Author: BETANCOURT, PHILIP P. & JEAN S. SILVERMAN
Title: The Cretan Collection in the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania. Vol. Ii: Pottery from Gournia
Description: Philadelphia, PA: University Museum University of Pennsylvania, 1991. Hardcover. ISBN: 0924171065. Tiny ding to top edge of front board. Very light shelfwear. ; ix, 111pp, + 40pp of text-figures + 42pp of plates. The Minoan town at Gournia flourished from the Early Bronze Age until its destruction at the end of the Late Minoan IB period. It was later resettled before being abandoned again in LM IIIB. The town was substantial, with houses arranged in irregular blocks. This book presents the pottery found during Gournia's excavation in 1901, 1903 and 1904. This collection, now in The University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, is the largest and most important group of Minoan objects from a single site outside of Europe. ; University Museum Monograph 72.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 111 pages. Very Good with no dust jacket .

Keywords: 0924171065 Archeology & Archaeology SOCIAL SCIENCE Pottery & Ceramics Art And Architecture Minoan Studies


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