The Galatas Survey

Watrous, L. Vance; Buell, D. Matthew; Kokinou, E.; Soupios, Pantelis; Sarris, Apostolos; Beckmann, Sabine; Rethemiotakis, Georgos; Turner, Lee Ann; Gallimore, Scott; Hammond, Mark

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“…A large number of new survey projects have taken place across the island, giving better insight into the regional topography and settlement distribution in these time periods as well as the longer-term diachronic perspective. Projects in central Crete, including the Galatas Survey (ID266, ID1816) (Watrous et al 2017), the Pediadha Survey (ID787), and the Phaistos Survey (ID1820, ID1917) (Bredaki and Longo 2018), produced evidence for Roman and Byzantine occupation in the region. At Knossos, the Knossos Urban Landscape Project (KULP) (ID263, ID783), Knossos Roman Geophysics (ID5568, ID6047, ID6543, ID6630), and Aqueducts of the Greater Iraklio Area Project (AGIA) (ID8142, ID18034) have all contributed new knowledge to the Roman and Early Byzantine periods at the site.…”

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4 The past 15 years of archaeological work on Roman and Byzantine Crete

Moles

2023

Arch. Rep.

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This article aims to overview the last 15 years of archaeological work on Crete (2007–2022) for the Roman and Byzantine periods. It is a resource that can provide the first step in the research process for those looking to investigate these time periods in Crete. It not only communicates recent discoveries and research, but also directs scholars to earlier key publications – which this article follows on from – and to an extensive bibliography of recently published research. After covering the main publications of the last 15 years and the workshops, congresses, and conferences that have taken place, it organizes the recent archaeological discoveries by site type. It begins by covering surveys of both the landscape and those conducted underwater that have been extensive across and around Crete. It then covers public buildings and infrastructure, domestic architecture, production and craft, and cemeteries. While it is not a complete listing of all finds, it summarizes the key discoveries, publications, and events in order to demonstrate the major developments for study of these time periods in Crete.

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4 The past 15 years of archaeological work on Roman and Byzantine Crete

Moles

2023

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“…Fieldwork activity extended over different parts of the plain of Pediada. The recent publication of the Galatas survey, which covers diachronic occupation in the northwest part of the area, established that, from the EIA to the Classical period, habitation was restricted to Astritsi Kephala and Choumeri Kephala (Watrous et al 2017). The settlement pattern of the Pediada changed markedly in the LM IIIC period, when the Minoan town of Kastelli was abandoned and other sites (re)-emerged, namely Smari and Lyktos.…”

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6 Crete: Early Iron Age to Classical

Kotsonas¹

2022

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This review covers recent archaeological work on Early Iron Age to Classical Crete, focusing on research conducted and published in the 2010s. Proceeding from the west to the east part of the island, and encompassing material ranging from the 12th to the mid-fourth century BC, this study finds that, overall, the field is flourishing, despite the challenges created by the international financial crisis and the constraints posed by the global pandemic. In the last decade, the major archaeological projects which focus on Crete for the period under examination continued with their fieldwork and finds research, while new projects were also established. Additionally, as many as eight archaeological museums were opened, reopened, or are about to open. Nevertheless, final publication of large bodies of Cretan material from the period in question remain scarce, a condition which is more severe on the western half of the island. Notwithstanding its floruit, research on Early Iron Age to Classical Crete is often treated as relatively marginal, and – arguably – rather inconsequential to the grand narratives of Greek history, and art and archaeology. This paper traces the roots of this problem and shows that current work on the archaeology of Early Iron Age to Classical Crete has full potential for revolutionizing the largely Athenocentric paradigm which still pervades the study of ancient Greece.

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“… 114 East: Watrous 1982, 23; followed by Chaniotis 1996, 24; Nowicki 2000, 177. West: Watrous 2017, 167. Turner (2017, 91–2) seems to not embrace the idea of westward expansion.…”

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Politics, Research Agendas and Abortive Fieldwork Plans Over Lyktos, Crete: A History of Archaeological Research

Kotsonas

2019

Annu. Br. Sch. Athens

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Politics and research agendas have had a major role in shaping the archaeology of Crete. This article focuses on the history of research on Lyktos, one of the most important ancient cities of the island, to explore the impact of academic and non-academic factors on archaeological fieldwork. Relying on wide-ranging archival research and extending from the Renaissance to the early twenty-first century, the analysis covers the fluctuation of international scholarly interest in Lyktos, the often abortive plans for excavations by numerous British, Italian, German and Greek archaeologists, and the ways in which fascination with the ancient city relates to broader political and disciplinary history. I also synthesise the small-scale fieldwork conducted at the site and reconstruct its archaeological landscape from the Bronze Age to the Medieval period, offering several new insights in local topography and material culture. This work challenges the characterisation of Lyktos as a ‘phantom city’ and highlights the significance of the site for the archaeology of Crete.

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4 The past 15 years of archaeological work on Roman and Byzantine Crete

4 The past 15 years of archaeological work on Roman and Byzantine Crete

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Politics, Research Agendas and Abortive Fieldwork Plans Over Lyktos, Crete: A History of Archaeological Research

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