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Lesson 5.8: Metalwork

Lesson 5 Bibliography: The Early Minoan Period: The Settlements

N. Amzallag, “From Metallurgy to Bronze Age Civilizations: The Synthetic Theory,” AJA 113(2009) 497-519.

N. Amzallag, “A Return to the Dark Ages? Reply to Thornton et al. 2010,” AJA 114(2010) 317-329.

P. P. Betancourt, The Chrysokamino Metallurgy Workshop and its Territory [Hesperia Supplement 36] (Princeton 2006).

P. P. Betancourt, “The Final Neolithic to Early Minoan III Metallurgy Site at Chrysokamino, Crete,” in P. M. Day and R. C. P. Doonan (eds.), Metallurgy in the Early Bronze Age Aegean [Sheffield Studies in Aegean Archaeology 7] (Oxford 2007) 57-67.

P. P. Betancourt, “The Copper Smelting Workshop at Chrysokamino: Reconstructing the Smelting Process,” in I. Tzachili (ed.), Aegean Metallurgy in the Bronze Age (Athens 2008) 105-111.

P. P. Betancourt, T. M. Brogan, V. Apostolakou, and A. Koh, “The Organization of Minoan Manufacturing,” Kretika Chronika 34(2014) 89-96.

P. P. Betancourt and J. D. Muhly, “The Crucibles from the Aghia Photia Cemetery,” in P. M. Day and R. C. P. Doonan (eds.), Metallurgy in the Early Bronze Age Aegean [Sheffield Studies in Aegean Archaeology 7] (Oxford 2007) 146-154.

P. P. Betancourt and J. D. Muhly, “The Early Trade Routes for Metals in Bronze Age Crete,” in P. Pavúk, V. Klonzta-Jaklová, and A. Harding (eds.), EUDAIMON: Studies in Honour of Professor Jan Bouzek (Prague 2019) 17-28.

K. Branigan, Copper and Bronze Working in Early Bronze Age Crete (Göteborg 1968).

K. Branigan, “A Transitional Phase in Minoan Metallurgy,” AJA 72(1968) 219-222.

K. Branigan, “Early Aegean Hoards of Metalwork,” BSA 64(1969) 1-11.

K. Branigan, Aegean Metalwork of the Early and Middle Bronze Age [SIMA 19]

(Oxford 1974).

K. Branigan, “Gold and Goldworking in Early Bronze Age Crete,” TUAS 8(1983) 15-20.

M. Catapotis, “On the Spatial Organization of Copper Smelting Activities in the Southern Aegean during the Early Bronze Age,” in P. M. Day and R. C. P. Doonan (eds.), Metallurgy in the Early Bronze Age Aegean [Sheffield Studies in Aegean Archaeology 7] (Oxford 2007) 207-223.

M. Catapotis and Y. Bassiakos, “Copper Smelting at the Early Minoan Site of Chrysokamino on Crete,” in P. M. Day and R. C. P. Doonan, Metallurgy in the Early Bronze Age Aegean [Sheffield Studies in Aegean Archaeology 7] (Oxford 2007) 68-83.

M. Catapotis, Y. Bassiakos, and Y. Papadatos, “Reconstructing Early Cretan Metallurgy. Analytical Evidence from Kephala Petras, Siteia,” in P. P. Betancourt and S. C. Ferrence (eds.), Metallurgy. Understanding How, Learning Why: Studies in Honor of James D. Muhly (Philadelphia 2011) 69-78.

M. Catapotis, O. Pryce, and Y. Bassiakos, “Preliminary Results from an Experimental Study of Perforated Copper-smelting Shaft Furnaces from Chrysokamino (Eastern Crete),” in I. Tzachili (ed.), Aegean Metallurgy in the Bronze Age (Athens 2008) 113-121.

M. G. Clinton, S. Martino, G. H. Myer, D. O. Terry, Jr., and P. P. Betancourt, “Rapid Cooling Effects in Early Bronze Age Copper Smelting Slags from Chrysokamino,” Aegean Archaeology 8[2005-2006] (2009) 21-30.

N. Dimopoulou-Rethemiotaki, D. E. Wilson, and P. M. Day, “The Earlier Prepalatial Settlement of Poros-Katsambas: Craft Production and Exchange at the Harbour Town of Knossos,” in P. M. Day and R. C. P. Doonan (eds.), Metallurgy in the Early Bronze Age Aegean [Sheffield Studies in Aegean Archaeology 7] (Oxford 2007) 84-97.

R. C. P. Doonan and P. M. Day, “Mixed Origins and the Origins of Mixing: Alloys and Provenance in the Early Bronze Age Aegean,” in P. M. Day and R. C. P. Doonan (eds.), Metallurgy in the Early Bronze Age Aegean [Sheffield Studies in Aegean Archaeology 7] (Oxford 2007) 1-18.

R. C. P. Doonan, P. M. Day, and N, Dimopoulou-Rethemiotaki, “Lame Excuses for Emerging Complexity in Early Bronze Age Crete: The Metallurgical Finds from Poros Katsambas and Their Context,” in P. M. Day and R. C. P. Doonan, Metallurgy in the Early Bronze Age Aegean [Sheffield Studies in Aegean Archaeology 7] (Oxford 2007) 98-122.

