Excavations at Sitagroi Vol. 1: A Prehistoric Village in Northeast Greece Volume 1


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Series: Monumenta Archaeologica 13
ISBN: 978-0-917956-51-5
Publication Date: Jul 1986
Price: OUT OF PRINT
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Colin Renfrew, Marija Gimbutas, and Ernestine Elster

The first of 2 volumes reporting on excavations at a middle neolithic to early bronze age site in northeast Greece. 

Excavations at Sitagroi Vol I: A Prehistoric Village in Northwest Greece

Vol. 1 presents the full sequence of culture exposed by excavation of this settlement mound, 10.5 m deep. Further studies define the environment during the 3 millennia of occupation and clarify the changing pattern of human subsistence over time. 

Excavations at Sitagroi Vol I: A Prehistoric Village in Northwest Greece

The chronological relationships for the Aegean, the Balkans, and Anatolia are examined in detail.
Table of Contents

Part I: Cultural Sequence and Prehistoric Environment

Chapter 1. Northeastern Greece: The Archaeological Problem by Colin Renfrew

Chapter 2. Development of the Project by Colin Renfrew

Chapter 3. Geomorphological Studies by David A. Davidson with a contribution by Barry Thomas  

Chapter 4. Vegetational History by Judith Turner and James R. A. Greig         

Chapter 5. Faunal Remains by Sándor Bökönyi with a contribution by D. Jánossy

Chapter 6. Development of the Settlement Pattern by Brian Blouet 

Chapter 7. The Sitagroi Sequence by Colin Renfrew

Chapter 8. The Excavated Areas by Colin Renfrew

Part II: From Artifacts to Society

Chapter 9. Mythical Imagery of Sitagrio Society by Marija Gimbutas 

Chapter 10. Tripods, Plastic Vessels and Stands: A Fragmentary Collection of Social Ceramics by Ernestine S. Elster

Chapter 11. The Pottery of Phase I and II Concordance: Figures and Plates by Jenifer Marriot Keighley

Chapter 12. the Pottery Phase III Concordance: Figures to Plates by Robert K. Evans

Chapter 13. The Potter of Phases IV and V: The Early Bronze Age Concordance Figures and Plates by Andrew Sherratt

Chapter 14. Sitagroi in European Prehistory by Colin Renfrew