Bramiana: Salvaging Information from a Destroyed Minoan Settlement in Southeast Crete
Edited by Vili Apostolakou, Philip P. Betancourt & Thomas M. Brogan
City: Pensylvania
Year: 2021
Publisher: INSTAP Academic Press
Series: Prehistory Monographs 66
Description: Hardback, 216 pp., 33 illustrations in text, 19 figures, 9 plates
The Minoan site at Bramiana in southeastern
Crete provides evidence for a Bronze Age economy based on trade, agriculture, and craftwork. This publication uses a new system of organizing the pottery by petrography-sorting it by materials and workshop practices- revealing a trade network of cooking pots and other clay vessels and their contents.
Contents
List of Illustrations in the Text vii
List of Figures ix
List of Platesxi
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xv
List of Abbreviations xvii
1. Introduction and Methodology [1-12]
Vili Apostolakou, Philip P. Betancourt, and Thomas M. Brogan.
2. Petrographic Analysis of the Pottery from Bramiana [13-46]
Eleni Nodarou
3. Coarse Cretan South Coast Fabrics [47-52]
Philip P. Betancourt
4. Fine Cretan South Coast Fabrics 1 [53-60]
Amie S. Gluckman
5. Fine Cretan South Coast Fabrics 2: With Pellets [61-64]
Amie S. Gluckman and Philip P. Betancourt
6. Fine Cretan South Coast Fabrics 3: In-and-Out Bowls [65-70]
Florence S.C. Hsu
7. Granitic-Dioritic (Mirabello) Fabrics [71-80]
Sydney R. Sarasin
8. Metamorphic Fabrics [81-84]
Lily Bonga
9. Metamorphic Fabric from Palaikastro [85-88]
Lily Bonga
10. Ritual Vessels [89-92]
Lily Bonga
11. Calcite-Tempered Fabrics [93-96]
Philip P. Betancourt and Eleni Nodarou
12. Uncommon Fabric Groups [97-98]
Philip P. Betancourt
13. Ground Stone Implements [99-100]
Heidi M.C. Dierckx
14. Vitrified Clay Fragments [101-102]
Antonia Stamos, Eleni Nodarou, and Philip P. Betancourt
15. Building Materials [103-106]
Philip P. Betancourt and Eleni Nodarou
16. Other Finds [107-108]
Philip P. Betancourt
17. Conclusions on the Clay Vessels and Their Fabrics [109-116]
Philip P. Betancourt
18. Trade at Bramiana [117-122]
Thomas M. Brogan
19. Reconstructing the History of Bramiana [123-130]
Philip P. Betancourt and Thomas M. Brogan
20. Before and After: Reconstructing the Bramiana Landscape through Historical Aerial
Imagery [131-138]
Konstantinos Chalikias
21. Final Comments [139-142]
Philip P. Betancourt and Thomas M. Brogan
References 143
Concordance 155
Index.159
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