Description: Kommos: A Minoan Harbor Town and Greek Sanctuary in Southern Crete Author: Shaw, Joseph W. Title: Kommos: A Minoan Harbor Town and Greek Sanctuary in Southern Crete Publication: Princeton, N.J: American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 2006 Edition: First Edition Description: Paperback. Quarto in glossy color illus stiff paper wraps; 171 pages: illustrations (some color), maps; 24 cm; bibliographical references (pages 150-161) and index. Wee bit of damping (very slight) to bottom of first few leaves; else a near fine to near fine(-) thus. Author directed the excavations at Kommos since they began. ¶ Contents: Foreword -- Chronological charts -- -- Part I. The Kommos site -- The Minoan town -- The southern area and the monumental Minoan buildings -- The Greek sanctuary (southern area) -- Kommos and the sea -- -- Part II. Pitsidia and the western Mesara -- The Pitsidia/Matala community -- The western Mesara -- "A great Minoan triangle" -- -- Part III. Thirty years of digging -- Aims and methods -- Financing -- The beginning of a dig: some personal background -- Negotiations -- The first days -- -- Part IV. Some thoughts on contribution -- "The strange and wonderful" -- "Minoan palaces" -- Two monumental stoas -- The "shipsheds" -- Late Minoan II: "Independence at last" -- "Domestic economy" -- A question of attribution: Greek temple C -- The Artemis temple in the plain -- Cretan temples updated: the "Dreros" type -- The "Phoenician" shrine and recognition -- "Wrapping up": a conclusion -- -- Appendix: the written word and the digital dawn -- Further reading -- Bibliography -- Credits -- Index.Minoans -- Greece -- Kommos Site. Fouilles (Archéologie) -- Grèce -- Pitsidia. Minoens -- Grèce -- Kommos (Site archéologique) Antiquities. Excavations (Archaeology) Minoans. Ausgrabung. Geographic: Kommos Site (Greece) Pitsidia (Greece) -- Antiquities. Kommos (Grèce: Site archéologique) Pitsidia (Grèce) -- Antiquités. Greece -- Kommos Site. Greece -- Pitsidia. Kommos. Seller ID: 101599 Subject: English, Geography & Archaeology BIBLIOPE by CALVELLO BOOKS Fine & Unusual Books, Art & Collectibles. Since 1987. Terms All items are guaranteed to be as described or they may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.
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Author: Shaw, Joseph W
Publisher: American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Year Printed: 2006
Binding: Softcover, Wraps
Language: English
