The Galatas Survey. Socio-Economic and Political Development of a Contested Territory in Central Crete during the Neolithic to Ottoman Periods
Edited by L. Vance Watrous, D. Matthew Buel, Eleni Kokinou, Pantelis Soupios, Apostolos Sarris, Sabine Beckmann, Geor-gos Rethemiotakis, Lee Ann Turner, Scott Gallimore & Mark D. Hammond
City: Philadelphia
Year: 2017
Publisher: INSTAP Academic Press
Series: Prehistory Monographs 55
Description: Hardback, 464 p., 20 b/w tables, 37 b/w figures, 69 b/w plates, 22×28,5 cm
Abstract
This volume explores the results of the American archaeological survey (2005-2007) carried out around the area of Galatas in Central Crete, as requested by Georgos Rethemiotakis, the Director of Excavations at Galatas. It traces the socioeconomic and political development of the Galatas area and its relations with other areas of Crete during the Neolithic–Ottoman periods. Two powerful rival centers in Crete, Knossos/Herakleion and Kastelli/Lyttos, brought the Galatas area under their control at various times in history. The changes in local socioeconomic and political conditions are documented as Galatas came under the direct control of states elsewhere in Crete and overseas.
The archaeological survey was focused on a central site, Galatiani Kephala and its topographic catchment, similar to other smaller surveys, such as the Kavousi, and Pseira surveys. The survey zone was circumscribed by a 5 km radius around the Minoan palace at Galatiani Kephala, which is the geographical area bounded by the villages of Alagni, Astritsi, Sambas, Apostoli, Thrapsano, Arkalochori, and Hagia Semni in North-Central Crete.
Chapters 1 to 4 introduce the reader to the Galatas Survey Project and its region. Chapters 5 to 10 examine the prehistoric settlement of our region. Chapter 5 discusses the Neolithic settlement in the area. Chapters 11 to 14 tackle the historical settlement and society of the Galatas area.
Contents
List of Tables [vii-viii]
List of Figures [ix-x]
List of Plates [xi-xvii]
Acknowledgements [xix-xx]
List of Abbreviations [xxi-xxii]
Chronology [xxiii]
Introduction [xxv-xxvi]
PART I. THE GALATAS PROJECT AND ITS NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
1. Field Survey [3-8]
Vance Watrous
2. Survey Area [9-11]
Vance Watrous
3. Geological Implications of the Broader Galatas Region [13-18]
Eleni Kokinou, Pantelis Soupios & Apostolos Sarris
4. Pre-Industrial Life in the Galatas Area [19-25]
Sabine Beckmann
PART II. PREHISTORIC SETTLEMENT AND SOCIETY
5. First Settlers [29-33]
Matthew Buell
6. Prepalatial Growth in Social Complexity [35-41]
Matthew Buell
7. Emergence of a Stratified Society [43-49]
Vance Watrous
8. The Excavation of the Minoan Palace and Town of Galatas [51-54]
Georgos Rethemiotakis
9. Building a Minoan State at Neopalatial Galatas [55-74]
Matthew Buell
10. Collapse and Retraction [75-82]
Matthew Buell & Lee Ann Turner
PART III. HISTORICAL SETTLEMENT AND SOCIETY
11. Population Reduction and a Polis [85-94]
Lee Ann Turner
12. Population Retraction during the Hellenistic Period [95-104]
Scott Gallimore
13. Abandonment and Assimilation in the Roman Period [105-117]
Scott Gallimore
14. An Imperial Territory [119-161]
Mark D. Hammond
PART IV. CONCLUSION
15. Final Perspectives [165-169]
Vance Watrous
PART V. APPENDICES
Appendix A. Register of Sites [173-204]
Kapua Iao
Appendix B. Prehistoric Pottery [205-209]
Vance Watrous & Amy Heimroth
Appendix C. Ground and Chipped Stone Artifacts [211-217]
Matthew Buell
Appendix D. A Neolithic Pendant [219-222]
Sabine Beckmann
Appendix E. A Neopalatial Sealing [223-225]
Sabine Beckmann
Appendix F. Protogeometric to Hellenistic Pottery [227-233]
Brice Erickson
Appendix G. Early to Late Roman Pottery [235-239]
Scott Gallimore
Appendix H. Byzantine to Ottoman Pottery [241-257]
Mark D. Hammond
Appendix I. A New History of Pottery Production in Thrapsano [259-269]
Mark D. Hammond
References [271-296]
Index [297-310]
Tables
Figures
Plates