Excavations At Thermi in Lesbos

Originally published in 1936, this book contains a record of excavations at Thermi on the Greek island of Lesbos.

List of contents

Abbreviations; 1. Introduction. Methods of excavation and publication; 2. Early bronze age. The buildings: general characteristics: towns I-V; 3. Early bronze age. Hearths and house-pits (by R. W. Hutchinson); 4. Middle and late bronze age. The buildings and deposits; 5. Early bronze age. The pottery: description: foreign contacts and parallels: large pithoi; 6. Early bronze age. Catalogue of vases; 7. Middle and late bronze age. The pottery: description and comparisons: large pithoi; 8. Middle and late bronze age. Catalogue of vases; 9. Early bronze age. Terracotta; 10. Early bronze age. Metal; 11. Early bronze age. Stone; 12. Early bronze age. Bone; 13. Middle and late bronze age. Small finds; 14. Conclusion. Summary and absolute chronology; Appendix 1. Analyses of metal (by Professor Desch); Appendix 2. Means of livelihood: animals, shellfish, seeds (from notes supplied by Miss D. Bate; Mr Robson, Mr Tomlin and Mrs Reid); Appendix 3. The skull from area ¿ (described by Professor Koumares); Index.

Summary

Originally published in 1936, this book contains a record of excavations at Thermi on the Greek island of Lesbos, led by renowned British archaeologist Winifred Lamb (1894–1963) over a period of several years in the late 1920s and early 1930s. The text is well supplied with drawings and plates of the various buildings and artefacts uncovered during the excavation.

Product details

• Authors: Winifred Lamb, Lamb Winifred
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.10.2014
• EAN: 9781107433106
• ISBN: 978-1-107-43310-6
• No. of pages: 292
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Greece, Ancient World, Greek Islands, Archaeology by period / region, Classical Greek & Roman archaeology