The Late Minoan III Necropolis of Armenoi, Volume II : Biomolecular and Epigraphical Investigations

by: Tzedakis, Y. Martlew, H. Tite, M.

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The Late Minoan III necropolis of Armenoi Volume 2 Biomolecular and epigraphical investigations

Abstract:This is the first volume on the Late Minoan III Necropolis of Armenoi in western Crete. It sets the scene, introduces the site and its topography, and offers the results of site surveys and their finds. A chapter on the Linear B discovery from the necropolis is also included. The necropolis is the most important and extensive, and the only intact, cemetery that dates to Late Bronze Age III on Crete. This publication will augment our knowledge of Minoan burial practices, craft production, and religion. It will elucidate Minoans as a people: what they ate and drank, how they lived their lives, what diseases caused them suffering, and how they died

Contents:
List of figures and tablesContributorsThe Armenoi Project Acknowledgements Conventions, abbreviations and chronology Foreword Map of site1. The Late Minoan III Necropolis of Armenoi: introductionHolley MartlewThe discovery of the NecropolisThe tombsPublication programmeThe scientific programme PART I: SCIENTIFIC ANALYSES 2. Food and drink: what scientific analysis of pottery revealed through organic residue analysisHolley MartlewIntroductionMaterials and methodsResults3. The osteological study of Tomb 159Darlene WestonIntroductionTomb 159: its characteristics and contentsBurial context and MNIPreservationAge estimationBiological sex estimationPopulation variabilityDental health and diseasePalaeopathologyOsteobiography summariesDiscussion and conclusionsSummary4. Multi-isotopic (C, N, S, Sr) measurements of human skeletal materialMichael P. RichardsIntroductionIsotope analysis backgroundSample selectionMethodologyResultsDiscussionConclusions5. Bioarchaeological analyses of human and faunal skeletal remains and radiocarbon datingM. George B. Foody, Peter W. Ditchfield and Ceiridwen J. EdwardsIntroductionMaterials and methodsDietary stable isotopesAncient DNARadiocarbon datingConclusionsAppendix: species identification of 13 animal bones from the Necropolis6. The human dimension: the archaeological significance of the scientific resultsHolley Martlew and Yannis TzedakisIntroductionThe Total Station surveyStable isotope analysis (incorporating skeletal summaries by Darlene Weston)Ancient DNA (incorporating skeletal summaries by Darlene Weston)ConclusionsAppendix: catalogue (original compilation by Vicky Kolivaki)PART II: THE ?CITY? OF ARMENOI7. The identification of da-*22-toLouis GodartC 979Ce 59V 1002EL Z 18. Studies at the ?city? of Armenoi, the Necropolis and their environsPeter W. Ditchfield and Holley MartlewFaunal collagen carbon and nitrogen stable isotopic analysis (Peter W. Ditchfield)Minerals in the environs of Armenoi (Holley Martlew)Postscript: a tribute to Andrew Giże (Holley Martlew)9. The archaeological evidence which supports the identification of the Late Minoan III ?city? of Armenoi as da-*22-toHolley Martlew and Yannis Tzedakis1. The ?city? of Armenoi2. The Late Minoan III Necropolis of Armenoi (Late Minoan IIIA:1–Late Minoan IIIB:2 ca.1390–1190 BC)3. Contents of the tombs (with a contribution by Olga Krzyszkowska)4. Correspondence with Linear B tablets cited as evidence by Godart 5. Unlocked secrets Appendix: catalogue (original compilation by Vicky Kolivaki) 10. Western Crete, the ?city? of Armenoi and the fall of Pylos Louis GodartIntroduction Seals and seal impressions The frescoes of Pylos Ivories Linear B documents and their chronology Conclusions Postscript: the ?city? of Armenoi, da-*22-to (Yannis Tzedakis and Holley Martlew) Index

The Late Minoan III Necropolis of Armenoi, Volume II : Biomolecular and Epigraphical Investigations

by: Tzedakis, Y. Martlew, H. Tite, M.

• ISBN-13: 9798888570463 / 979-8-88857-046-3
• Oxbow Books, Oxford, 2024

Price: 59,00 EURO

1 copy in stock