Thirsty Seafarers at Temple B of Kommos
Commercial Districts and the Role of Crete in Phoenician Trading Networks in the Aegean
By (author) Judith Muñoz Sogas
Paperback (Published)
(September 2022)
ISBN: 9781803273228
8.07 x 11.46 inches
Price: $49.00
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The island of Crete was an important place for cultural and economic exchanges between Greeks and Near Easterners in the Aegean during the 1st millennium BC. This book aims to understand the Phoenician presence and trade in Aegean temples, as well as how Crete shaped its role within the context of Mediterranean trade routes from East
The island of Crete was an important place for cultural and economic exchanges between Greeks and Near Easterners in the Aegean during the 1st millennium BC. Kommos and its temple provided materials that attest the connections between different populations, such as Greeks and Phoenicians. An examination of these objects and those from other Cretan sites such as Knossos, the Idaean Cave and Eleutherna is presented in this book. Moreover, the case of Kommos is compared to other Aegean cult structures with similar characteristics, such as the Sanctuary of Apollo in Eretria, the Heraion of Samos, the temple of Kition in Cyprus and the Temple of Vroulia in Southern Rhodes. These appear to be not just religious spaces but also economic and social meeting points, integrated into networks of commercial districts connected by land and sea routes. The book aims to understand the Phoenician presence and trade in Aegean temples, as well as how Crete shaped its role within the context of Mediterranean trade routes from the East to the West.
Abstract Preface and acknowledgments Introduction Contextual analyses Aim and methodology The site of Kommos The Commercial temple of Kommos Temple B The commercial district of Kommos Observations Kommos and its connections within Crete Knossos Eleutherna The Idaean Cave Other sites Land routes General observations on Cretan sites Other possible commercial sanctuaries Cyprus Rhodes Samos and the Temple of Hera Euboea Observations Further Eastern and Phoenician presence Sea routes General observations on commercial temples Conclusions Bibliography, Abstract
Preface and acknowledgments
Introduction
Contextual analyses ;
Aim and methodology ;
The site of Kommos ;
The Commercial temple of Kommos
Temple B ;
The commercial district of Kommos ;
Observations ;
Kommos and its connections within Crete
Knossos ;
Eleutherna ;
The Idaean Cave ;
Other sites ;
Land routes ;
General observations on Cretan sites ;
Other possible commercial sanctuaries
Cyprus ;
Rhodes ;
Samos and the Temple of Hera ;
Euboea ;
Observations ;
Further Eastern and Phoenician presence ;
Sea routes ;
General observations on commercial temples ;
Conclusions
Bibliography
Judith Muñoz Sogas has a PhD in History from Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2020) and currently works at Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. Since 2022, she has been a PostDoctoral researcher at the University of Barcelona, focusing on Greek-Phoenician contacts in Iron Age Crete. She has been affiliated to the American School of Classical Studies at Athens and the National Hellenic Research Foundation as a visiting researcher, as well as the University of Sheffield. She has participated as an archaeologist in several excavation projects in Spain and collaborated with the Archaeological Museum of Catalunya (Spain) and Weston Park Museum (United Kingdom).
- By (author) Judith Muñoz Sogas
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