Overview

The second conference report on the archaeological site of Petras, Siteia concerns the progress of research conducted about the very important and extensive cemetery of the Pre- and Proto-palatial periods in eastern Crete -- one of very few excavations started in Crete in the 21st century. An international group of specialists present and discuss various aspects of the remains of the large, unplundered cemetery and the adjacent settlements traces and in contextualising the cemetery they try to understand it in the historical, economic and political framework of Pre- and Proto-palatial Crete in general, and Eastern Crete in particular.

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Author:   Metaxia Tsipopoulou
Publisher:   Aarhus University Press
Imprint:   Aarhus Universitetsforlag
Volume:   21
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 27.50cm
Weight:   1.915kg
ISBN:  

9788771841572

ISBN 10:   8771841571
Pages:   448
Publication Date:   28 February 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents: 11 List of Contributors 15Preface 19 Abbreviations 21 Works Cited 55 Greeting from Rune Frederiksen Director Emeritus of the Danish Institute at Athens 56 Greetings from Kristina Winther-Jacobsen Director of the Danish Institute at Athens 57 Documenting sociopolitical changes in Pre- and Proto-palatial Petras: The house tomb cemetery Metaxia Tsipopoulou 103 The Tripartite Facade at the Petras cemetery Philip P. Betancourt, Metaxia Tsipopoulou and Miriam Clinton 111 Ceremonial Area 1: Identity and dating of a special ritual space in the Petras cemetery Metaxia Tsipopoulou 131 Pottery fabrics and recipes in the later Pre- and Proto-palatial period at Petras: The petrographic evidence from House Tomb 2 and Ceremonial Area 1 Eleni Nodarou 143 Further seals from the cemetery at Petras Olga Krzyszkowska 159 Variability and differentiation: A first look at the stone vase assemblage in the Petras cemetery Maria Relaki & Christina Tsoraki 179 The Petras Sphinx? An essay on hybridity Anna Simandiraki-Grimshaw 195 The use of querns and other ground stone hand tools in Early to Middle Minoan mortuary practices at Petras Heidi M. C. Dierckx 203Special silver alloys from the Pre- and Proto-palatial cemetery of Petras, Crete Alessandra Giumlia-Mair, Philip P. Betancourt, Susan C. Ferrence, & James D. Muhly 215 An intriguing set of discs from the Protopalatial tombs at Petras Thomas M. Brogan & Alessandra Giumlia-Mair 225 The plant remains of the house tombs at Petras: Acts of destruction, transformation and preservation Evi Margaritis 237 Feeding the dead, toasting the living? The view from faunal remains Valasia Isaakidou 245 Male bonding and remembering the ancestors? The Late Minoan III reoccupation and use of the Kephala-Petras Cemetery Area David W. Rupp 269 The sea in the afterlife of the Minoans: The shell material from Petras cemetery in context Tatiana Theodoropoulou 271 ?s? ???? ?a? a? a?eße?? ???? µ?? pe?? µe???? p? ??µa se ?ft?a?e ? ?e?? ?? e?e?? ?????e?? p???. Cretan mantinada for death Sevasti Triantaphyllou 291 House Tomb 5: A preliminary analysis of the human skeletal remains Sevasti Triantaphyllou, Sotiria Kiorpe & Metaxia Tsipopoulou 301 Compare and contrast: The house tomb at Myrtos-Pyrgos Gerald Cadogan 311 Mortuary practices, the ideology of death and social organization of the Siteia area: The Petras cemetery within its broader funerary landscape Yiannis Papadatos 325 Mobility patterns and cultural identities in Pre- and Proto-palatial central and eastern Crete Efthymia Nikita, Sevi Triantaphyllou, Metaxia Tsipopoulou, Diamantis Panagiotopoulos, Lefteris Platon 341Pezoules Kephala, Zakros. I. Form of the tombs and burial habits Lefteris Platon 355 Pezoules Kephala, Zakros. II. The chronological and evaluative position of the finds in the framework of the life of the neighboring settlement Lefteris Platon & Maria Tsiboukaki 369 Funerary practices at Sissi: The treatment of the body in the house tombs Ilse Schoep, Isabelle Crevecoeur, Aurore Schmitt & Peter Tomkins 385 Funerary ritual and social structure in the Old Palace period: A multifarious liaison Giorgos Vavouranakis 399 East Cretan networks in the Middle Bronze Age Carl Knappett & Cristina Ichim 413 Final discussion Chaired by Colin F. Macdonald 425 Final remarks: Some comments on the Pre- and Proto-palatial cemetery and the Late Minoan IIIC settlement of Petras Kephala Donald C. Haggis 437 Index

Reviews

In conclusion I recommend this book to anyone interested in Bronze Age Crete and the Aegean. Experts specializing in the study of thanatoarchaeology and biblical anthropology will find plenty of material for comparative studies. --Ilaria Caloi, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2017.10.45

Author Information

Metaxia Tsipopoulou is an archaeologist and Director emerita, National Archive of Monuments, Hellenic Ministry of Culture in Greece. She is Director of the Petras Excavations, and a corresponding member of the Archaeological Institute of America.

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