Dissertation committee:
Επιβλέπων: αναπληρωτής καθηγητής Ελευθέριος Πλάτων
Μέλος: καθηγήτρια Ελένη Μαντζουράνη (συμβουλευτική επιτροπή)
Μέλος: αναπληρωτής καθηγητής Ιωάννης Παπαδάτος (συμβουλευτική επιτροπή)
Μέλος: αναπληρωτής καθηγητής Γεώργιος Βαβουρανάκης (εξεταστική επιτροπή)
Μέλος: αναπληρωτής καθηγητής Κωνσταντίνος Κοπανιάς (εξεταστική επιτροπή)
Μέλος: επίκουρος καθηγητής Βασίλειος Πετράκης (εξεταστική επιτροπή)
Μέλος: αναπληρωτής καθηγητής Ανδρέας Βλαχόπουλος (εξεταστική επιτροπή)
Summary:
The results of the parallel examination of the postpalatial material (architecture and pottery) from the Hills I and II, Petras, Siteia constitutes the theme of this dissertation. The study of the pottery and the architectural remains aims to present, in detail, the habitation on the two hills and to include the location in the wider historical context of the Postpalatial period in the gulf of Siteia and northeastern Crete, more broadly. The evolution of the ceramic shapes and the understanding of their inclusions constitutes an important axis of the research, in order to achieve, as much as possible, the reconstruction of the socio-economic role of Petras, in relation to the residential network of the hinterland of Siteia and to other important, postpalatial facilities along the island (e.g. Palaikastro, Zakros, Mochlos, Gournia, Knossos, Agia Triada, Chania etc.). At the same time, the participation of the inhabitants of Petras in the typological developments of LM III Crete is confirmed through the architectural analysis and the relevant morphological characteristics of each building, which find close parallels in the above mentioned places. In particular, emphasis is given on understanding the foundation of postpalatial communal buildings on top of the -partially, visible- tomb ruins, of the earliest EM I-MM IB cemetery, on Hill II, on the analysis of the pottery found in those buildings, and on the possible interpretation of this preference, both architecturally and ideologically. In conclusion, the research allows to identify the history of the settlement on Hills I and II of Petras, Siteia, during the LM IIIA/C period, confirms its key geopolitical location and emphasize its political-economic, and, possibly, historical role during the “turbulent” Postpalatial period.
Keywords:
Petras, Crete, Postpalatial period, Pottery, Architecture
