Excavations at Azoria, 2003?2004, Part 1: The Archaic Civic Complex

Haggis, Donald C.; Mook, Margaret S.; Fitzsimons, Rodney; Scarry, C. Margaret; Snyder, Lynn M.; Stefanakis, Manolis I.; West, William C.

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“…This paper has focused solely on the ‘Temple House’ at Lato. Careful study of the so‐called ‘Theater area’, which can now be seen to echo strongly the Monumental Civic Building discovered at Azoria (Haggis et al . 2007b, 295–301), may result in interesting comparisons between the two sites, taking into account location, architectural structure and finds.…”

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confidence: 83%

“…The method of construction, involving the modification of the bedrock, is well documented on the Kastro in LM IIIC/Late Geometric (LG) (Coulson et al . 1997) and in EIA and Archaic levels at Azoria (Haggis et al . 2007a; 2007b).…”

Section: The‘temple House’at Lato: a Summarymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…2009; Gesell et al . 1983; 1985; 1988; 1990; 1991; 1995; Haggis 2005; Haggis et al . 2004; 2007a; 2007b; Hayden 2003; 2004; 2005; Kanta 1980; Tsipopoulou 2005; van Effenterre † 2009; Wurmser et al .…”

Section: Introduction: Visitors and Visions Of Latomentioning

confidence: 99%

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The ‘Temple House’ at Lato Reconsidered

Gaignerot-Driessen¹

2012

Oxford J Archaeology

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This paper reconsiders the 'Temple House', a building excavated in 1969-70 on the Temple terrace of the site of Lato in eastern Crete. While the building was dated to the Hellenistic (HL) period and identified as domestic space by the excavator, a restudy of the material from the excavation, combined with an examination of the excavation notebooks, and observations on site, reveal a more complex history of use, unusual architectural details, and a heterogeneous range of dates (from Late Minoan (LM) IIIC to HL) and functions, suggesting original funerary and post-funerary cult contexts. It is possible to recognize the remains of a Subminoan (SM)/Protogeometric (PG) burial and evidence for an Early Iron Age (EIA) and HL tomb cult, allowing a reconsideration of the history of Lato and the process of city-state formation in eastern Crete.

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Section: The‘temple House’at Lato: a Summarymentioning

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The ‘Temple House’ at Lato Reconsidered

Gaignerot-Driessen¹

2012

Oxford J Archaeology

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“…Located in the eastern part of the island ( Figure 2), Azoria has supplied important data concerning the Archaic period on Crete (Haggis 2010;Haggis et ai 2004;Haggis et ai 2007a;2007b). Haggis and Mook have excavated an extremely important site for looking into the evolution of the Cretan polis.…”

Section: The Window At Azoriamentioning

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The Archaic Polis of Azoria

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2011

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This article seeks to build a structural model for the development of the Cretan polis through an analysis of the civic structure of Archaic Azoria. Azoria's civic structural network is compared to that of the early polis on mainland Greece. Insights gained from comparative modeling of elite-sponsored civic structure in these two regions are applied to Crete, allowing us to construct a more robust network of early 'polital' structure for that island. Results of this analysis indicate that Cretan elites constructed their positions within the Cretan polis through methods such as exclusion. They additionally show that the unique relationship between civic institutions and those of the Cretan inter-polital sanctuary highlights the role that the institutions within the andreion and within civic cult play in polis development, as well as elucidating the unique character of the family-community interface on Crete. Results of this analysis highlight important issues in the emergence of the Cretan polis, and suggest fruitful future research.

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“…The excavations in Azoria have been published in preliminary reports so far, see e.g. Stefanakis et al 2007;Haggis et al 2011. Licensed to <openaccess@ecsi.se>…”

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The use of miniature pottery in Archaic–Hellenistic Greek sanctuaries. Considerations on terminology and ritual practice

Barfoed¹

2018

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Miniature pottery is a widely encountered group of archaeological material that has been found in domestic, funerary, and predominantly in ritual contexts. Despite the ubiquitous presence of these small vessels, this group is generally understudied and interpretations of its meaning are lacking. Scholarship in the past perceived miniature pottery as cheap, non-functional and unimportant and therefore this pottery was often neglected or sometimes not even published. Interpretations have been sparse and by default it is believed that miniatures were the cheapest dedications the worshipper could buy. Within the last decade(s) the perceptions among scholars have changed somewhat and when miniature pottery and other votives appear together in an excavation it is often interpreted as a votive deposit stemming from a ritual context, such as a temple, shrine or sanctuary. Below a tentative terminology of miniature pottery will be presented and it will be argued that there is more to be learned about Greek ritual practice from this understudied group of archaeological material, for instance, how miniatures were used in rituals.

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Excavations at Azoria, 2003?2004, Part 1: The Archaic Civic Complex

Cited by 34 publications

References 49 publications

The ‘Temple House’ at Lato Reconsidered

The ‘Temple House’ at Lato Reconsidered

The Archaic Polis of Azoria

The use of miniature pottery in Archaic–Hellenistic Greek sanctuaries. Considerations on terminology and ritual practice

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