Change and Transition on Crete: Interpreting the Evidence from the Hellenistic through to the Early Byzantine Period

Papers Presented in Honour of G. W. M. Harrison

Jane Francis, Michael J Curtis, Jane Francis, Michael J Curtis

• Publisher: Archaeopress Archaeology
• Year: 2023
• eBook ISBN: 9781803270579
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Greek Ancient History
• Index: History

Change and Transition on Crete: Interpreting the Evidence from the Hellenistic through to the Early Byzantine Period is presented in honour of G.W.M. Harrison, whose academic contributions have enriched our perspective of Roman Crete and has inspired others to take on the challenge of this subject area.The study of Hellenistic and Roman Crete is, in many respects, still in its infancy. Whilst there is still much that we do not know about life on the island during these times, the past 40 years have seen a marked advancement of research and investigation into these periods at an ever-increasing pace, with the result that today we have a far better understanding and clearer perspective of the era.The theme of this volume, which was inspired by the 1st International Conference of the Colloquium on Roman Crete in 2016, is change and transition, a topic that challenges some of the earlier approaches to Hellenistic and Roman Crete, and which presents a different perspective on historical events and archaeological evidence. After an opening discussion, the papers explore aspects of change and transition in social and material archaeological contexts, with contributions on social organisation, economy and trade, health and diet, and the maritime landscape. In discussing change and transition for the Hellenistic and Roman periods, this volume also raises questions about existing interpretations of the archaeological evidence and the current chronological framework.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright page
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• About the Authors
• Abstracts
• 1. Foreword G. W. M. Harrison and the Study of Roman Crete
• 2. Introduction
• 3. The Export of Whetstones from Hellenistic Crete
• 4. La dernière ligne droite dans la rivalité acharnée et séculaire entre Phaistos et Gortyne
• 5. Onomasticon and Social Identity on the Cretan Coins in the Late-Hellenistic and Roman Periods
• 6. Τάφοι και Ταφικές Πρακτικές στο Αρχαίο Ρύτιο
• 7. Did Rome Really Change Anything? Settlement Patterns of Far Eastern Crete
• 8. Beside the Sea: Unravelling the Maritime Landscapeof Hellenistic and Roman Crete
• 9. Becoming Roman: The Cretan Evidence of Augustan Stamps on Italian Sigillata
• 10. Origanum dictamnus (Dittany of Crete): Testaments, Uses, and Trade of a Sacred Plant
• 11. The Fabrics of Roman to Early Byzantine Cretan Amphorae from the Sphakia Survey
• 12. Health, Diet and Lifeways at Knossos during the Hellenistic, Roman and Late-Antique Periods
• 13. Hazard, Risk, Vulnerability and the AD 365 Earthquake on Crete
• 14. Afterword
• List of Scholarship on Crete by George W. M. Harrison
• Index