N. H. Gale, “The Provenance of Metals for EBA Crete - Local or Cycladic?,” in Pepragmena tou ΣΤ’ Diethnous Kretologikou Synedriou (Chania 2000) A1: 299-316.

D. C. Haggis, “An Early Minoan I Long Dagger and Razor from Kalo Chorio, East Crete,” in E. Mantzourani and P. P. Betancourt (eds.), PHILISTOR. Studies in Honor of Costis Davaras [Prehistory Monographs 36] (Philadelphia 2012) 51-58.

A. Hein and V. Kilikoglou, “Finite Element Analysis (FEA) of Metallurgical Ceramics,” in I. Tzachili (ed.), Aegean Metallurgy in the Bronze Age (Athens 2008) 305-313.

B. Legarra Herrero, “About the Distribution of Metal Objects in Prepalatial Crete,” Papers of the Institute of Archaeology 15(2004) 29-51.

H. Mangou and P. V. Ioannou, “On the Chemical Composition of Prehistoric Greek Copper-based Artefacts from Crete,” BSA 93(1998) 91-102.

K. Mavriyannaki, “Minoïke metallike metra apo ten Vasilike tes Ierapetras,” Kretologia 9(1984) 140-176.

V. McGeehan-Liritzis, The Role and Development of Metallurgy in the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age of Greece [SIMA-ΠΒ 122] (Jonsered 1996).

J. D. Muhly, “Chrysokamino and the Beginnings of Metal Technology on Crete and in the Aegean,” in L. P. Day, M. S. Mook, and J. D. Muhly (eds.), Crete Beyond the Palaces: Proceedings of the Crete 2000 Conference (Philadelphia 2004) 283-289.

J. D. Muhly, “Ayia Photia and the Cycladic Element in Early Minoan Metallurgy,” in I. Tzachili (ed.), Aegean Metallurgy in the Bronze Age (Athens 2008) 69-74.

G. Nakou, “The Role of Poliochni and the North Aegean in the Development of Aegean Metallurgy,” in C. G. Doumas and V. La Rosa (eds.), E Poliochne kai e Proïme Epoche tou Chalkou sto Boreio Aigaio (Athens 1997) 634-648.

Y. Papadatos, “The Beginning of Metallurgy in Crete: New Evidence from the FN-EM I Settlement at Kephala Petras, Siteia,” in P. M. Day and R. C. P. Doonan (eds.), Metallurgy in the Early Bronze Age Aegean [Sheffield Studies in Aegean Archaeology 7] (Oxford 2007) 154-167.

G. Papadimitriou, “The Technological Evolution of Copper Alloys in the Aegean during the Prehistoric Period,” in I. Tzachili (ed.), Aegean Metallurgy in the Bronze Age (Athens 2008) 271-287.

S. Sherratt, “The Archaeology of Metal Use in the Early Bronze Age Aegean – A Review,” in P. M. Day and R. C. P. Doonan (eds.), Metallurgy in the Early Bronze Age Aegean [Sheffield Studies in Aegean Archaeology 7] (Oxford 2007) 245-263.

Z. A. Stos-Gale, "The Origin of Metal Used for Making Weapons in Early and Middle Minoan Crete,” in C. Scarre and F. Healey (eds.), Trade and Exchange in Prehistoric Europe (Oxford 1993) 115-129.

Z. A. Stos-Gale, “The Role of Kythnos and Other Cycladic Islands in the Origins of Early Minoan Metallurgy," in L. G. Mendoni and A. J. Mazarakis Ainian (eds.), Kea - Kythnos. History and Archaeology (Athens 1998) 717-735.

Z. A. Stos-Gale, “Trade in Metals in the Bronze Age Mediterranean: An Overview of Lead Isotope Data for Provenance Studies,” in C. Pare (ed.), Metals Make the World Go Round: Supply and Circulation of Metals in Bronze Age Europe (Oxford 2000) 56-69.

C. P. Thornton, J. M. Golden, D. J. Killick, V. C. Pigott, T. H. Rehren, and B. W. Robers, “A Chalcolithic Error: Rebuttal to Amzallag 2009,” AJA 114(2010) 305-315.

T. Tselios, “Pre-palatial Copper Metalworking in the Mesara Plain, Crete,” in I. Tzachili (ed.), Aegean Metallurgy in the Bronze Age (Athens 2008) 123-129.

M. Tsipopoulou, “Aghia Photia – Kouphota: A Centre for Metallurgy in the Early Minoan Period,” in P. M. Day and R. C. P. Doonan (eds.), Metallurgy in the Early Bronze Age Aegean [Sheffield Studies in Aegean Archaeology 7] (Oxford 2007) 135-145.

A. Vasilakis, O chrysos kai o argyros sten Krete kata ten Proïme Periodo tou Chalkou (Heraklion 1996).

A. Vasilakis, “Silver Metalworking in Prehistoric Crete. An Historical Survey,” in I. Tzachili (ed.), Aegean Metallurgy in the Bronze Age (Athens 2008) 75-85.


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