Akrotiri, Thera : Forty Years of Research (1967-2007). Scientific Colloquium. Athens, 15-16 December 2007

by: Doumas, Chr.G. Devetzi, A.

Forty years of continuous and systematic geological and archaeological investigations at Akrotiri on the island of Santorini (Thera) have yielded ample evidence for reconstructing the history of the site and filling gaps in the history of the wider Aegean region. This small, Late Neolithic coastal village, whose economy was based mainly on farming and fishing activities, was related culturally to other contemporary settlements in the Cyclades, namely Saliagos near Antiparos, Grotta on Naxos, and Ftelia on Mykonos. Investigation of the rock-cut chambers at Akrotiri has revealed that by the end of the third millennium bc, they had been abandoned and filled with debris almost up to their ceiling. Pithos burials of children were found in some, either beneath the debris or within it. Of particular importance is the discovery of a special construction in association with the cemetery, which corroborates sporadic evidence from various Aegean sites.

CONT E N T S

FOREWORD C. G. Doumas, A. Devetzi 11

FORTY YEARS OF RESEARCH (1967-2007)C. G. Doumas 13

Stratigr aphy - Chronolog yTHE MORPHOLO GY OF T HE PALAEO RELIEF OF TH E ARCHAEOLOG ICAL SITEMichalis Kavvadas, Pavlos Marinos, Maria Benisi, Kostas Korkaris 33

THE NEOLITHIC PERIOD AT AKROTIRI, TH ERA: PR ELIMINARY EVIDENCEFanis Mavridis 39

RECENT EVIDENCE OF THE EA RLY BRONZE AG E AT AKROTIRI, THE RAStephanos P. Kariotis 55

AKROTIRI DURING THE MIDDLE BRONZ E AGE: NEW DATA, NEW DE LIB ERATIONSIrene Nikolakopoulou 71

NEW PIL LAR SHAFT 67.

A DEEP STRATIGRAPHICAL SECT IONIN THE HISTORY OF THE CITY AT AKROTIRIMar y Tsoulakou 81

Urban Planning an d ArchitectureXESTE 4. NEW EVI DENCE O N ITS ARCHITECTURAL ARR ANGEMENTNatasa Akrivaki 103

BUILDING COMPLEX DELTA AND ITS INCORPORATIONIN THE URBAN TISSUE OF THE PREHISTORIC CIT Y AT AKROTIRIEvangelia Georgaki 117

THE NORTHWEST EDGE OF T HE SITE:A NEW NEIGHBOURH OOD AT PREH ISTORI C AKROTIR IAngeliki Moschou, Artemis Karnava 143

OPEN SPACE S AN D THE DRAINA GE SEWERAG E SYSTEMPhotini Sofianou, Fragoula Georma 163

AKROTIRI SEEKS A PLACE IN THE BO OK OF T HE HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE :ACTION AND REACTION IN THE EDUCATIO N OF TH E MODERN ARCHITECTClairy Paly vou 185

THE CONTRIBU TION OF 3D MODELLING SOFTWARETO TH E STUDY OF TH E HISTORY OF ARCHITEC TUREKostas Athanasiou 189

Technolo g y - EconomyPIGMENTS. NEW DATA ON THE MATERIAL S,THEIR PROCESSINGAND THEIR USE I N THE PREHISTO RIC SETTLEMENT AT AKROTIRIKiki Birtacha, Sophia Sotiropoulou, Vassilis Perdikatsis, Chryssa Apostolaki 195

STONE TOOLS AND VESSELS FOR PROCESSING INORGANIC MATERIALSAnastasia Devetzi 215

TEXTILES AT AKROTIRI. FINE, SI MPLE BUT NOT SI MPLISTI CYouli Spantidaki, Christophe Moulhérat 237

NEW EVI DEN CE FO R WEAVING AT AKROT IRIIris Tzachili 251

SPINDLE WHOR LS FRO M THE RECENT EXCAVATIONSSophia Vakirtzi 257

Kàlathos: FROM OBJE CT TO ID EAΜaria P. Belogianni 267VALUES AND MEASUREMENTS IN THE ECONOMIC LIFE AT AKROTIRI, THERAAnna Michailidou 277

THE AMPHORAE AT AKROT IRI: TANG IBLE EVIDENCEOF THE FUNCTIONAL DEMANDS OF A PREHIS TORIC SOC IET YLitsa Katsa 287.

