Title: The early Iron Age : the cemeteries /
Authors: Papadopoulos, John K., 1958-; Smithson, Evelyn Lord,; Liston, Maria A.; Ruscillo, Deborah.; Strack, Sara.; Dimitriadou, Eirini.; American School of Classical Studies at Athens,
Year: 2017
Subjects: Cemeteries Greece Athens.; Tombs Greece Athens.; Iron age Greece Athens.; Excavations (Archaeology) Greece Athens; Antiquities; Cemeteries; Excavations (Archaeology); Iron age; Tombs; Agora (Athens, Greece); Athens (Greece) Antiquities.; Greece Athens; Greece Athens Agora.
Abstract: "This volume, the first of two dealing with the Early Iron Age deposits from the Athenian Agora, publishes the tombs from the end of the Bronze Age through the transition from the Middle Geometric to Late Geometric period. An introduction deals with the layout of the four cemeteries of the period, the topographical ramifications, periodization, and a synthesis of Athens in the Early Iron Age. Individual chapters offer a complete catalogue of the tombs and their contents, a full analysis of the burial customs and funerary rites, and analyses of the pottery and other small finds. Maria A. Liston presents the human skeletal material, Deborah Ruscillo presents the faunal remains, and Sara Strack contributes to the pottery typology and catalogue. In an appendix, Eirini Dimitriadou provides an overview of the locations of burial activity in the wider city."--
Contents: Introduction / by John K. Papadopoulos -- Four Cemeteries: A Catalogue of Tombs and Their Contents / by John K. Papadopoulos and Evelyn Lord Smithson, with contributions by Sara Strack -- Human Skeletal Remains / by Maria A. Liston -- Faunal Remains / by Deborah Ruscillo -- Burial Customs and Funerary Rites / by John K. Papadopoulos -- Pottery / by John K. Papadopoulos and Sara Strack -- Small Finds Other than Pottery / by John K. Papadopoulos -- Epilogue: Social and Historical Conclusions / by John K. Papadopoulos -- Appendix: The Development of Early Athens from ca. 1125 B.C. to the End of the 8th Century B.C. / by Eirini Dimitriadou -- Concordances -- Indexes.