Knossos Monastiriako Kephali Tomb and 'Deposit' /
by Laura Preston; with contributions by Don Evely, Rebecca Gowland, Valasia Isaakidou and Olga Krzyszkowska.
- xi, 125 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm
- British School at Athens studies ; 22 .
- British School at Athens studies ; 22. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-121) and index.
The Monastiriako Kephali Tomb (T.11.1 and 1935/3): the archival, published, and material evidence / The Monastiriako Kephali Tomb: the ceramic material and stratigraphy / The stone vases and worked stone / The seal / The faunal material / Other materials / The human skeletal remains / The published, archival and material evidence / The ceramic material / The stone material / Other materials / Laura Preston -- Laura Preston -- Laura Preston -- Don Evely ; Olga Krzyszkowska ; Valasia Isaakidou ; Laura Preston and Don Evely ; Rebecca Gowland -- Laura Preston ; Laura Preston ; Don Evely ; Laura Preston and Don Evely -- Laura Preston -- Preface -- Introduction / The Monastiriako Kephali Tomb: the non-ceramic material. The Monastiriako Kephali Deposit (1935/2 and 1935/4). Conclusions / Appendix A: Monastiriako Kephali Deposit Stratigraphical Museum box labels -- Appendix B: Monastiriako Kephali Deposit Stratigraphical Museum box labels -- Appendix C: Inventory of human skeletal material in the Tomb.
"The archaeological sites on the Monastiriako Kephali hill analysed in this volume include the earliest known mortuary activity at the key Minoan centre of Knossos on the island of Crete. Two Bronze Age sites are presented, known as the 'Tomb' and the 'Deposit', originally excavated in the 1930s but until now never published in detail. The 'Tomb' represents the earliest known funerary site at Bronze Age Knossos, established in the late Prepalatial period and continuing in use until the Neopalatial. The function of the nearby 'Deposit' site is more ambiguous, but a mortuary interpretation is also possible for the phases contemporary with the 'Tomb', and is almost certain for the subsequent Late Minoan II-III era. This volume presents the excavated material held principally in the Stratigraphical Museum at Knossos. The stone artefacts, human remains, faunal remains, glyptic material and ceramics are described and discussed by Don Evely, Rebecca Gowland, Valasia Isaakidou, Olga Krzyszkowska and Laura Preston respectively, and the sites are placed within the broader framework of Minoan mortuary practices at Knossos during the second millennium BC."--Page 4 of cover.