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Palace and Landscape at Palaikastro 2016–22

Carl Knappett, Alexandra Livarda & Nicoletta Momigliano (επιμέλεια)

Palace and Landscape at Palaikastro 2016–22

Πόλη: London

Έτος: 2026

Εκδότης: British School at Athens

Σειρά: BSA Suppl. Vol. 55

Περιγραφή: Σκληρό εξώφυλλο, 516 σ., 171 εικόνες εντός κειμένου, 40 πίνακες εικόνων (36 ασπρόμαυροι και 4 έγχρωμοι), 2 αναδιπλούμενοι χάρτες

This volume presents the results of a five-year survey and excavation project at Palaikastro (east Crete). By shining a light on the site’s immediate landscape, the project has revealed long-term agropastoral subsistence strategies in the area, from the Neolithic to the Late Bronze Age. Excavations in the settlement uncovered a new neighbourhood, with three buildings of Middle and Late Bronze Age date. With a methodology integrating several fields of analysis, from bioarchaeology and material culture to soil micromorphology and architecture, this publication opens a new chapter in the long history of archaeological research at Palaikastro, and Minoan Crete more broadly. Much supporting data in the form of tables and charts, as well as Appendices on the Palaikastro Education Project and a reappraisal of the Petsophas peak sanctuary, are available in PDF format on the BSA website.

Περιεχόμενα

List of Figures [vii]
List of Plates [xi]
List of Colour Plates [xiii]
List of Pocket Plans [xiii]
List of Supplementary Material [xiv]
General Abbreviations [xix]
Glossary [xix]
Chronological chart with Palaikastro (PK) periods [xx]
Preface and Acknowledgements [xxi]

1. Introducing the ‘Palace and Landscape at Palaikastro’ project [1-8]
C. Knappett, A. Livarda & N. Momigliano

2. The analysis of the archaeological landscape at Palaikastro: an integrated  approach to the long-term socio-economy of the town [9-18]
H.A. Orengo, A. Livarda, S. Riera-Mora, N. Cañellas-Boltà, R. Veropoulidou, V. Tzevelekidi, L. Picornell-Gelabert, P. Halstead & A. Krahtopoulou

3. Magnetometry and ground-penetrating radar surveys at Palaikastro [19-26]
C.-G. Bank, R. Danford & K. Guo

4. Building AP1 contexts [27-112]
P. Gheorghiade, C. Pratt & N. Momigliano

5. Building AM1 contexts { 113-184]
T. Cunningham & Q. Letesson

6. Building MP1 contexts [185-202]
R. Dewan and R. Kulick

7. Other trenches and test pits contexts [203-206]
C. Knappett & N. Momigliano

8. Architectural analysis [207-262]
Q. Letesson

9. Plant resource use and management: the PALAP archaeobotanical remains [263-278]
A. Livarda

10. The faunal remains [279-324]
V. Tzevelekidi

11. Firewood use at Palaikastro: a charcoal analysis [287-296]
L. Picornell-Gelabert

12. The archaeomalacological remains [297-324]
R. Veropoulidou

13. The fish remains [325-332]
R. Marlasca Martín

14. The small mammals [333-358]
J. M. López-García

15. Micromorphology at PALAP: contributions to understanding building uses and site formation processes [335-358]
R. Kulick

16. Pottery overview [359-374]
C. Knappett & C. Pratt

17. Stone implements and vases: materials, activities and depositional processes [375-396]
C. Tsoraki

18. The chipped stone [397-404]
H. Procopiou, C. Fraillon & C. Knappett

19. The metal finds [405-416]
S. Hemingway

20. Plaster and fresco [415-426]
R. Dewan, A. Baer & C. Knappett

21. Loom weights [427-442]
E. Zografinaki, C. Knappett & P. Gheorghiade

22. Drainage channels [443-446]
A. Baer

23. Figurines and clay objects [447-452]
R. Dewan

24. Beads and spindle whorls [453-456]
C. Knappett & R. Dewan

25. Seals and seal impressions [457-462]
M. Anastasiadou

26. Conclusions [463-468]
C. Knappett, A. Livarda &  N. Momigliano

Bibliography [469]
Index [501]
Plates
Colour plates

Supplementary Material (https://www.bsa.ac.uk/publications/supplementary-volumes/)

Appendix 1: The ‘Palaikastro Educational Project’ (PEP) (2013–2016): accessing archaeology S129 — constructing meanings of the past by K. Kasvikis

Appendix 2: The peak sanctuary of Petsophas: a reappraisal by L. Vokotopoulos