The building complex of the Sea Guard-House on the bay of Karoumes and its area: the character of settlement in the countryside of Eastern Crete during the neopalatial period

Abstract

This study examines the form and character of occupation in the Cretan countryside during the Neopalatial period (second quarter of the 2nd millennium B.C.). It focuses on the lower tiers of the hierarchy of settlement, that is on the scattered hamlets and isolated buildings of the hinterland, the aim being to discuss the character of inhabitation of these sites and their significance - if any - for assessing the social organization of the period. The treatment is based on the so-called Sea Guard-house, a building complex situated on the bay of Karoumes, at the east coast of Crete. This is one of the few excavated sites that could be positioned at the lower level of the hierarchy of settlement. The analysis of the data focuses on the architecture and the ceramics. The character of the occupation in the surrounding area was also studied, so as to approach the aforementioned site in the context of the landscape where it was incorporated, and in order to ascertain whether it should be reg ...
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DOI
10.12681/eadd/21994
Handle URL
http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/21994
ND
21994
Alternative title
Το κτηριακό συγκρότημα του Φυλακίου της Θάλασσας στο όρμο Καρούμες και η περιοχή του: ο χαρακτήρας της κατοίκησης στην ύπαιθρο της Ανατολικής Κρήτης κατά τη Νεοανακτορική Εποχή
Author
Vokotopoulos, Leonidas (Father's name: Panagiotis)
Date
2007
Degree Grantor
Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki (AUTH)
Committee members
Ανδρέου Στυλιανός
Κωτσάκης Κώστας
Παπαευθυμίου-Παπανθίμου Αικατερίνη
Ακαμάτης Ιωάννης
Ευστρατίου Νικόλαος
Τιβέριος Μιχάλης
Discipline
Humanities and the ArtsHistory and Archaeology
Keywords
New Palace period; Farmhouses; Countryside; Pottery; Megalithic masonry; Social stratification; Settlement patterns; Crete
Country
Greece
Language
Greek
Description
xii, 412, 147 σ., im.
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