Mochlos IIB: Period IV. The Mycenaean Settlement and Cemetery: The Pottery (Prehistory Monographs)

Excavations carried out at two Late Minoan III sites at Mochlos in eastern Crete yielded a pottery assemblage from 31 tombs and 11 houses, which are cataloged, discussed, and illustrated together with petrographic analyses. The cemetery remains mirror the settlement remains, and the conclusions discuss how the two sites reflect each other. Rarely in Crete are a settlement and its cemetery both preserved, and it is extremely fortunate to be able to document both in a series of scientific excavation reports (Mochlos IIA-IIC). Contents: Introduction; 1. Petrographic Analysis of the Late Minoan III Ceramics; 2. The Late Minoan II-III Pottery; 3. Conclusions: The Decoration, Character, and Relative Chronology of the Late Minoan II-III Pottery; App. A. Petrographic Descriptions; App. B. Earlier Minoan and Later Orientalizing Pottery from Late Minoan III Contexts; Bibliography; Conc. A; Conc. B; Index; Tables; Figures; Plates. Introduction / R. Angus K. Smith and Jeffrey S. Soles Petrographic analysis of the late Minoan III ceramics / Eleni Nodarou Late Minoan II-III pottery / R. Angus K. Smith and Eleni Banou ; with contributions by Thomas M. Brogan, Douglas Faulmann, Ann M. Nicgorski, and Jeffery S. Soles Conclusions: Decoration, character, and relative chronology of the late Minoan II-III pottery / R. Angus K. Smith Appendix A: Petrographic descriptions / Eleni Nodarou Appendix B: Earlier Minoan and later orientalizing pottery from late Minoan III contexts / Jeffery S. Soles and Ann M. Nicgorski Concordance A: Field numbers and catalog numbers for Mochlos vols. IIA, IIB, IIC Concordance B: Contexts and catalog numbers in Mochlos vols. IIA, IIB, IIC. Excavations carried out at the Late Minoan III settlement and cemetery at Mochlos in eastern Crete yielded domestic artifacts, human remains, grave goods, and ecofactual material from 31 tombs and 11 houses. These objects are cataloged, discussed, and illustrated. Radiocarbon dates for the site are also presented. The cemetery remains mirror the settlement remains, and the conclusions discuss how the two sites reflect each other. Rarely in Crete are a settlement and its cemetery both preserved, and it is extremely fortunate to be able to document both in a series of scientific excavation reports (Mochlos IIA-IIC). The results of excavations carried out at two Late Minoan III sites at Mochlos in eastern Crete are presented. The stratigraphy and architecture of a total of 31 tombs and 11 houses are discussed together with a complete list of artifacts, ecofacts, and skeletal remains from each context. The cemetery remains mirror the settlement remains, and the conclusions discuss how the two sites reflect each other. Rarely in Crete are a settlement and its cemetery both preserved, and it is extremely fortunate to be able to excavate both. Table of Contents 6 List of Tables 8 List of Figures 10 List of Plates 16 Acknowledgments 20 Abbreviations 22 Introduction 24 1 Petrographic Analysis of the Late Minoan III Ceramics 26 2 Late Minoan II–III Pottery 38 3 Conclusions: Decoration, Character, and Relative Chronology of the Late Minoan II–III Pottery 148 Appendix A 162 Appendix B 178 References 188 Concordance A 196 Concordance B 214 Index 228 Tables 232 Figures 248 Plates 342 Rarely in Crete are a settlement and its cemetery both preserved. Excavations carried out at the Late Minoan III settlement and cemetery at Mochlos in eastern Crete yielded domestic artifacts, human remains, grave goods, and ecofactual material from 31 tombs and 11 houses (Mochlos IIA-IIC). By Jeffrey S. Soles ... [et Al.] ; Edited By Jeffrey S. Soles And Costis Davaras. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Content: A. The sites -- B. The pottery / by R. Angus K. Smith -- C. The human remains and other finds.