Archaeological Survey at Kavousi, East Crete: Preliminary Report

Haggis, Donald C.

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“…Fuller regional coverage and geoarchaeological studies can identify those places where sites may be hidden by alluviation. Real abandonments are well attested in Europe (Thrane 2003), the Mediterranean (Blanton 2000;Haggis 1996), the American Southwest (Huckleberry and Billman 1998;Nelson 1999), the eastern U.S. (Anderson 1996;Cobb and Butler 2002), highland Mesoamerica (Kowalewski et al 2008), and the Maya area .…”

Section: Continuity Abandonment and Gapsmentioning

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Regional Settlement Pattern Studies

Kowalewski

2008

J Archaeol Res

110

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This is a critical review of regional settlement pattern archaeology published in the last decade. The regional approach proves to be highly productive of new ideas and lasting results. Cultural resource/heritage databases are increasingly important. Notable advances have been made in regional studies of Paleolithic and Holocene foragers, the reciprocal relations between Neolithic communities and their regional societies, and in understanding states and empires. There are new research potentials in comparisons, macroregional analysis, long-term change, and alternative pathways. Research designs should specify systematic coverage at the regional scale and carry out spatial analysis in which social groups are the primary focus.

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Section: Continuity Abandonment and Gapsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Regional Settlement Pattern Studies

Kowalewski

2008

J Archaeol Res

110

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“…In recent times, this broader outlook has been lacking in Greece, resulting in a patchwork of small surveys using diverse methods, hindering data comparability and ultimately the illumination of supraregional phenomena. Happily, there is a concerted effort underway to utilize survey data in comparative studies (Bintliff 1997;Cavanagh 1995;Cherry and Davis 2001;Cherry and Parkinson 2003;Cunningham 2001;Cunningham and Driessen 2004;Driessen 2001;Halstead 1994;Mee 1999;Moody 2004;Wright 2004a), facilitated by the appearance of several preliminary and ''final'' reports on surveys carried out from the 1970s to the early 1990s (Cavanagh et al 1996(Cavanagh et al , 2003Cosmopoulos 2001;Davis 1998;Davis et al 1997;Haggis 1996;Jameson et al 1994;Mee and Forbes 1997;Runnels et al 1995;Watrous et al 2005;Wells and Runnels 1996;Wiseman and Zachos 2003). It should be obvious from the foregoing discussion that differences in the Aegean and Americanist traditions resolve in part to different sets of options available to the archaeologist, rather than a sharp philosophical or theoretical divide.…”

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Aegean Prehistory as World Archaeology: Recent Trends in the Archaeology of Bronze Age Greece

Tartaron

2007

J Archaeol Res

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This article surveys archaeological work of the last decade on the Greek Bronze Age, part of the broader discipline known as Aegean prehistory. Naturally, the literature is vast, so I focus on a set of topics that may be of general interest to non-Aegeanists: chronology, regional studies, the emergence and organization of archaic states, ritual and religion, and archaeological science. Greek Bronze Age archaeology rarely appears in the comparative archaeological literature; accordingly, in this article I place this work in the context of world archaeology, arguing for a reconsideration of the potential of Aegean archaeology to provide enlightening comparative material.

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“…That was perhaps due to the development of new practices for intensive agriculture which could not be applied in steeply sloping terrain [ 1 ]. As a result, people relocated to lower elevations (~300 m) and plains, which have high agricultural and irrigation potential to support population growth, as in Kavousi and Vrokastro districts [ 5 , 6 ].…”

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“…This study aims to examine the hypothesis outlined above by studying settlement dynamics and landform characteristics during the Minoan periods, to check whether the population movement to lower elevation areas was a random tendency, or was interlinked with agricultural practices. It also examines the more general trend that the clusters of settlements followed, despite their local “micro-regional identity” [ 5 ]. Investigation of heterogeneity in geological and geomorphological properties can lead to the quantification of landscapes and to a better understanding of their complexity [ 7 , 8 , 9 ].…”

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GIS-based landform classification of Bronze Age archaeological sites on Crete Island

2017

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Various physical attributes of the Earth’s surface are factors that influence local topography and indirectly influence human behaviour in terms of habitation locations. The determination of geomorphological setting plays an important role in archaeological landscape research. Several landform types can be distinguished by characteristic geomorphic attributes that portray the landscape surrounding a settlement and influence its ability to sustain a population. Geomorphometric landform information, derived from digital elevation models (DEMs), such as the ASTER Global DEM, can provide useful insights into the processes shaping landscapes. This work examines the influence of landform classification on the settlement locations of Bronze Age (Minoan) Crete, focusing on the districts of Phaistos, Kavousi and Vrokastro. The landform classification was based on the topographic position index (TPI) and deviation from mean elevation (DEV) analysis to highlight slope steepness of various landform classes, characterizing the surrounding landscape environment of the settlements locations. The outcomes indicate no interrelationship between the settlement locations and topography during the Early Minoan period, but a significant interrelationship exists during the later Minoan periods with the presence of more organised societies. The landform classification can provide insights into factors favouring human habitation and can contribute to archaeological predictive modelling.

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Archaeological Survey at Kavousi, East Crete: Preliminary Report

Cited by 22 publications

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Regional Settlement Pattern Studies

Regional Settlement Pattern Studies

Aegean Prehistory as World Archaeology: Recent Trends in the Archaeology of Bronze Age Greece

GIS-based landform classification of Bronze Age archaeological sites on Crete Island

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