Crete in Transition: Pottery Styles and Island History in the Archaic and Classical Periods (Hesperia Supplement, No. 45) - Softcover

Brice L. Erickson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0876615450 ISBN 13: 9780876615454

Publisher: American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 2010

Synopsis

This work presents a classification system and absolute chronology for black-gloss wares from Crete, establishing the first local and regional ceramic sequences during the period from 600 to 400 B.C. This new chronological foundation of datable pottery from excavated sites fills in the so-called 6th-/5th-century gap and dispels the prevailing view that this was a period of decline in population and one of artistic and cultural impoverishment. The 6th century heralded important changes in Cretan society, reflected in the reorganization of burial grounds, new patterns of sanctuary dedication, and the circulation of exotica among the elite. The study reveals unsuspected connections with mainland Greece, especially Sparta and Athens. Historians and archaeologists will find the author’s conclusions, and their implications, to be of considerable interest.

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About the Author

Brice L. Erickson is Associate Professor in the Department of Classics at the University of California at Santa Barbara.

Edition details

• Publisher: American School of Classical Studies at Athens
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0876615450
• ISBN 13: 9780876615454
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 380