| The Hagia Photia Cemetery I: The Tomb Groups and Architecture Contributor(s): Davaras, Costis (Author), Betancourt, Philip P. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1931534136 ISBN-13: 9781931534130 Publisher: INSTAP Academic Press OUR PRICE: $76.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2004 Annotation: The Hagia Photia Cemetery takes its name from the nearby village on the notheast coast of Crete, 5 km east of modern Sitcia. This large Early Minoan burial ground with over fifteen hundred Cyladic imports was discovered in 1971. A total of 263 tombs were excavated as a rescue excavation in 1971 and 1984. Among the 1800 artifacts ar some of the earliest known Cretan discoveries in several categoris, including hundreds of complete vases, crucibles with copper inside them, long daggers with central midribs, pendants made in the lost-wax process, multiple vases called kernoi, bird-shaped vases, marble dishes of Cycladic shape, and many other items. The grave goods come mostly from the Kampos Group, an assemblage of artifacts known mainlyu from the Cyclades. In Cretan terms, the cemetery's main body of material comes at the interface between the end of Early Minoan land the beginning of Early Minoan IIA. The tombs represen an architectural style and a series of burial customs that are foeign to Crete but familiar from elsewhere within the Agean. In fact, the cemetery has such close parallels from the Cyclades that it has often been regarded as a cycladic colony. The burial contents are an extremely interesting body of evidence for the study of the formative phases of Minoan Crete. |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - Greece - Social Science | Archaeology - Biography & Autobiography |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2004024869 |
| Series: Prehistory Monographs |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 8.67" W x 10.39" (2.66 lbs) 296 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Greece - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
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| Quiz #: 106481 Reading Level: 3.5 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
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| Publisher Description: The Hagia Photia Cemetery takes its name from the nearby village on the northeast coast of Crete, 5 km east of modern Siteia. This large Early Minoan burial ground with over fifteen hundred Cycladic imports was discovered in 1971. A total of 263 tombs were excavated as a rescue excavation in 1971 and 1984. Among the 1800 artefacts are some of the earliest known Cretan discoveries of several types: the grave goods come mostly from the Kampos Group, an assemblage of artefacts known mainly from the Cyclades. Similarly, the tombs represent an architectural style and a series of burial customs that are foreign to Crete but familiar from elsewhere within the Aegean. In fact, the cemetery has such close parallels from the Cyclades that it has often been regarded as a Cycladic colony. The burial contents are an extremely interesting body of evidence for the study of the formative phases of Minoan Crete. |
Contributor Bio(s): Betancourt, Philip P.: - PhD; Laura H. Carnell Professor of Prehistoric Aegean Art and Archaeology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA; retired Adjunct Professor of Art History, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; 2003 Gold Medal for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement, Archaeological Institute of America; author and editor of numerous articles and books in Aegean Bronze Age Art and Archaeology. |