Early Thermos

by: Papapostolou, I.A.

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Early Thermos : new excavations 1992-2003

Authors:I. A. Papapostolou (Author), Archaiologikē Hetaireia (Publisher), Archaiologike⁺ѕ Hetaireia

Summary:The author's interest in Thermos goes back to the time when he served as Ephor of Antiquities for Achaia and Aitoloakarnania (1976-1983). It was his obligation to deal with archaeological matters of that site, such as the arrangement of the agora. Thus, when, in 1983, at the request of the Archaeological Society in Athens, he undertook the continuation of the excavation of Thermos, which had been conducted by Rhomaios until 1932, he began with the agora. Yet the burning archaeological questions of Thermos had mainly to do with the monuments and with the stratigraphical sequence below the horizon of the early archaic temples, in the context of the prehistoric settlement with Megaron A, the establishment of the first centuries after the disintegration of the Mycenaean world, Megaron B with its hypothetical colonnade and the ash altar. In archaeological circles, indeed, the prevailing idea was that those questions, which had already been raised again in the past by Drerup, Wesenberg, Schmaltz, Coulson, Mallwitz and others before them, should indeed be reexamined. Much time had passed, moreover, since the first revealing researches of the two succesive excavators, George Soteriades and K.A. Rhomaios (1897-1916). The present monograph, translated in english by Miriam Caskey, is a condensed, but in some places also revised and supplemented edition of the greek publication entitled "Thermos. Megaron and the Early Sanctuary"

Series:
Vivliothēkē tēs en Athēnais Archaiologikēs Hetaireias, ar. 227, no. 277

Contents:
Part One. The Excavation : 1. Introduction
2. The Stratigraphic Sequence From The Middle Helladic To The Early Archaic Period
The Middle Helladic horizon
The Late Helladic period
The Early Iron Age
The destruction of Megaron B and the period of the ash altar (8th
late 7th century)
The period of the elliptical enclosure (7th century)
The construction of the Early Archaic temple
3. The Construction and Type of Megaron B : The walls
The question of the inclination and curvature of the walls
Building materials
The roof
The floor
The type of the building
Megaron B and the Mycenaean "megaron"
The Early Iron Age settlement
4. The Ceramic Metal and Stone Finds
A Brief Surve : The Pottery
Middle Helladic
Late Helladic handmade pottery
Mycenaean pottery
Pottery of the Iron Age)
The Metal Finds
Figurine
The Stone Tools
5. The Middle Helladic Tradition at Thermos in the Early Iron Age Part Two. Cult in Early Thermos and the Development of Aetolian Ethnicity
6. The Archaeological Evidence for Cult and Ritual
Cultic remains of the Late Helladic period
The evidence for cult during the period of Megaron B
The evidence for cult in the 8th and 7th centuries
7. Aspects of Cult
The holocaust sacrifices in Thermos
Cultic use of the bothroi
Cult of a sacred stone
Feasts, purification rites and the black layer
Sacrifices on a raised altar?
The question of Ancestor and Hero Cult
Cult of Daimons
Apollo
8. The Early Sanctuary and Aetolian Ethnicity
Thermos in relation to the sociopolitical configurations of the Early Iron Age
The Catalogue of Ships and Aetolia
The evidence for settlement centres
Aetolian myths and ethnicity
Communal cult at Thermos

Early Thermos (BAE277)

I. A. Papapostolou

Early Thermos

Βιβλιοθήκη της εν Αθήναις Αρχαιολογικής Εταιρείας αρ. 277
Αθήναι 2012
28x21,2 εκ. σ.248  πιν.88
ISSN 1105-7785
ISBN 978-960-8145-93-1

Early Thermos

by: Papapostolou, I.A.

• ISBN-13: 9789608145931 / 978-960-8145-93-1
• ISBN-03: 9608145937 / 960-8145-93-7
• The Archaeological Society of Athens, Athens, 2012

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