Full Description
This excavation of a Late Bronze Age town on the island of Mochlos in northeastern Crete includes the House of the Metal Merchant (with two large bronze hoards) and 13 other structures. Each building is described with its stratigraphy, architecture, small finds, ecofactual materials, function, and room use. This is a two volume set. Volume 1 contains the text and Volume 2 contains the Concordance, Tables, Figures, and Plates.
Contents
Volume 1
Introduction
History and Plan of the Neopalatial Town
House C.3: The House of the Metal Merchant
House of the Theran Refugee and other buildings in the Neopalatial Town
Metal Objects, Materials, and Sources
Seals and Clay Sealing
Small Finds of Bone, Ceramic, Shell, and Stone
Textile Production
Obsidian Consumption
Ground Stone Implements
The Plasters
Animal Remains: Exploring Human-Animal Relations
Microvertebrate Fauna
Palaeobotany: Cultivation and Agricultural Practices
Wood Charcoal
Everyday Life in a Prosperous Minoan Town, ca. 1700-1430 b.c.
References
Index
Volume 2
Concordance
Tables
Figures
Plates