Sandy Pylos : an archaeological history from Nestor to Navarino /
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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| Imprint: | Princeton, NJ : American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 2008. |
| Description: | lix, 342 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6688773 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Figures
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Preface
- Transliteration Rules
- Introduction: Glimpses of Messenia Past
- Chapter 1. The Environmental Setting
- The Physical Scientist's Role in Regional Archaeology
- From Pollen to Plants
- Chapter 2. The History of Archaeological Investigations in Messenia
- The Discovery of the Palace of Nestor
- Marinatos in Pylos
- Chapter 3. The Palace and Its Dependencies
- The Port of Nestor
- Mycenaean Burial at Pylos
- Chapter 4. The Palace and Its Operations
- The Ano Englianos Hilltop After the Palace
- The Perfumed-Oil Industry
- Chapter 5. The Linear B Archives and the Kingdom of Nestor
- The PRAP Survey's Contribution
- Umme and Nichoria
- Chapter 6. After the Palace: The Early "History" of Messenia
- Ceramic Typology for Beginners
- Nichoria: An Early Iron Age Village in Messenia
- The Battle of Sphacteria (425 B.C.)
- Chapter 7. Liberation and Conquest: Hellenistic and Roman Messenia
- Dialiskari: A Late Roman Villa on the Messenian Coast
- Power from the Dead: Tomb Cult in Postliberation Messenia
- Bouka
- Chapter 8. Medieval Messenia
- The Estates of Niccolo Acciaiuoli
- Venetian Methoni (Modon)
- Byzantine Sgraffito Ware
- Chapter 9. The Second Ottoman Period and the Greek Revolution
- Hasanaga: A Glimpse Into the Ottoman Countryside
- The Battle of Navarino
- Chapter 10. From Pausanias to the Present
- Messenia's Multiple Pasts
- Computers and Maps at PRAP
- A Fieldwalker's Perspective on PRAP
- Timeline
- Sources of Quotations
- Further Reading
- Index