Kavousi IIA: The Late Minoan IIIC Settlement at Vronda. The Buildings on the Summit (Prehistory Monographs)

This volume is the second in the series of final reports on the work of the Kavousi Project and the first volume on the cleaning (1982-1984) and excavations (1987-1992) at the mountain sites located above the modern village of Kavousi in eastern Crete. These sites, Vronda and the Kastro, shed light on the Early Iron Age, the transitional period in Cretan history known popularly as the Dark Ages, thereby elucidating the way of life of the people who lived in the area of Kavousi during that period and how their culture changed over time. Kavousi IIA is devoted to the excavation of material from the Late Minoan IIIC settlement at Vronda, particulary the houses on the summit of the Vronda ridge (Buildings A-B, C-D, J-K, and Q), along with earlier (Building P) and later (Building R) structures around them. Table of Contents Introduction; Building A-B; Building P; Building Q; Building Complex C-D; Buildings J, K, and R; App. 1. Kavousi Coarse Ware Fabrics; Bibliography; Index; Tables; Charts; Figures; Plates. Building A-b / Leslie Preston Day With Contributions By Heidi Dierckx, David Reese, And Lynn Snyder -- Building A -- Periphery Of Building A -- Building B -- History And Function Of Building A-b -- Building P / Leslie Preston With Contributions By Heidi Dierckx, David Reese, And Lynn Snyder -- Building Q / Leslie Preston Day With Contributions By Heidi Dierckx, David Reese, And Lynn Snyder -- Building Complex C-d / Nancy L. Klein With Contributions By Heidi Dierckx ... [et Al.] -- Building C -- Building D -- Periphery Of Building C-d -- History And Function Of Buildings C-d -- Building Complex J-k And Building R / Lee Ann Turner With Contributions By Heidi Dierckx ... [et Al.] -- Building J -- Building K -- Building R -- History And Function Of Building Complex J-k And Building R -- Appendix A : Kavousi Coarse Ware Fabrics / Margaret S. Mook And Leslie Preston Day. By Leslie Preston Day, Nancy L. Klein, And Lee Ann Turner ; Contributions By Heidi Dierckx ... [et Al.] ; Edited By Geraldine C. Gesell And Leslie Preston Day. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Glossary Introduction / Leslie Preston Day Building A-B / Leslie Preston with contributions by Heidi Dierckx, David Reese, and Lynn Snyder Building A Periphery of building A North of building A Building B History and function of building A-B Building P / Leslie Preston with contributions by Heidi Dierckx, David Reese, and Lynn Snyder Building Q / Leslie Preston with contributions by Heidi Dierckx, David Reese, and Lynn Snyder Building complex C-D / Nancy L. Klein with contributions by Heidi Dierckx, Geraldine Gesell, David Reese, and Lynn Snyder Building C Building D Periphery of building C-D History and function of buildings C and D Building complex J-K, and building R / Lee Ann Turner with contributions by Heidi Dierckx, Geraldine Gesell, David Reese, and Lynn Snyder Building J Building K Building R History and function of building complex J-K and building R Appendix A: Kavousi coarse ware fabrics / Margaret S. Mook and Leslie Preston Day. List of Tables 8 List of Charts 10 List of Figures 14 List of Plates 20 Preface 26 Acknowledgments 30 List of Abbreviations 38 Glossary 40 1 Introduction 42 2 Building A-B 56 3 Building P 106 4 Building Q 114 5 Building Complex C-D 120 6 Building Complex J-K and Building R 166 Appendices 204 Bibliography 210 Index 218