Petras, Siteia I: A Minoan Palatial Settlement in Eastern Crete.Excavation of Houses I.1 and I.2 (Prehistory Monographs)

This volume is the first of two that represent the final publication of Sector I of the Prepalatial to Postpalatial Minoan urban settlement and palace of Petras, Siteia, located in eastern Crete, and it presents the results of the excavations conducted there from 1985 to 2000. Individual chapters focus on the architecture (Tsipopoulou), cooking wares (Alberti), Early Minoan (EM) and Middle Minoan (MM) I pottery (Relaki), a unique example of an EM-MM amphora stamped with a seal prior to firing (Krzyszkowska), numerous miniature vessels and figurines (Simandiraki-Grimshaw), and a study of vessels (primarily Neopalatial) with potter's marks (Tsipopoulou). A subsequent volume will discuss in more detail the Neopalatial and Postpalatial pottery from Houses I.1 and I.2 and focus on the main Neopalatial period of the Petras settlement and its Postpalatial re-occupation. This volume is the first of two that represent the final publication of Sector I of the Prepalatial?Postpalatial Minoan urban settlement and palace of Petras, Siteia, located in eastern Crete, and it presents the results of the excavations conducted there from 1985 to 2000. Individual chapters focus on the architecture (Tsipopoulou), cooking wares (Alberti), Early Minoan (EM) and Middle Minoan (MM) I pottery (Relaki), a unique example of an EM?MM amphora stamped with a seal prior to firing (Krzyszkowska), numerous miniature vessels and figurines (Simandiraki-Grimshaw), and a study of vessels (primarily Neopalatial) with potter?s marks (Tsipopoulou). 0 0A subsequent volume will discuss in more detail the Neopalatial and Postpalatial pottery from Houses I.1 and I.2 and focus on the main Neopalatial period of the Petras settlement and its Postpalatial re-occupation Table of Contents 8 List of Tables 10 List of Figures 12 List of Plates 16 Preface and Acknowledgments 20 Cataloging System 24 Abbreviations 28 Excavation Data 30 Architecture and Function 76 Cooking Wares 90 Early and Middle Minoan Pottery 122 Seal Impression on Amphora EMP 152 154 Miniature Vessels 158 Potter’s Marks 166 Figurines 192 Producing Textiles: The Evidence from the Textile Tools 204 Stone Vases 214 Ground Stone Implements 218 Obsidian 242 Mammalian Faunal Remains 248 Marine Faunal Remains 254 References 264 Field and Siteia Museum Numbers and Findspots for Cataloged Objects 280 Pottery Catalog Numbers with Field and Siteia Museum Numbers and Their Findspots 314 Index 348 Tables 354 Figures 382 Plates 436