South by Southeast : : the History and Archaeology of Southeast Crete from Myrtos to Kato Zakros / / edited by Emilia Oddo and Konstantinos Chalikias.

• TeilnehmendeR: Oddo, Emilia, 1980-; Chalikias, Konstantinos,
• Place / Publishing House: Oxford, England : : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd,, [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (160 pages)

Contributions investigate the settlement patterns, maritime connectivity, and material culture of the southeast of Crete in a diachronic fashion, in an attempt to define it as a region and trace its history. Papers focus primarily on the archaeology of the sites along the coastal strip spanning between the Myrtos Valley and Kato Zakros.

Table of Contents

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright page -- Contents Page -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1 -- Figure 1. Paleolithic sites (after Nowicki 2014: figs. 22, 43 with changes). -- Figure 2. Mesolithic sites (after Nowicki 2014: figs. 22, 43 with changes). -- Figure 3. Cretan chronology in relation to mainland Greece (image by the author, after Bonga 2022, 10, fig. 2 a and b). -- Figure 4. EN and MN sites, 1. Pelekita Cave? 3. Voivoda Cave? (after Nowicki 2014: figs. 22, 43 with changes). -- Figure 5. LN I-II sites (after Nowicki 2014: figs. 22, 43 with changes). 1. Pelekita Cave, 2. Magasa, 3. Voivoda Cave, 4. Traotsalos, 5.Petras Kephala, 6. Kavousi Azoria, 7. Gournia Sfoungaras, 8. Pano Chorio, 9. Koufonisi Site 70, 10.Palaiakastro, 11. Ps -- Figure 6. Post 4500 Chalcolithic/Final Neolithic sites? 8. Pano Chorio, 16. Monastiraki Katalimata, 20. Koufonisi North (after Nowicki 2014: figs. 22, 43 with changes). -- Figure 7a-c. a) Location of the Pelekita Cave in Greece on the island of Crete (image by author) -- b) Map of the Pelekita Cave (after Davaras 1979: fig. 1, with changes) -- c) Map of Chamber 1 of the Pelekita Cave, showing the location of excavation trenches -- Figure 8. Bowls (1-6) and jars (7-8) (images by author). -- Figure 9. Top: Diagnostic pottery. 1-2 white-painted -- 3-5 incised and pointillé -- 6-7, 10 horned handles -- 8 wishbone handle, 9 squared handle. Bottom: A. Plastic decoration B. white-painted pottery (images by author) -- Chapter 2 -- Figure 1. Map of the eastern half of Crete, showing elevation. The research areas are indicated. (Map by T. Kalantzopoulou). -- Figure 2. The site of Kastri. Top Left: Plan of the plateau indicating the locations of the Neolithic building and the Protopalatial period Sanctuary. Top Right: Plan of the Neolithic building on the plateau. Below: View of the naturally flat-topped rock.

Figure 3. Map showing contour lines per 20m of the Zakros area. Sites mentioned in the text and excavated Bronze Age sites are indicated: 1. Sitanos, Katalimata -- 2. Stroggyla valley -- 3. Zakathos valley -- 4. Mesa Sitanos -- 5. Mavros Kampos -- 6. Vigla peak -- 7 -- Figure 4. Plans of the recognized Neopalatial buildings on the mountainous hinterland of Zakros. -- Figure 5. Map showing contour lines per 20m of the southeast slopes of Dikti area. -- Figure 6. Fakidia. Left: Plan of the Neopalatial building. Right: View of the Neopalatial building from the northeast and Myrtos beach in the background. (Plan and photo by T. Kalantzopoulou). -- Figure 7. Makry Livadi. Left: Plan of the rocky outcrop and the megalithic terrace on its south end. Right: View of the rock and the terrace from the southwest. (Plan and photo by T. Kalantzopoulou). -- Figure 8. Plans of farmhouses at the site of Lavrakia. -- Figure 9. Megalithic round construction at Xylosourtis, the slope to the west of Lavrakia. -- Chapter 3 -- Figure 1. Top: surface survey coverage on Crete and current status of publication. Top inset: Crete within the Aegean. Bottom: Mirabello region survey coverage and excavated/known sites. -- Figure 2. Environmental variables used in the models, from top to bottom: elevation, proportion of flat land (&lt -- 10° slope) within 100m radius of given cell, and distance to alluvial deposits. The graphs show the results of the logistic regression models f -- Figure 3. Relative occupation prediction maps for surveyed area within the Mirabello region, where blue to red illustrates lesser or greater likelihood in each period. The sites recorded by the survey projects in each period are overlain for comparison.