THE SMALL STONE SPHERES FROM AKROTIRI, THERALucy Valassi 313

Envir onment - DietTHE MICROENV IRONME NT OF LATE BRONZE AG E URBA N SPACES:THE MICROFAUNA OF THE LATE CYCLADIC I CITY AT AKROTIRIKaterina Papagianni 333

FLIES, BEETLES, FOO D AND BURIAL.ARCHAEOENTOMOLOGY OF THE NEW PILLAR SHAFTS AT AKROT IRIEva Panagiotakopulu 351

THE ?VIS IBILITY ?OF THE OLI VE AT AKROTIRI, TH ERA,AND ITS IMPORTANCE FOR BRONZE AGE SO CIETYAnaya Sarpaki 359

RECONSTRUCTING THE BRONZE AGE LANDSCAPEAND ENVIRONMENT OF SAN TORINI : A PH YTOLITH ANALYSIS AP PROACHLefteris Zorzos 367

ORGANIC RESIDUE S IN POTTERY A ND COOKI NG AREAS AT AKROTIRIMaria Roumpou, Vassilis Kylikoglou and Nikos Kalogeropoulos 375

FISH PRODUCTS AT BRONZE AGE AKROT IRI. A LONG MEDITERRA NEAN TRA DIT IONDimitra Mylona 383

Art - Ideolog yTWIN E  STYLUS  PIGMENT. PREL IMINARY DE SIGNSIN THE WALLPAINTINGS AT AKROTIRI, THERAΕlisavet Chr yssikopoulou 393

EARLY CYCLA DIC AKROT IRI: TH E MORTUARY PRACTICE OF ENCHY TR ISMOSAthina Maniki 403

FOUNDATION DEPOSITS AT AKROTIRI, THERAVenediktos Lanaras 421THE MIDDLE CYCLADIC VASE WITH BIRD REPRESENTATION FROM AK ROTIRIAngelia Papagiannopoulou 447

ANINSCRIBED DOUBLE AXE: DECORATIV E MOTIF OR POTTER?SMARK?Panagiotis Drivas 465

FROM SWALLOWS TO FIGURE-OF-EIGHT SHIELDS. DECTECT ING THE SUBSTRATEOF IDE AS BEHIND THE DEP ICTION OF THE SWALLOWIN THERAN AND SOUTH AEGEAN ICONOGRAPHYMarisa Marthari 473

THE GOLD AND THE RE D: APPROACHING THE INVIS IBLE AT AKROTIRI, THERAGeorge I. Alexopoulos 491

SHEEP-REARING AT LATE CYCLADIC I AKROTIRI AND THE DEPOSIT OF HORNSKaterina Trantalidou 515

THE DISPER SION OF WALL-PAINTINGS IN THE LATE CYCL ADIC I SETT LEMENTAT AKROTIRI, THERA . THE DATA AFTER THE RECENT EXCAVATIONSAndreas G. Vlachopoulos 559

THE ANTECHAMBER OF XESTE 3: ?THE RETURN OF THE HUNTER S?.INTRODUCTORY REMARKS OCCASIONEDBY TWO NEW WALL-PAINTINGS FROM AKROTIRIIrini Papageorgiou 583

ABBR EVIATIONS - BIBLIOGRAPHY 605

LIST OF CONTRIBUTOR S 653

Akrotiri, Thera : Forty Years of Research (1967-2007). Scientific Colloquium. Athens, 15-16 December 2007

by: Doumas, Chr.G. Devetzi, A.

• ISBN-13: 9786188331761 / 978-618-83317-6-1
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