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  • Greek and Roman Pottery from Sphakia, South-West Crete

    From the White Mountains to the Deep Blue Sea

    Series Book 2 - Cretan Studies: New Approaches and Perspectives in the Study of Hellenistic, Roman and Early Byzantine Crete
    Analyzes Greek and Roman pottery from the Sphakia Survey in western Crete, integrating morphological and fabric analysis to explore local ceramic traditions, site history, and broader regional connections.This volume presents the Greek and Roman pottery collected and analysed by the Sphakia Survey project and provides a ceramic model for a large section of western Crete, where ceramic traditions, ... Read more

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  • Roman Crete: New Perspectives

    The last several decades have seen a dramatic increase in interest in the Roman period on the island of Crete. Ongoing and some long-standing excavations and investigations of Roman sites and buildings, intensive archaeological survey of Roman areas, and intensive research on artifacts, history, and inscriptions of the island now provide abundant data for assessing Crete alongside other Roman ... Read more

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