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Kommos : a Minoan harbor town and Greek sanctuary in southern Crete
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Kommos : a Minoan harbor town and Greek sanctuary in southern Crete

Author: Joseph W Shaw
Publisher: [Princeton, N.J.] : American School of Classical Studies at Athens, ©2006.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Joseph W Shaw
ISBN: 0876616597 9780876616598 0876616600 9780876616604
OCLC Number: 61529839
Description: 171 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm.
Contents: Foreword --
Chronological charts --
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Part I. The Kommos site --
The Minoan town --
The southern area and the monumental Minoan buildings --
The Greek sanctuary (southern area) --
Kommos and the sea --
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Part II. Pitsidia and the western Mesara --
The Pitsidia/Matala community --
The western Mesara --
"A great Minoan triangle" --
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Part III. Thirty years of digging --
Aims and methods --
Financing --
The beginning of a dig : some personal background --
Negotiations --
The first days --
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Part IV. Some thoughts on contribution --
"The strange and wonderful" --
"Minoan palaces" --
Two monumental stoas --
The "shipsheds" --
Late Minoan II : "Independence at last" --
"Domestic economy" --
A question of attribution : Greek temple C --
The Artemis temple in the plain --
Cretan temples updated : the "Dreros" type --
The "Phoenician" shrine and recognition --
"Wrapping up" : a conclusion --
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Appendix : the written word and the digital dawn --
Further reading --
Bibliography --
Credits --
Index.
Responsibility: Joseph W. Shaw.
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