Final Neolithic Crete and the southeast Aegean /

Nowicki, Krzysztof,

Final Neolithic Crete and the southeast Aegean / by Krzysztof Nowicki. - 1 online resource (508 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Geography of the south Aegean -- The Neolithic beginning -- The final Neolithic in Crete : terminology and chronology -- The final Neolithic in Crete : the sites -- The final Neolithic in Crete : material culture -- The final Neolithic/late Chalcolithic in the southeast Aegean -- Concluding remarks.

"This book presents an archaeological study of Crete in transition from the Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age (c. 4000 to 3000 BC) within the broader South Aegean context. The study, based on the author's own fieldwork, contains a gazetteer of over 170 sites. The material from these sites will prompt archaeologists in Greece, Turkey, and the Middle East to reconsider their understanding of the foundation of Bronze Age civilization in the Aegean"--

9781614510376 (e-book)


Excavations (Archaeology)--Greece--Crete.
Bronze age--Aegean Sea Region.
Civilization, Aegean.


Crete (Greece)--Antiquities.
Aegean Sea Region--Antiquities.


Electronic books.

DF221.C8 / N68 2014

939/.1801