Pseira X
The Excavation of Block AF
by Philip P. Betancourt
This book is the tenth volume in the series of excavation reports about the harbor town of Pseira, which is located on the island of the same name, just off the northeast coast of Crete. The book focuses on the excavation and interpretation of the architecture and material culture in Block AF.
This book is the tenth volume in the series of excavation reports about the harbor town of Pseira, which is located on the island of the same name, just off the northeast coast of Crete. The book focuses on the excavation and interpretation of the architecture and material culture in Block AF. This southern group of buildings is one of the most important areas in the settlement because of its long succession of building phases. Block AF provides the fullest sequence of building phases from any one area at Pseira, with habitation extending from before MM II to LM III. It has examples of complex architectural details including a “pillar crypt,” elaborate upstairs floors, a well-preserved U-shaped staircase, and a well-designed kitchen, all of which contribute significantly to our knowledge of East Cretan building practices. In addition to domestic pottery, the houses furnish examples of stone tools, stone vessels, loom weights, inscriptions in Linear A, cult objects, animal bones, marine shells, and a wide range of material recovered from water sieving. This latter category, with burned grain, fish bones, shells, and other categories of materials, fills many gaps in our knowledge of Pseiran life.
- By (author) Philip P. Betancourt
Other Titles in this Series
Petras, Siteia I
A Minoan Palatial Settlement in Eastern Crete: Excavation of Houses I.1 and I.2
Volume 53
Mochlos IA
Period III. Neopalatial Settlement on the Coast: The Artisans' Quarter and the Farmhouse at Chalinomouri: The Sites
Volume 7
House X at Kommos
A Minoan Mansion Near the Sea Part 1: Architecture, Stratigraphy, and Selected Finds
Volume 35
Mochlos IB
Period III. Neopalatial Settlement on the Coast: The Artisans' Quarter and the Farmhouse at Chalinomouri: The Neopalatial Pottery
Volume 8
The Galatas Survey
Socio-Economic and Political Development of a Contested Territory in Central Crete during the Neolithic to Ottoman Periods
Volume 55
The Cave of the Cyclops
Mesolithic and Neolithic Networks in the Northern Aegean, Greece. Volume II: Bone Tool Industries, Dietary Resources and the Paleoenvironment, and Archeometrical Studies
Volume 31
The Shrine of Eileithyia
Minoan Goddess of Childbirth and Motherhood, at the Inatos Cave: Volume II: The Pottery and Figurines
Volume 74
Kos in the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age
The Halasarna Finds and the Aegean Settlement Pattern
Volume 38
Cretan Bronze Age Pithoi
Traditions and Trends in the Production and Consumption of Storage Containers in Bronze Age Crete
Volume 18
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