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This volume presentes the results of the survey and excavation of a second peak sanctuary on Minoan Kythera at Leska. An introduction to the archaeological background of the island is provided, as well as a discussion on peak sanctuaries there and in Minoan Crete.

This publication presents the archaeological evidence from two associated Minoan sites situated at Apesokari in the Mesara Plain of South-Central Crete, Tholos Tomb A and the neighboring free-standing domestic complex on Vigla Hill.

This two-volume set presents the results of the excavation of two cemeteries at the site of Vronda Kavousi in East Crete: the cemetery of tholos tombs belong to the Subminoan to Protogeometric periods and the cemetery of enclosure graves with cremation burials belonging to the Late Geometric to Late Orientalizing periods.

Examines ancient Egyptian artifacts from a shrine of the Minoan-Greek goddess Eileithyia.

This excavation of a Late Bronze Age town on the island of Mochlos in northeastern Crete includes the House of the Metal Merchant and 13 other structures. Each building is described with its stratigraphy, architecture, small finds, ecofactual materials, function, and room use.

Details the Neopalatial and Late Minoan II to III pottery from Houses I.1 and I.2 at the Petras, Siteia II site, a Minoan Palatial Settlement in Eastern Crete.

Presents the remarkable discoveries from the excavation of a shrine dedicated to the Greek Goddess Eileithyia in Crete.

Presents the fascinating discoveries from the salvage excavation of a Minoan settlement at Bramiana in southeastern Crete.

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Archaeometallurgy survey and excavation of an Early Bronze Age miners' village, Goeltepe, and its associated tin mine, Kestel, are presented. The results of the surface surveys, test pit operations, profile trenches, and excavation finds demonstrate that processing of cassiterite-rich ore was the primary function of activities at Goeltepe.

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Excavations at the Bronze Age seaport on Pseira Island uncovered the remains of sophisticated water retention systems that included the addition of retaining walls to prevent erosion, massive dams with associated reservoirs, and small check-dams to ravines that reached over one hundred meters in length in order to control water runoff and make it available for human use. Agriculture was one of the cornerstones of the Bronze Age Cretan economy,...

The site of Knossos on the Kephala hill in central Crete is of great archaeological and historical importance for both Greece and Europe. Dating to 7000 B.C., it is the home of one of the earliest farming societies in southeastern Europe, and, in the later Bronze Age periods, it developed into a remarkable center of economic and social organization within the island, enjoying extensive relations with the Aegean, the Greek mainland, the Near Ea...

This publication includes a detailed discussion of the pottery, the finds and their parallels, and a reconstruction of both the excavation and stratigraphy of Tholos Gamma in the Bronze Age cemetery of Phourni at Archanes. This evidence is used to give the historical outline of the tomb from its foundation in Early Minoan IIA until its excavation in 1972. Several problems concerning Prepalatial mortuary practices are discussed, with particular...

This handsome volume describes and illustrates the excavation of an artificial rock shelter in Crete, Greece. Minoan pottery and small finds such as stone tools, loomweights, and ecofactual remains were recovered. The ceramics elucidate the style and chronology of East Cretan White-on-Dark Ware, which dates to the end of the Early Bronze Age.

This volume presents the Late Bronze Age pottery from in and around House X, a large Minoan house at Kommos situated not far from the sea in South-Central Crete. This volume is richly illustrated with drawings, photos, and tables of data. Rutter¿s contribution complements the publication of the architecture, stratigraphy, and small finds in Part 1 (Shaw and Shaw, eds., 2012). Together, this pair of volumes offers a conclusion to a series of mo...