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Nicolas Coldstream and George Huxley began excavations on the Greek
island of Kythera in 1963. Their mission was to find out if the Minoans
of ancient Crete had established a maritime empire, as Herodotus, Aristotle
and other classical authors claimed. Digging in the fertile valley of Paleopoli,
they were quickly successful, finding plentiful evidence of homes, agriculture,
trade, shipping, cults and burials. Over the next nine years they made further
visits to the island, studying the rich archaeological finds and writing up the
results in this remarkable book, which includes articles commissioned from
leading scholars on Kythera s history, geology and topography.
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Kythera Excavations And Studies Conducted by THe University Of Pennsylvania Museum and The British School At Athens
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Faber and Faber Limited, London, 1972
ISBN 10: 0571096832
ISBN 13: 9780571096831
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 319+96 illustrations (some folding)+88 plates pages with figures, diagrams, maps, plans, plates and appendixes. Quarto (11 1/4" x 8 1/2") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. Contributions by R Hope Simpson, J F Lazenby, A S Trik, Bernard Anderson, W G Forrest, Judith Herrin, A H S Megaw and W H Plommer. First British edition. Kythira is an island in Greece lying opposite the south-eastern tip of the Peloponnese peninsula. It is traditionally listed as one of the seven main Ionian Islands, although it is distant from the main group. There are archaeological remains from the Helladic period, contemporary with the Minoans. There is archaeological evidence of Kythiran trade as far as Egypt and Mesopotamia. Kythira had a Phoenician colony in the early archaic age; the sea-snail which produces Tyrian purple is native to the island.[citation needed]Xenophon refers to a Phoenician Bay in Kythira (Hellenica 4.8.7, probably Avlemonas Bay on the eastern side of the island). The archaic Greek city of Kythira was at Scandea on Avlemonas; its ruins have been excavated. Its acropolis, now Palicastro (Palaeocastron, "Old Fort"), has the temple of Aphrodite Ourania, who may well represent a Phoenician cult of Astarte. In classical times, Kythira was part of the territory of several larger city-states. Sparta took the island from Argos early in the sixth century, and ruled it under a kytherodíkes (kυθηροδίκης, "judge on Kythira"), in Thucydides' time [4,53,3]; Athens occupied it three times when at war with Sparta (in 456 during her first war with Sparta and the Peloponnesians; from 426 to 410, through most of the great Peloponnesian War; and from 393 to 387/386, during the Corinthian War against Spartan dominance) and used it both to support her trade and to raid Laconia. Condition: Spine ends and corners gently bumped and rubbed some pencil marginalia throughout. Jacket spine ends chipped with tears, edge wear with tears and chips, lightly soiled else very good in about very good jacket. Seller Inventory # A2656