academic Press Volume: 66 Weight: 1.045kg ISBN: 9781931534307ISBN 10: 1931534306 Pages: 216 Publication Date: 31 December 2022 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsIntroduction and Methodology Petrographic Analysis of the Pottery from Bramiana Coarse Cretan South Coast Fabrics Fine Cretan South Coast Fabrics 1 Fine Cretan South Coast Fabrics 2: With Pellets Fine Cretan South Coast Fabrics 3: In-and-Out Bowls Granitic-Dioritic (Mirabello) Fabrics Metamorphic Fabrics Metamorphic Fabric from Palaikastro Ritual Vessels Calcite-Tempered Fabrics Uncommon Fabric Groups Ground Stone Implements Vitrified Clay Fragments Building Materials Other Finds Conclusions on the Clay Vessels and Their Fabrics Trade at Bramiana Reconstructing the History of Bramiana Before and After: Reconstructing the Bramiana Landscape through Historical Aerial Imagery Final Comments References Concordance Index Figures Plates.Reviews. . . throws new light on the interactions and complex dynamics that characterised several regions of Crete (south coast, Mirabello, east Crete) over a large timespan (EM I-LM IB) through the combination of various analytical methods, such as the investigation of excavation data, petrography, typo-stylistic analysis, and landscape archaeology. Finally, it proves the enormous potential of employing large-scale petrographic analysis, still too often considered as an auxiliary-method; and demonstrates how this approach has provided a great deal of new knowledge from an entirely destroyed small rural site. Dubois, Roxane, Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2023.10.23 Author InformationPhD; former director of the Lasithi Ephoreia of Antiquities in Crete, Greece Dr Philip Betancourt is Emeritus Professor at Temple University, USA. PhD; director of the INSTAP Study Center for East Crete, Greece Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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