An Archaeological Survey of the Gournia Landscape
A Regional History of the Mirabello Bay, Crete, in Antiquity
by L. Vance Watrous, Donald Haggis, Krzysztof Nowicki, Natalia Vogeikoff-Brogan and Maryanne Schultz
A regional survey was undertaken in the central part of the Mirabello Bay area: along the northeastern coast of Crete in the Gournia Valley and the northern half of the Isthmus of Ierapetra, ending in the valley of Episkopi, to provide a regional context for the Bronze Age palace and settlement of Gournia. As this survey was the last and geographically most central compared to three other surveys (Vrokastro, Pseira, and Kavousi), conducted in the Mirabello region, it ties together the data from all four surveys regarding the environment, population(s), and social organization of an entire region.
A regional survey was undertaken in the central part of the Mirabello Bay area: along the northeastern coast of Crete in the Gournia Valley and the northern half of the Isthmus of Ierapetra, ending in the valley of Episkopi, to provide a regional context for the Bronze Age palace and settlement of Gournia. As this survey was the last and geographically most central compared to three other surveys (Vrokastro, Pseira, and Kavousi), conducted in the Mirabello region, it ties together the data from all four surveys regarding the environment, population(s), and social organization of an entire region. Furthermore, this volume goes beyond the survey data to consider, at some length, the evidence from local excavations, so as to provide an in-depth and integrated picture of the regional socio-economic development. It is meant as a regional archaeological study of the Mirabello Bay area.
1. The Field Project, L. Vance Watrous 2. The Region, L. Vance Watrous and Eberhard Zangger 3. Final Neolithic Period: Egalitarian and Heterogeneous Communities, L. Vance Watrous and Maryanne Schultz 4. Early Minoan I-II Periods: Emergence of a Stratified Society, L. Vance Watrous and Maryanne Schultz 5. Early Minoan III-Middle Minoan IA Periods: Disruption and Social Reorganization, L. Vance Watrous and Maryanne Schultz 6. Middle Minoan IB-II Periods: Growth of Regional Factions and Conflict, L. Vance Watrous and Maryanne Schultz 7. Middle Minoan III-Late Minoan I Periods: The Rise of a Regional State, L. Vance Watrous and Maryanne Schultz 8. Late Minoan IIIA-IIIB Periods: Depopulation and Mycenaean Occupation
L. Vance Watrous 9. Late Minoan IIIC-Geometric Periods: Retreat into Refuge Settlements, Krzysztof Nowicki 10. Orientalizing-Classical Periods: Population Nucleation and Development of the Polis, L. Vance Watrous 11. Hellenistic-Roman Periods: Expansion of the Isthmus in an International Era, Natalia Vogeikoff-Brogan 12. Conclusions, L. Vance Watrous App. A. Catalog of Sites, L. Vance Watrous App. B. Neolithic and Bronze Age Pottery, Donald Haggis App. C. Late Minoan IIIC-Orientalizing Pottery, Donald Haggis App. D. Archaic-Hellenistic Pottery, L. Vance Watrous App. E. Roman Pottery, John Hayes and Angeliki Kossyva References Index Tables Maps Figures Plates
- By (author) Donald Haggis
- By (author) Krzysztof Nowicki
- By (author) Maryanne Schultz
- By (author) Natalia Vogeikoff-Brogan
- By (author) L. Vance Watrous
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The Galatas Survey
Socio-Economic and Political Development of a Contested Territory in Central Crete during the Neolithic to Ottoman Periods
Volume 55
Mochlos IIC
Period IV. The Mycenaean Settlement and Cemetery: The Human Remains and Other Finds
Volume 32
Petras, Siteia II
A Minoan Palatial Settlement in Eastern Crete: Late Bronze Age Pottery from Houses I.1 and I.2
Volume 67
Mochlos IC
Period III. Neopalatial Settlement on the Coast: The Artisans' Quarter and the Farmhouse at Chalinomouri: The Small Finds
Volume 9
Neolithic Settlement of Knossos in Crete
New Evidence for the Early Occupation of Crete and the Aegean Islands
Volume 42
Ayioryitika
The 1928 Excavations of Carl Blegen at a Neolithic to Early Helladic Settlement in Arcadia
Volume 3
Kleronomia
Legacy and Inheritance. Studies on the Aegean Bronze Age in Honor of Jeffrey S. Soles
Volume 61
Mochlos IC
Period III. Neopalatial Settlement on the Coast: The Artisans' Quarter and the Farmhouse at Chalinomouri: The Small Finds
Volume 9
AMILLA
The Quest for Excellence: Studies Presented to Guenter Kopcke in Celebration of His 75th Birthday
Volume 43
Mochlos IVA
Period III. The House of the Metal Merchant and Other Buildings in the Neopalatial Town
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