H 290 x W 205 mm
170 pages
173 figures, 2 tables (colour throughout)
Published Sep 2022
ISBN
Paperback: 9781803273228
Digital: 9781803273235
Keywords
Crete; Phoenicians; Iron Age; Aegean Sea; Temples; Kommos; Faience; Pottery
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The island of Crete was an important place for cultural and economic exchanges between Greeks and Near Easterners in the Aegean during the 1st millennium BC. This book aims to understand the Phoenician presence and trade in Aegean temples, as well as how Crete shaped its role within the context of Mediterranean trade routes from East to West.
Abstract ;
Preface and acknowledgments ;
Introduction ;
Contextual analyses ;
Aim and methodology ;
The site of Kommos ;
The Commercial temple of Kommos ;
Temple B ;
The commercial district of Kommos ;
Observations ;
Kommos and its connections within Crete ;
Knossos ;
Eleutherna ;
The Idaean Cave ;
Other sites ;
Land routes ;
General observations on Cretan sites ;
Other possible commercial sanctuaries ;
Cyprus ;
Rhodes ;
Samos and the Temple of Hera ;
Euboea ;
Observations ;
Further Eastern and Phoenician presence ;
Sea routes ;
General observations on commercial temples ;
Conclusions ;
Bibliography