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Book SynopsisContributions by 37 scholars are brought together here to create a volume in honor of the long and fruitful career of Costis Davaras, former Ephor of Crete and Professor Emeritus of Minoan Archaeology at the University of Athens. Articles pertain to Bronze Age Crete and include mortuary studies, experimental archaeology, numerous artifactual studies, and discussions on the greater Minoan civilization.
Table of Contents1. The Frying Pans from Hagia Photia, by Philip P. Betancourt 2. The Genesis of the Early Minoan Tholos Tomb, by Keith Branigan 3. Harvesting an Old Rattle: The Bronze Sistrum from the "Royal" Villa at Hagia Triada, by Thomas M. Brogan 4. Ga?a pe?????t??: Some Thoughts on "Neo-Minoan" Mythology, by Christos G. Doumas 5. The Presence of Pumice in Late Minoan IIIB Levels at Sissi, Crete, by Florence Gaignerot-Driessen and Jan Driessen 6. The Hands of the Kavousi Goddesses with Up-Raised Hands: New Information on Technology, by Geraldine C. Gesell 7. An Early Minoan I Long Dagger and Razor from Kalo Chorio, East Crete, by Donald C. Haggis 8. "Firebars" and Other Ceramics of Problematic Function from Priniatikos Pyrgos, by Barbara J. Hayden 9. A Tomb from Gonies Pediados: End of an Era Merged with the Dawn of Another, by Athanasia Kanta, with contributions by Eleni Nodarou and Argyro Nafplioti 10. Two Stone Kernoi from the Juktas Peak Sanctuary, by Alexandra Karetsou, with a contribution by R.D.G. Evely 11. A New Idol of Cycladic Type from Hagia Triada, by Vincenzo La Rosa 12. Sexuality or Fertility Symbol? The Bronze Figurine from Makrygialos, by Eleni Mantzourani 13. A Story of Lions: Palatial Ideology in Egypt, Knossos, and Mycenae, by Nanno Marinatos 14. Earth and Fire: Cretan Potting Traditions and Replicating Minoan Cooking Fabrics, by Jennifer Moody, Jerolyn E. Morrison, and Harriet Lewis Robinson 15. A Terracotta Foot Model from the Syme Sanctuary, Crete, by Polymnia Muhly 16. East Cretan Peak Sanctuaries Revisited, by Krzysztof Nowicki 17. An Early Minoan Boat Model from Kephala Petras, Siteia, by Yiannis Papadatos 18. New Evidence on the Origin of the Late Minoan III Chest-shaped Larnax, by Lefteris Platon 19. God Save Our Home: The Case of the Horns of Consecration from Galatas, by Giorgos Rethemiotakis 20. The Hypostyle Crypt (Quartier Kappa) and the Large Court, Malia: An Athletic Center? 21. Mochlos Boats, by Jeffrey S. Soles 22. The "Vrysinas Ephebe": The Lower Torso of a Clay Figurine in Contrapposto, by Dimitris Sphakianakis 23. Kampos Group Pottery from the Prepalatial Cemetery of Petras, Siteia, by Metaxia Tsipopoulou 24. Minoan Bee Smokers: An Experimental Approach, by Loeta Tyree, Harriet Lewis Robinson, and Paraskevi Stamataki 25. Some Particular Figurines from the Peak Sanctuary of Vrysinas, near Rethymnon, Crete, by Iris Tzachili 26. The Late Minoan III Necropolis of Armenoi and the Late Minoan III Town, by Yannis Tzedakis and Holley Martlew 27. The Neopalatial "Farmhouse" at Kephali, Chrondos Viannou, Re-examined, by Giorgos Vavouranakis 28. The Apogee of Minoan Civilization: Some Remarks on the Final Neopalatial Period, Late Minoan IB, by Peter M. Warren 29. An Overview of Secondary State Formation on Crete: The Mirabello Region during the Bronze Age, by L. Vance Watrous.
