Table des matières

Dedication

Charlotte Langohr

1. The Late Minoan IIIB Phase on Crete

The State of Play and Future Perspectives

• General introduction
• The conference
• The contributors
• Discussion
• 1. Issues
• 2. Questions
• 2.1. Evidence for various stages of LM IIIB occupation and related milestones in the ceramic sequence
• 2.2. Nature, extent and consistency of LM IIIB occupation
• 2.3. Continuity and change with LM IIIA2
• 2.4. Import/export: patterns of consumption and issues of synchronism
• 2.5. The end of the LM IIIB phase: what and when?
• 3. A note on absolute chronology
• 4. Future perspectives

Birgitta Hallager

2. The LM IIIB Settlements at Khania, West Crete

• Introduction
• 1. The LM IIIB1 settlement
• 2. The LM IIIB2 settlement
• 3. Some features of the LM IIIB1 pottery
• 4. Some features of the LM IIIB2 pottery
• 5. Internationalism
• Conclusions

Eleni Hatzaki

3. To Be or not to Be in LM IIIB Knossos

• Introduction
• 1. Problems in ceramic phasing
• 2. LPN: a brief (and selective) summary
• 2.1. Phase 4: LM IIIA1-LM IIIB early (Fig. 3.3)
• 2.2. Phase 5: LM IIIB late-LM IIIC early (Fig. 3.5)
• 3. The ceramic contribution of LPN
• 3.1. LM IIIA1/2 (Fig. 3.6)
• 3.2. LM IIIB early decorated (Fig. 3.8) and LM IIIB early plain (Fig. 3.9)
• 3.3. LM IIIB late (Figs 3.10-3.11) and LM IIIC early
• 4. Knossian LM IIIB pottery
• 4.1. LM IIIA2 (Fig. 3.7)
• 4.2. LM IIIB early decorated (Fig. 3.8)
• 4.3. LM IIIB early plain (Figs 3.4, 3.9)
• 4.4. LM IIIB late (Figs 3.10-3.11)
• 4.5. LM IIIC early
• 5. How long is a century?
• 6. The skeleton in the closet
• 7. ‘My city of ruins’ (Springsteen 2002): Knossos in LM IIIB
• Conclusions: the end of an era and the dawn of a new

Athanasia Kanta et Danae Z. Kontopodi

4. Historical Pointers from New Evidence

The Situation in Central Crete during LM IIIB. The Case of the Aposelemis Gorge

• Introduction
• 1. The site
• 1.1. Level A
• 1.2. Level B
• 1.3. Level C
• 1.4. Level D
• 2. The pottery
• 2.1. Cups
• 2.2. Deep bowls
• 2.3. Plain shallow bowls
• 2.4. Bowls with pulled out spout
• 2.5. Conical cups
• 2.6. Champagne cups
• 2.7. Kylikes
• 2.8. Jugs
• 2.9. Amphoroid Kraters
• 2.10. Stirrup Jars, storage and fine
• 2.11. Pyxides
• 2.12. Cooking pots
• 2.13. Pithoid jars and pithoi
• Conclusions

Despina Chatzi-Vallianou

5. The Late Minoan IIIB Pottery of the Gouves Potters’ Quarter and Workshops

• Introduction
• 1. The buildings and workshops
• 2. Local ceramic production
• 2.1. Kiln I
• 2.2. Room C3. XVII
• 3. Levels of use and function of Room C3. XVII
• 4. Destruction and abandonment of Room C3. XVII and the buildings and workshop installations of the LM IIIB Gouves Potters’ Quarter
• 5. Technical elements, construction and decoration technology of the Gouves potters

Kostas Paschalidis, Nikos Panagiotakis et Marina Panagiotaki

6. Sherds of a Century: the LM IIIB Pottery from the Pediada Survey Project

Elements for the Distribution and the Character of Life in Central Crete, during the 13^th c. BC

• Introduction
• 1. Sites along the boundaries of the Pediada geographical unit
• 2. Sites within the Omphalion Pedion
• 3. Sites along Karteros Stream
• Conclusions

Charlotte Langohr

7. Late Minoan IIIB Pottery at Sissi and Malia

Assessing Local Ceramic Sequences, Regional Traditions and Interregional Interaction

• Introduction
• 1. Local ceramic sequence at Sissi
• 1.1. Late Minoan IIIB – early horizon
• 1.1.1. Room 4.9
• 1.1.2. Room 4.15
• 1.1.3. Pit 87
• 1.2. Late Minoan IIIB – later horizon
• 2. Micro-regional LM IIIB ceramic traditions in the Plain of Malia
• 3. Interregional ceramic distribution during the 13^th c. BC: a first view from Sissi and Malia
• 3.1. Khaniote small stirrup jars… and their emulation
• 3.2. Regional Cretan medium-sized fine stirrup jars
• 3.3. Mycenaean mainland small stirrup jars and jugs
• 3.4. Regional Cretan coarse transport stirrup jars
• 3.5. A short-necked amphora from the Mesara?
• Concluding remarks

Jeremy B. Rutter

8. Late Minoan IIIB at Kommos

An Abundance of Deposits, a Dearth of Clear Sub-Phases, and Probably a Gradual Desertion of the Site

• Introduction
• 1. The site of Kommos in the LM IIIB period
• 2. Stratigraphic evidence for stages of LM IIIB occupation at Kommos
• 3. The LM IIIB pottery of Kommos
• 4. Distinctively popular features of local ceramic production at Kommos
• 5. Imports to Kommos from regions beyond Crete
• Conclusions

Anna Lucia D’Agata

9. Haghia Triada in Late Minoan IIIB

Storage and Banqueting in Postpalatial Crete

• Introduction
• 1. Haghia Triada in LM IIIB
• 2. LM IIIB early pottery at Haghia Triada
• 3. LM IIIB advanced-to-late pottery at Haghia Triada
• Closing remarks

Elisabetta Borgna

10. LM IIIB Pottery at Phaistos

• Introduction
• 1. The Contexts
• 2. The Pottery
• Concluding Remarks

Nicola Cucuzza

11. Preliminary Observations on LM IIIB Pottery from Kannia

• Introduction
• 1. The pottery
• Conclusions

R. Angus K. Smith

12. Late Minoan IIIB Pottery from the Cemetery at Myrsini-Aspropilia

• Introduction: The Mochlos-Myrsini Region
• 1. The Cemetery at Myrsini-Aspropilia
• 2. The Myrsini Tombs
• 3. The Myrsini Pottery
• 4. Mochlos, Myrsini, and Regional Identity

Tim Cunningham

13. Postpalatial Palaikastro

The Settlement and its Ceramics in LM IIIB

• Introduction
• 1. Evidence
• 1.1. Period XV
• 1.1.1. Overview
• 1.1.2. Deposits
• 1.1.3. Wares, shapes and surface treatment
• 1.1.4. Dating
• 1.2. Period XVI
• 1.2.1. Overview
• 1.2.2. Deposits
• 1.2.3. Wares, shapes and surface treatment
• 1.2.4. Dating
• Conclusions

14. Chronological table

15. Map of Crete

List of Illustrations