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698 pages

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Published Jul 2020

Archaeopress Archaeology

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Hardback: 9781789696714

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Keywords
Athens; Attica; Neolithic; Bronze Age; Late Bronze Age; Metallurgy; Exchange; Land-use

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Athens and Attica in Prehistory: Proceedings of the International Conference, Athens, 27?31 May 2015

Edited by Nikolas Papadimitriou, James C. Wright, Sylvian Fachard, Sylvian Fachard, Naya Polychronakou-Sgouritsa, Eleni Andrikou

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This book provides the most complete overview of the Attica region from the Neolithic to the end of the Late Bronze Age. It paves the way for a new understanding of Attica in the Early Iron Age and indirectly throws new light on the origins of what will later become the polis of the Athenians.

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Contents

CATALOGUE OF PREHISTORIC SITES IN ATTICA ;

SITE DISTRIBUTION MAPS I-IV ;

LIST OF AUTHORS ;

INTRODUCTION ;

TOPOGRAPHY ;
ELENI ANDRIKOU (a) ? East Attica: The prehistoric finds in the 21st century ;
ELENI ANDRIKOU (b) ? Thorikos in context: The prehistory ;

PALAEOENVIRONMENT ;
DIMITRIOS VANDARAKIS, KOSMAS PAVLOPOULOS, KOSTAS VOUVALIDIS, ERIC FOUACHE, VASILIOS KAPSIMALIS ? The contribution of simulated lithostratigraphy in the geoarchaeological research of the Athenian Basin during the Holocene ;
KOSMAS PAVLOPOULOS, DIMITRIOS VANDARAKIS, SYLVIAN FACHARD, ALEX R. KNODELL, VASILIOS KAPSIMALLIS ? Long-term sea level changes in the Saronic and Southern Euboean Gulfs ;
ODYSSEAS KAKAVAKIS, IRINI SKIADARESI ? Bronze Age depositions at the Phaleron Delta wetland: Approaches to interpretation ;

UPPER PALAEOLITHIC/MESOLITHIC - NEOLITHIC ERA ;
ANTIGONI PAPADEA, FANIS MAVRIDIS, DESPOINA MINOU-MINOPOULOU, DAISUKE YAMAGUCHI, ORESTIS APOSTOLIKAS ? Searching for the Pleistocene/Holocene transition: The case of the lithic industry from the anonymous Schisto cave at Keratsini ;
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GOULTA ? Neolithic settlement at Gyalou, Spata ;
STELLA RAFTOPOULOU, IRAKLIS TSONOS ? A Neolithic site at Kalyvia Thorikou (Mesogeia): Preliminary report on the architectural remains ;
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STELLA KATSAROU, DIMITRIOS PALAIOLOGOS, MARIA STEFANOPOULOU ? The Northern Attic Basin in the Early/Middle Neolithic: The household vessels ;
ALEXANDRA MARI ? From Mount Aigaleo to Mount Penteli: New prehistoric finds from Attic caves ;
MAIRY GIAMALIDI, AMYGDALIA ANDREOU, IOULIA LOURENTZATOU ? The Northern hill at the peninsula of Laimos in Vouliagmeni: Preliminary evidence from the prehistoric site ;

FINAL NEOLITHIC / EARLY BRONZE AGE TRANSITION ;
ZO TSIRTSONI ? The end of the Neolithic and the transition to the Early Bronze Age in Attica (mid 5th-late 4th millennium BC): Present state and research perspectives ;
MYRTO GEORGAKOPOULOU, KERASIA DOUNI, MICHALIS GINALAS, OLGA KAKAVOGIANNI, IOANNIS BASSIAKOS ? Recent finds from Final Neolithic and Early Bronze Age silver production sites in Southeastern Attica ;
MARIA KAYAFA ? The metal resources of Laurion during the Early Bronze Age. A synthesis of the archaeological and archaeometric data ;
MARGARITA NAZOU ? Thorikos in the Neolithic and the Early Bronze Age: A view from the Mine 3 pottery ;
OLGA KAKAVOGIANNI ? Subterranean chambers of Final Neolithic and Early Bronze Age date in Koropi and Merenda (Mesogeia), Attica ;
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ELEANNA PREVEDOROU ? Bioarchaeological approach to Early Helladic Attica: The human skeletal remains from Tsepi at Marathon (1970-1973 excavations) ;
PANAGIOTIS POMONIS ? Deposit 39 of the prehistoric cemetery at Tsepi (Marathon, Greece): Preliminary results from the petrographic analysis of the pottery ;

About the Author

Nikolas Papadimitriou is a Research Associate and Lecturer at the Institute of Classical Archaeology, University of Heidelberg ;

James C. Wright holds the William R. Kenan, Jr. Chair and is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology, Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania ;

Sylvian Fachard is Professor of Classical Archaeology at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland ;

Naya Sgouritsa is Professor Emerita of Archaeology at the University of Athens, specializes in Mycenaean Archaeology ;

Eleni Andrikou is the Head of the Ephorate of Antiquities of East Attica, Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports.

Reviews

'Athens and Attica in Prehistory emerges as a seminal work by producing ample evidence on hitherto unknown or barely known eras in the region, bringing new and important sites into focus, and exploring societal, political, economic, ideological and environmental facets through a variety of sophisticated, inter-related studies. The book also serves as a source of general insight on Attic prehistory, helping to contextualize later habitation. In sum, it is a truly impressive work and a welcome contribution to Aegean and Greek archaeology that fills a major gap in scholarship.' ? Anastasia Dakouri-Hild (2021): Bryn Mawr Classical Review