The Athenian Agora. The Early Iron Age. The Cemeteries
John K. Papadopoulos & Evelyn Lord Smithson
City: Princeton-New Jersey
Year: 2018
Publisher: American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Series: The Athenian Agora XXXVI
Description: Hardback, 1036 p., numerous b/w tables, numerous b/w & 8 colour figures, 31.2 x 23.5 cm
Abstract
This volume, the first of two dealing with the Early Iron Age deposits from the Athenian Agora, publishes the tombs from the end of the Bronze Age through the transition from the Middle Geometric to Late Geometric period. An introduction deals with the layout of the four cemeteries of the period, the topographical ramifications, periodization, and a synthesis of Athens in the Early Iron Age. Individual chapters offer a complete catalogue of the tombs and their contents, a full analysis of the burial customs and funerary rites, and analyses of the pottery and other small finds. Maria A. Liston presents the human skeletal material, Deborah Ruscillo presents the faunal remains, and Sara Strack contributes to the pottery typology and catalogue. In an appendix, Eirini Dimitriadou provides an overview of the locations of burial activity in the wider city.
Contents
List of Illustrations [xvii-xxvii]
List of Tables [xxvii]
Bibliography and Abbreviations [xxix-xxiii]
Chapter 1: Introduction [1-34]
John K. Papadopoulos
Chapter 2: Four Cemeteries: A Catalogue of Tombs and Their Contents [35-502]
John K. Papadopoulos & Evelyn Lord Smithson, with contributions by Sara Strack
Chapter 3: Human Skeletal Remains [503-560]
Maria A. Liston
Chapter 4: Faunal Remains [561-573]
Deborah Ruscillo
Chapter 5: Burial Customs and Funerary Rites [575-688]
John K. Papadopoulos
Chapter 6: Pottery [689-897]
John K. Papadopoulos & Sara Strack
Chapter 7: Small Finds Other than Pottery [899-971]
John K. Papadopoulos
Chapter 8: Epilogue: Social and Historical Conclusions [973-984]
John K. Papadopoulos
Appendix: The Development of Early Athens from ca. 1125 B.C. to the End of the 8th Century B.C. [985-989]
Eirini Dimitriadou
Concordances [991-995]
Indexes [997-1035]