The archaeology of Kythera

1. Verfasser: Gregory, Timothy E.
Weitere Verfasser: Tzortzopoulou-Gregory, Lita.
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Sydney : Meditarch Publications, 2015.
Umfang/Format: xx, 395 pages : illustrations & maps (mostly coloured) ; 25 cm.
Schlagworte:
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Preface and Forewords -Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Foreword I (by Stavros Paspalas)
  • Foreword II (by Aris Tsaravopoulos)
  • Chap. I: Introduction - Goals, organization, and structure of the book
  • Archaeological approaches: methods, and theory
  • A note on transliteration of greek
  • Chap. 2: Background - The geography and geology of Kythera
  • Archaeological fieldwork and research on Kythera
  • Archaeological research on modern-period Kythera
  • Kythera in ancient mythology and in the accounts of western travellers
  • Chap. 3: A short archaeological history of Kythera - Prehistory
  • Historical Antiquity
  • The Middle Ages and the Venetian period
  • Period of transition and British rule, 1797-1864
  • Union with Greece to the present
  • Chap. 4: The east-central part of island - Paliopoli
  • Paliokastro
  • Avlemonas
  • Dragonares
  • A. Georgios sto Vouno
  • Chap. 5: The southern part of the island, Livadi to Chora
  • Chap. 6: The west of the island, Mylopotamos and the west coast
  • Chap. 7: The centre of the island, Mitata and nearby areas
  • Chap. 8: The north-central part of the island - Potamos
  • Paliochora
  • Chap. 9: The north and north-western part of the island - Karavas
  • The area north of Karavas
  • The east coast
  • North-western Kythera
  • Chap. 10: Antikythera
  • Appendices A. Historical timetable of Kythera - B. The Archaeological Museum of Kythera - C. Archaeological objects from Kythera other than those kept in the Archaeological Museum of Kythera - D. The pre-modern road system of Kythera - E. Recent discoveries in Kythera and Antikythera by Aris Tsaravopoulos
  • Glossary
  • Endnotes
  • Bibliography
  • Indices - Churches and monasteries - General index