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Knossos Monastiriako Kephali Tomb and 'Deposit' / by Laura Preston; with contributions by Don Evely, Rebecca Gowland, Valasia Isaakidou and Olga Krzyszkowska.

By: Preston, Laura, 1972- [author.]Contributor(s): Evely, R. D. G [author.] | Gowland, Rebecca [author.] | Isaakidou, Valasia [author.] | Krzyszkowska, O. (Olga) [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: British School at Athens studies ; 22.Publisher: London : The British School at Athens, 2013Description: xi, 125 pages : illustrations ; 31 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated | unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volume | volumeISBN: 9780904887686 (hbk.); 0904887685 (hbk.)Subject(s): Excavations (Archaeology) -- Greece -- Knossos (Extinct city) | Pottery, Greek -- Greece -- Knossos (Extinct city) | Pottery, Ancient -- Greece -- Knossos (Extinct city) | Knossos (Extinct city) -- AntiquitiesLOC classification: DF261.K55 | P74 2013
Contents:
Preface -- Introduction / Laura Preston -- The Monastiriako Kephali Tomb (T.11.1 and 1935/3): the archival, published, and material evidence / Laura Preston -- The Monastiriako Kephali Tomb: the ceramic material and stratigraphy / Laura Preston -- The Monastiriako Kephali Tomb: the non-ceramic material. The stone vases and worked stone / Don Evely ; The seal / Olga Krzyszkowska ; The faunal material / Valasia Isaakidou ; Other materials / Laura Preston and Don Evely ; The human skeletal remains / Rebecca Gowland -- The Monastiriako Kephali Deposit (1935/2 and 1935/4). The published, archival and material evidence / Laura Preston ; The ceramic material / Laura Preston ; The stone material / Don Evely ; Other materials / Laura Preston and Don Evely -- Conclusions / Laura Preston -- 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.
Summary: "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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-121) and index.

Preface -- Introduction / Laura Preston -- The Monastiriako Kephali Tomb (T.11.1 and 1935/3): the archival, published, and material evidence / Laura Preston -- The Monastiriako Kephali Tomb: the ceramic material and stratigraphy / Laura Preston -- The Monastiriako Kephali Tomb: the non-ceramic material. The stone vases and worked stone / Don Evely ; The seal / Olga Krzyszkowska ; The faunal material / Valasia Isaakidou ; Other materials / Laura Preston and Don Evely ; The human skeletal remains / Rebecca Gowland -- The Monastiriako Kephali Deposit (1935/2 and 1935/4). The published, archival and material evidence / Laura Preston ; The ceramic material / Laura Preston ; The stone material / Don Evely ; Other materials / Laura Preston and Don Evely -- Conclusions / Laura Preston -- 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.