Πρόθεση του συγγραφέα, Ομότιμου Καθηγητή Χρίστου Ντούμα, Διευθυντή από το 1975 των Ανασκαφών Ακρωτηρίου Θήρας, και του εκδότη, της Εταιρείας Στήριξης Σπουδών Προϊστορικής Θήρας, είναι ο οδηγός αυτός να βοηθήσει τον επισκέπτη να γνωρίσει τον αρχαιολογικό χώρο στο Ακρωτήρι και το Μουσείο Προϊστορικής Θήρας στα Φηρά.
Anastasia Papathanasiou, William A. Parkinson, Daniel J. Pullen, Michael L. Galaty & Panagiotis Karkanas (επιμέλεια)Οξφόρδη2018
This edited volume offers a full scholarly interdisciplinary study and interpretation of the results of approximately 40 years of excavation and analysis. It includes numerous chemical analyses and a much needed long series of radiocarbon dates, the corresponding microstratigraphic, stratigraphic and ceramic sequence, the human burials, stone and bone tools, faunal and floral remains, isotopic analyses, specific locations of human activities and ceremonies inside the cave, as well as a site description and the history of the excavation conducted by G. Papathanassopoulos.
Most of the papers presented here are multifaceted and complex in that they do not deal with only one topic or narrowly focus on a single line of reasoning or dataset. Arranged geographically they explore a series of key themes: Chronology, cultural affinities, and synchronization in material culture; changing social structure and economy; inter- and intra-site space use and settlement patterns, caves and include both site reports and regional studies.