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Author:   Valasia Isaakidou ,  P. Tomkins
Publisher:   Oxbow Books
Imprint:   Oxbow Books
Volume:   8
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 24.20cm
Weight:   0.771kg
ISBN:  

9781842172919

ISBN 10:   1842172913
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   25 July 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction (Valasia Isaakidou and peter D. Tomkins) Approaching the Labyrinth (John D. Evans) Time, Space and the Reinvention of the Cretan Neolithic) A sea of agency: Crete in the context of the earliest Neolithic in Greece (Kostas Kotsakis) The knapped stone technology of the first occupants at Knossos (James Conolly) 'The fauna and economy of Neolithic Knossos' revisited (Valasia Isaakidou) Figurin' out Cretan Neolithic society: Anthropomorphic figurines, symbolism and gender dialectics (Maria Mina) Living with the dead: a re-consideration of mortuary practices in the Greek Neolithic (Sevi Triantaphyllou) Stones of contention: regional axe production and hidden landscapes on Neolithic Crete (Thomas F. Strasser) Neolithic Katsambas revisited: the evidence from the house (Nena Galanidou and Katya Mantelli) The Neolithic settlement of Phiastos revisited: Evidence for ceremonial activity on the eve of the Bronze Age (Simona Todaro and Serena di Tonto) Obsidian in Transition: the Technological reorganization of the Obsidian industry from Petras Kephala (Siteia) between Final Neolitic IV and Early Minoan I (Cesare D'Annibale) The final Neolithic (Late Chalcolithic) to Early Bronze Age transition in Crete and the south-east Aegean islands: changes in settlement patterns and pottery (Krzysztof Nowick) Between a rock and a hard place: coping with marginal colonisation in the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age of Crete and the Aegean (Paul Halstead) The Neolithic-Early Bronze Age transition in Crete: New evidence from the settlement at Petras Kephala, Siteia (Yiannis Papadatos) Long after Hippos, well before palaces: a commentary on the cultures and contexts of Neolitic Crete (Cyprian Broodbank) The Neolithic of Crete, as seen from outside (Andrew Sherratt and Susan Sherratt)

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