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The Greek-Swedish excavations at the Agia Aikaterini Square, Kastelli, Khania 1970–1987, 2001, 2005 and 2008. The Late Minoan IIIA:1 and II settlements
By Birgitta P. Hallager & Erik Hallager (eds.)
During the years of excavation the LM II and LM IIIA:1 period was always considered a unit, called Level 5. The following detailed studies of stratigraphy and pottery, however, made it clear that the two chronological phases at the GSE also represented two different stratigraphic units. After the LM IB destruction at the site a few rooms of the destroyed houses were cleaned of the destruction debris and repaired to offer very modest living conditions. While the part of the settlement excavated by the GSE can only be described as a squatter habitation during LM II and LM IIIA:1 there can be little doubt that an important part of the settlement existed nearby. This can be deduced from two observations at the GSE. One observation is the fact that the old streets were cleaned of destruction debris and maintained throughout the period showing that communication within the town was still needed. The second observation is the finds from the many pits of the periods. The locally produced pottery is of a very high quality especially in LM IIIA:1, and imports from Knossos, Palaikastro, Kythera, the mainland and the Levant also bear witness to the importance of the site. While rooms with floor deposits are virtually non-existent, pits and dumps dominated the material from the two periods. In the LM IIIA:1 period as much as 86% of the pottery came from such deposits. The detailed study of the pottery supplemented by minor observations concerning building technique showed that the LM II period to a large extent was a continuation of the LM I period, while LM IIIA:1 became much more innovative.
The volume includes seven analytical chapters where groups of material is presented diachronically throughout the entire excavation. This has been possible since the basic stratigraphical analyses for the forthcoming vols. VI and VII have been completed. The material thus analysed are the pithoi, the seal devices, the sealings and sealed documents, the invertebrates, the wild cattle, the archaeobotanical remains and the microfauna.
Bibliographical information
Erik Hallager & Birgitta P. Hallager (eds.), The Greek-Swedish excavations at the Agia Aikaterini Square, Kastelli, Khania 1970–1987, 2001, 2005 and 2008. The Late Minoan IIIA:1 and II settlements (Skrifter utgivna av Svenska Institutet i Athen, 4°, 47, vol. 5, fasc. 1–2), Stockholm 2016. ISSN 0586-0539. ISBN 9789179160647. Hardcover: 714 pages.
Reviews
L’Antiquité Classique 88, 2019, 377-380 (C. Langohr)
The Classical Review 68:2, 2018, 535-537 (Anna Lucia d’Agata)
Revue des Études Anciennes 120:1, 2018, 216-220 (Bastien Rueff)
Revue Archéologique 2018:2, 394-397 (Daniela Lefèvre-Novaro)
See also
Erik Hallager & Birgitta P. Hallager (eds.), The Greek-Swedish excavations at the Agia Aikaterini Square, Kastelli, Khania 1970–1987 and 2001. The Late Minoan IIIB:1 and IIIA:2 settlements (Skrifter utgivna av Svenska Institutet i Athen, 4°, 47, vol. 4, fasc. 1–2), Stockholm 2011. ISSN 0586-0539. ISBN 978-91-7916-060-9. Hardcover: 787 pages.
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