摘要: The Late Minoan III Necropolis of ArmenoiVolume II - Biomolecular and Epigraphical InvestigationsEdited by Yannis Tzedakis, Holley Martlew and Michael TiteImprint: Oxbow Books144 Pages, 216 x 280 mm, 120 b/w illustrations£39.95Paperback9798888570463Februa

The Late Minoan III Necropolis of Armenoi

Volume II - Biomolecular and Epigraphical Investigations

Edited by Yannis Tzedakis, Holley Martlew and Michael Tite

Imprint: Oxbow Books

144 Pages, 216 x 280 mm, 120 b/w illustrations

£39.95

Paperback

9798888570463

February 2024

DESCRIPTION

This is the first volume on the Late Minoan III necropolis of Armenoi in western Crete. It sets the scene, introduces the site and its topography, and offers the results of site surveys and their finds.

The Late Minoan III Necropolis of Armenoi, Crete (ca. 1390–1190 BC) is the only intact, complete Late Minoan necropolis presently known, of which 232 tombs have been excavated. The research project was the first large-scale genomic sampling of skeletal material from a single site in Bronze Age Greece, as well as being the first time a multi-disciplinary approach with ancient DNA as its focus has been conducted on a large, well-curated necropolis assemblage. As such it provides a unique opportunity to answer archaeological questions, the most important of which are kinship, an analysis of the origin and ancestry of those buried in the tombs, the homogeneity of the population or otherwise, and diet. The analysis program was only possible because the tombs had not been seriously disturbed, and human skeletal remains had survived and been expertly conserved. The results of ancient DNA, stable isotope analysis, osteological analysis, and radiocarbon dating are presented, providing the first detailed record of ancestry and kinship in this iconic period of Eastern Mediterranean prehistory.

In addition, the long-debated problem of the location of the wealthy city of da-*22-to, referred to many times in the Linear B tablets, is addressed and key evidence is presented. The rich finds in the Necropolis, the town excavation, and in the environs, support the interpretation that the ‘city’ that built the Necropolis is da-*22-to.

CONTENTS

Figures and Tables

Conventions and Abbreviations

Chronology

Acknowledgements

Map of Site

1. Introduction

2. The Archaeology of the Late Minoan III Necropolis of Armenoi: an Introduction

3. The Bioarchaeological Analysis of Human and Faunal Skeletal Remains

4. Multi-isotopic Measurements of Human Remains at the Late Minoan III Necropolis of Armenoi

5. The Archaeological Significance of the DNA and Stable Isotope Results

6. The Identification of da-*22-to

7. The Archaeological Evidence which Supports the Identification of the Late Minoan III City of Armenoi as da-*22-to

PRAISE

“The sophistication of the tombs and the material culture discovered at the necropolis attests to the existence during that period of centers outside Knossos and underlines the level of complexity such settlements had achieved. More importantly, it enriches our knowledge on the political and social structure of western Minoan Crete during the period before and after the decline of Knossos and the way the fall of the main political center and the Mycenaean peace that followed seem to have favoured the re-emergence of old centers.” ~Bryn Mawr Classical Review

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