Table des matières

List of illustrations

Jan Driessen

1. Excavations at Sissi, 2011

Introduction

• 1. Preliminary Observations on the Diachronic Occupation of the Kefali
• 2. Conservation, Site embellishment and Study

Ilse Schoep, Aurore Schmitt, Isabelle Crevecoeur et al.

2. The Cemetery at Sissi

Report on the 2011 Campaign

• 1. Upper Terrace (Zone 1)
• 1.1. Spaces 1.17, 1.18 and 1.29
• 1.2. Space 1.17
• 1.3. Space 1.29
• 1.4. Space 1.18
• 2. Middle terrace (Zone 1): soundings in 1.1, 1.2 and space to south of 1.1-1.2.
• 3. Lower terrace with 1.15-1.16 and 1.30-1.31
• 3.1. Compartments 1.15-1.16
• 3.2. Space 1.30
• 4. Zone 9
• 4.1. Compartment 9.1
• 4.2. Compartment 9.2 (fig. 2.19)
• 4.3. Compartment 9.3
• 4.4. Compartment 9.4 (fig. 2.29)
• 5. A Sealstone from Compartment 9.4 (Maria Anastasiadou)

Frank Carpentier

3. The Excavation of Zone 2

The 2011 Campaign

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Building BC, spaces 2.6 and 2.7
• 3. Building BC, spaces 2.8 and 2.9
• 4. Building BC, space 2.12
• 5. Building BC, space 2.13
• 6. The Area in between Buildings BA and BC
• 7. The Area west of Buildings BA and BC
• 8. Conclusion

Florence Gaignerot-Driessen et Quentin Letesson

4.1. The Excavation of Building CD

Introduction

• 1. The 2011 campaign
• 2. Updated plans
• 2.1. Aerial view
• 2.2. Stone-by-stone plan
• 2.3. Schematic plan with blockings and thresholds
• 2.4. Major LM III phase
• 2.5. Sectors within major LM III phase

Florence Gaignerot-Driessen

4.2. The excavation of Zone 3

• 1. Room 3.8, 3.9 and 3.10
• 2. Room 3.4
• 3. Room 3.6
• 4. Room 3.11
• 5. Room 3.5
• 6. A Note on the Seals (Maria Anastasiadou)

Quentin Letesson

4.3. The Excavation of Zone 4

• 1. Building CD
• 1.1. Room 4.7
• 1.2. Room 4.8
• 1.3. Room 4.9
• 1.4. Room 4.11
• 1.5. Space 4.12
• 1.6. Room 4.13
• 1.7. Room 4.15
• 1.8. Room 4.16
• 1.9. Room 4.17 and niche 3.7
• 1.10. Space 4.18
• 1.11. Space 4.19
• 1.12. Corridor 4.21
• 2. Surrounding spaces and external areas
• 2.1. Area 4.20
• 2.2. Area 8.4
• 2.3. Destruction level along the west façade
• 3. A Note on the Seals (Maria Anastasiadou)

Maud Devolder

5. The excavation of the open area north of Building E in Zone 5

• 1. Introduction
• 2. LM III occupation
• 3. Earlier occupation

Simon Jusseret

6. The Excavation of Zone 6

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Spaces 6.2, 6.14 and 6.15 (fig. 6.2)
• 3. Space 6.9 (fig. 6.2)
• 4. Spaces 6.5, 6.10, 6.16 (fig. 6.5)
• 5. Space 6.6 (fig. 6.7)
• 6. Space 6.7 (fig. 6.8)
• 7. The court and its north-eastern recess: spaces 6.8, 6.13 and 6.17
• 7.1. Space 6.8 S (fig. 6.10)
• 7.2. Space 6.8 SE
• 7.3. Space 6.8 E
• 7.4. Space 6.8 NE and space 6.13 (fig. 6.14)
• 7.5. Space 6.8 N and space 6.17 (fig. 6.15)
• 8. Space 6.12 (fig. 6.19)
• 9. Building F: removal of remaining baulks
• 9.1. Space 6.3
• 9.2. Spaces 6.4.1 and 6.4.2
• 9.3. Space 6.5
• 10. Conclusions

Charlotte Langohr

7. Observations on some Late Minoan Pottery from Sissi

• 1. The open area between Buildings CD and E (Zone 5)
• 2. Building CD
• 3. Building F

Florence Liard

8. Petrographic analysis of three Neopalatial and Postpalatial conical cup assemblages

• 1. Introduction
• 2. LBA petrographic groups for conical cups at Sissi. General description and comments
• 2.1. ‘Maliote’ red/orange fabrics
• 2.1.1. Fabric I. Orange ferromagnesian fabric with clastic and low-grade metamorphic inclusions (FIG. 8.1 & 8.2)
• 2.1.2. Fabric II. Yellowish orange micaceous fabric with quartz crystals and clay pellets (FIG. 8.3 & 8.4)
• 2.1.3. Fabric III. Orange ferromagnesian fabric with clastic and argillaceous inclusions (FIG. 8.5)
• 2.1.4. Fabric IV. Silty ferromagnesian red fabric with terrigenous clastic and alluvial inclusions (FIG. 8.6)
• 2.2. Alluvial-sand fabrics
• 2.2.1. Fabric V. Red ferromagnesian fabric with alluvial sand inclusions (FIG. 8.7)
• 2.2.2. Fabric VI. Brown calcareous fabric with alluvial sand inclusions (FIG. 8.8)
• 2.3. Dark red oxidized fabrics
• 2.3.1. Fabric VII. Dark red fabric with phyllite (FIG. 8.9)
• 2.3.2. Fabric VIII. Dark red fabric with quartz crystals (FIG. 8.10)
• 2.4. Calcareous fabric
• 2.4.1. Fabric IX. Very fine calcareous fabric with red clay pellets (FIG. 8.11)
• 3. Conclusions

Rena Veropoulidou

9. Sissi: The Shell Assemblages

Preliminary results from Building CD and Building E

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Methods of recovery and material analysis
• 3. Composition of the shell assemblage from Buildings CD and E
• 3.1. Gathering practices
• 3.2. Molluscan and shell consumption practices
• 4. Building CD (Zone 4)
• 5. Building E (Zone 5)
• 6. Some preliminary remarks
• 7. Acknowledgements

Christina Tsoraki

10. Ground stone technologies at the Bronze Age settlement of Sissi

Preliminary Results

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Establishing a research and methodological framework
• 3. Preliminary results of the ground stone analysis
• 3.1. Typological classification
• 3.2. Raw material procurement and use
• 3.3. Production processes
• 3.4. Use/Reuse
• 3.5. Preservation
• 4. Preliminary observations on the spatial distribution of ground stone objects
• 4.1. Building BC (Zone 2)
• 4.2. Building CD (Zone 3)
• 4.2.1. Room 3.8/The Shrine
• 4.2.2. Room 3.1/The Hall
• 4.2.3. Room 3.6
• 4.3. Building CD (Zone 4)
• 4.3.1. Room 4.8
• 4.3.2. Room 4.13
• 4.4. Zone 5 and Pit FE087
• 5. Acknowledgements