Figure 4. Relative occupation prediction maps calculated from the logistic regression models for the wider Ierapetra region. They are mapped on the same tonal scale for direct comparison between periods. The Protopalatial period has a higher total predict -- Figure 5. The distribution of elevation values for the Mirabello region, the entire isthmus region, and the three Mirabello surveys separately. The y-axis refers to the number of 15m cells in the DEM. -- Figure 6. Steps to building the simulated occupation densities (example is Protopalatial): (A) observed sites recorded by the Mirabello surveys, (B) simulated occupation densities conditioned only on the environmental relationships of the settlement patte -- Figure 7. Example simulations (A-B) and (C-D) spatial summaries of 500 simulated occupation density maps (a kernel density surface with a Gaussian bandwidth of 50m) for the western sub-region of Ierapetra (Figure 6F), from the Myrtos valley to the eastern -- Figure 8. Example simulations (A-B) and (C-D) summaries of 500 simulated occupation density maps (a kernel density surface with a Gaussian bandwidth of 50m) for the eastern sub-region of Ierapetra (Figure 6F), encompassing the inland valleys and the Makry -- Figure 9. Aggregated totals of occupied area for the Protopalatial and Neopalatial period simulations across the isthmus region. Simulated occupation areas within the surveyed area are illustrated for reference on the right, and recorded occupation levels -- Figure 10. (A) Neopalatial compared to Protopalatial summary occupation densities. Warm colours indicate higher estimated Neopalatial densities (summarised across all simulations), cold colours indicate higher Protopalatial densities. (B) Distribution of -- Chapter 4.

Figure 1. Southeast coastline of Crete, showing sites mentioned in text. Courtesy of Sylviane Dédérix and GeoSat ReSeArch Lab (FORTH). -- Figure 2. Coastal position of Myrtos-Pyrgos as seen from the upper Myrtos valley near Males. -- Figure 3. A Maliot conical jar import at Myrtos-Pyrgos. -- Figure 4. Google Earth image showing locations of Selakano, Males, Gaidourophas, Bramiana, and Myrtos-Pyrgos. -- Chapter 5 -- Figure 1. 'Vasiliki style' vase from a burial excavated in a small cavity of the Zakros gorge. -- Figure 2. 'East Cretan White on Dark Ware' specimen from the area of the palace 'kitchen'. -- Figure 3. One of the trial trenches made below the level of the new palace Central Court, which brought to light an earlier plastered court. -- Figure 4. Ceremonial vessel consisting of four hollow rings and decorated with religious symbols, found just outside the main entrance of the ruined palace. -- Figure 5. Early LMIIIC vase from the SW quarter of the Kato Zakros settlement. -- Figure 6. Protogeometric vase from 'Malakari'. -- Figure 7. Fragments of Roman amphorae, found in the area of the SE well, at the Zakros palace. -- Figure 8. Fragment of a Late Roman lamp from the Minoan buildings of the northern slope. -- Figure 9. Coin of the Proto-Byzantine period found accidentally in the Kato Zakros valley. -- Chapter 6 -- Figure 1. Choiromandres: The east half of the valley. A: Protopalatial open-air sanctuary and guard house, B: Protopalatial building, C: LM I buildings, D: megalithic enclosure, E: round building, F: terraced area, G: dams. Aerial view from the west (phot -- Figure 2. East slope: The Protopalatial building and the retaining wall to its south. 1: enclosure of the first building phase ‒ extant parts, 2: blocked entrance, 3: hollows on the surface of the bedrock, 4: deep pit. Aerial view (photograph by T. Kalant.

Figure 3. Choiromandres: Pottery. 1-4: MM IB, 5-10: MM IIA, 11: MM IIB, 12-16: MM IIIB, 17: MM IIIB / LM IA, 18-20: LM IA, 21: Early LM IB, 22-28: Final LM IB, 29-31: LM IIIA2 (drawings inked by M.-J. Schumacher). -- Figure 4. Guard house: Plan of the building and the adjacent structures (drawing by P. Macri, A. Felici, S. Cicellino and F.R. del Fattore). -- Figure 5. Guard house: The southeast façade. View from the east. -- Figure 6. Level area to the southwest of the guard house: The Protopalatial kiln and the enclosure that surrounded the LM IB terraces. View from the west/northwest. -- Figure 7. North rise: Plan of the LM I buildings, showing the distribution of the fragments of various pots from the Final LM IB horizon (drawing by A. Felici, T. Papadogkonas, M. Perri and A. Sarcina). -- Figure 8. Level area to the southwest of the guard house: The round tower-like building. View from the east/southeast. -- Figure 9. East slope: Terrace wall. View from the south. -- Figure 10. Southeast part of the valley: The arrangement of the LM IB agricultural terraces. Satellite image (Google Earth). -- Chapter 7 -- Figure 1. Map with sites mentioned in the text. -- Figure 2a-h. Ophiolite-/Flysch-related coarse fabrics from: a) Symi Viannou, b) Bramiana, c) Kato Zakros, d) Zakros-Karoumes, e) Azokeramos, f) Halasmenos, g) Vasiliki, h) Aphrodite's Kephali. -- Figure 2i-l. Ophiolite-/Flysch-related coarse fabrics in a quartz-rich matrix from: i) Symi Viannou, j) Makrygialos, k) Livari, l) Azokeramos. -- Figure 3a-d. Coarse fabrics with amphibolite from: a) Symi Viannou, b) Livari, c) Zakros-Karoumes -- d) Coarse serpentinite-tempered fabric from Makrygialos. -- Figure 3e-k. Fine fabrics with pellets from: e) Symi Viannou, f) Bramiana, g) Livari, h) Makrygialos, i) Kato Zakros, j) Halasmenos, k) Vasiliki.

Figure 3l-n. Fine fabrics with birefringent mineral from: l) Symi Viannou, m) Bramiana, n) Makrygialos.