The Galatas Survey. Socio-Economic and Political Development of a Contested Territory in Central Crete during the Neolithic to Ottoman Periods

L. Vance Watrous, D. Matthew Buel, Eleni Kokinou, Pantelis Soupios, Apostolos Sarris, Sabine Beckmann, Georgos Rethemiotakis, Lee Ann Turner, Scott Gallimore & Mark D. Hammond (επιμέλεια)

Πόλη: Philadelphia

Έτος: 2017

Εκδότης: INSTAP Academic Press

Σειρά: Prehistory Monographs 55

Περιγραφή: Σκληρό εξώφυλλο, 464 σ., 20 ασπρόμαυροι πίνακες, 37 ασπρόμαυρες εικόνες, 69 ασπρόμαυρες φωτογραφίες, 22x 28,5 εκ.

Αγγλική περίληψη

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.

Περιεχόμενα

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