Kleronomia: Legacy and Inheritance. Studies on the Aegean Bronze Age in Honor of Jeffrey S. Soles(61 Prehistory Monographs)

The 27 papers in this volume harken to the themes that Jeffrey Soles has influenced during his illustrious career in Aegean Bronze Age archaeology: ancestry, burial customs, religion, trade, jewelry, the development of the Minoan settlement of Mochlos in eastern Crete, and the rise and fall of the Minoan civilization.

Table of Contents:
A Life at Mochlos, Mary Ellen Carr Soles Bibliography of Jeffrey S. Soles PART I. THE EARLIEST HUMANS ON CRETE A Case of Bioturbation at Damnoni Cave, Thomas F. Strasser, Miriam G. Clinton, Eleni Panagopoulou, and Panagiotis Karkanas   PART II. PREPALATIAL PERIODS Silvery Weapons and Precious Jewelry: Early Minoan IB Metallurgy of East Crete, Susan C. Ferrence, Alessandra Giumlia-Mair, Philip P. Betancourt, and Yiannis Papadatos New Beginnings: Occupation at Mochlos in the Early Minoan I Period, Thomas M. Brogan and Luke Kaiser House Tombs of the Prepalatial Period: Less House, More Tomb, Borja Legarra Herrero Gournia, Mochlos, and Petras: Arenas for Sociopolitical Competition with Similar Beginnings but Different Ends, Metaxia Tsipopoulou PART III. PROTOPALATIAL TO NEOPALATIAL PERIODS What Do the Pots Say? Fine Ware Indicates Social Stratification in the Mirabello Region  during Middle Minoan IIB, Georgios Doudalis On the Wings of Birds: Reflections on the Cut Style in Minoan Glyptic, Olga  Krzyszkowska Sacred Minoan Columns? Joseph W. Shaw Role of the Neopalatial Dagger in the Bay of Mirabello, Jesse Obert A Reexamination of the Minoan “Sacral Knot” Motif, Ann M. Nicgorski Possible Origins and Meaning of the Minoan Figure-of-Eight Shield, Costis Davaras Foundation Feasts in the Minoan Palace at Gournia, Crete, R. Angus K. Smith A Minoan Mystery Vase Type, Peter Warren Clay Vessels and Loomweights: Tracing Southeast Aegean Connections at Neopalatial Mochlos, Jerolyn Morrison, Eleni Nodarou, and Joanne Cutler Prestige Goods, Foreign Knowledge, and Divine Practices: Giali Obsidian from Mochlos in Context, Tristan Carter Small but Meaningful: Beads in the Tombs around Pylos, Joanne M.A. Murphy On the Egyptian Origins of the Minoan Sistrum, Evi Sikla A Peak Sanctuary for Gournia, L. Vance Watrous The Population and Depopulation of Late Minoan Crete, Malcolm H. Wiener PART IV. POSTPALATIAL PERIODS AND IRON AGE Minoan Stone Vases in Late Minoan IIIC Contexts, Melissa Eaby New Thoughts on the Karphi Goddesses, Geraldine C. Gesell Memory and Place in Early Iron Age Graves at Kavousi Vronda, Crete, Leslie Preston Day PART V. MINOANS AND THEIR WORLD Mochlos and Pseira: Contrasting Economic Trajectories during the Bronze Age, Philip P. Betancourt Groundwater Geochemistry and Persistent Places of Water Ritual on Crete, Greece, Jonathan M. Flood Minoan Harbors at Mochlos, Crete, Floyd W. McCoy and Rhonda R. Suka Veteran and Sacred Trees in Modern and Minoan Crete, Jennifer Moody You Can Take the Potter Out of the Plain, but You Can’t Take the Plain Out of the Potter, Peter M. Day