Pseira I: The Minoan Buildings on the West Side of Area A

by Philip P Betancourt, Costis Davaras

Overview

This is the first volume in a series of final publications on the joint American-Greek archaeological excavations at Pseira in northeast Crete. The site is a seaport dating from the end of the Final Neolithic until the Late Minoan period. This volume presents a series of houses whose main period of occupation is Late Minoan IB. The architecture is constructed of stone and remarkably well preserved. The text includes detailed catalog entries, profile drawings, and stone-by-stone architectural plans.

Pseira, I
UniversityMuseum Monograph, 90

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780924171406
Publisher:	INSTAP Academic Press
Publication date:	12/31/1995
Series:	University Museum Monographs Series , #90
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Ph D; Laura H. Carnell Professor of Prehistoric Aegean Art and Archaeology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA; retired Adjunct Professor of Art History, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; 2003 Gold Medal for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement, Archaeological Institute of America; author and editor of numerous articles and books in Aegean Bronze Age Art and Archaeology.

Editorial Reviews

Pseira is a small island at the eastern end of the Gulf of Mirabello in eastern Crete. In Minoan times, it was the site of a prosperous town with about 60 buildings. The site was first excavated in 1906 and 1907; the new project began in 1985, initiated with the purpose of gathering information rather than art objects or new finds for display. Much of the project's resources were devoted to the assemblage of data from masses of household pottery, the recording of state plans from the architecture previously exposed, and the acquisition of information from the humbler aspects of Minoan culture. With this volume, the presentation of data begins. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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