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Additional authors

1. Evely, R. D. G.
2. Gowland, Rebecca
3. Isaakidou, Valasia
4. Krzyszkowska, O. (Olga)

Description

1. xi, 125 pages : illustrations; 31 cm.

Summary

1. "The archaeological sites on the Monastiriako Kephali hill analysed in this volume include the earliest known mortuary activity at the key Minoan centre of Knossos on the island of Crete. Two Bronze Age sites are presented, known as the 'Tomb' and the 'Deposit', originally excavated in the 1930s but until now never published in detail. The 'Tomb' represents the earliest known funerary site at Bronze Age Knossos, established in the late Prepalatial period and continuing in use until the Neopalatial. The function of the nearby 'Deposit' site is more ambiguous, but a mortuary interpretation is also possible for the phases contemporary with the 'Tomb', and is almost certain for the subsequent Late Minoan II-III era. This volume presents the excavated material held principally in the Stratigraphical Museum at Knossos. The stone artefacts, human remains, faunal remains, glyptic material and ceramics are described and discussed by Don Evely, Rebecca Gowland, Valasia Isaakidou, Olga Krzyszkowska and Laura Preston respectively, and the sites are placed within the broader framework of Minoan mortuary practices at Knossos during the second millennium BC."--Page 4 of cover.

Series statement

1. British School at Athens studies ; 22

Uniform title

1. British School at Athens studies ; 22.

Subject

1. Pottery, Ancient > Greece > Knossos (Extinct city)
2. Knossos (Extinct city) > Antiquities
3. Pottery, Greek > Greece > Knossos (Extinct city)
4. Excavations (Archaeology) > Greece > Knossos (Extinct city)

Call number

1. JFG 14-208

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-121) and index.

Author

1. Preston, Laura, 1972- author.

Title

1. Knossos Monastiriako Kephali Tomb and 'Deposit' / by Laura Preston; with contributions by Don Evely, Rebecca Gowland, Valasia Isaakidou and Olga Krzyszkowska.

Publisher

1. London : The British School at Athens, 2013.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Series

1. British School at Athens studies ; 22
2. British School at Athens studies ; 22.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-121) and index.

Added author

1. Evely, R. D. G., author.
2. Gowland, Rebecca, author.
3. Isaakidou, Valasia, author.
4. Krzyszkowska, O. (Olga), author.

ISBN

1. 9780904887686 (hbk.)
2. 0904887685 (hbk.)

Research call number

1. JFG 14-208