The Archaeology of Kythera

The Archaeology of Kythera is the only handbook to the history of the Greek island of Kythera ever written. The book is co-authored by Professor Timothy E. Gregory (Ohio State University, USA) and Dr Lita Tzortsopoulou-Gregory (Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens), who have decades of experience working and living on the island. Together they direct the Australian Paliochora-Kythera Archaeological Survey. This book, which covers the material culture and history of the island from Neolithic times until the modern era, is the result of years of research and reflects the deep familiarity and rapport its authors have with Kythera.

Lita Tzortsopoulou-Gregory is Executive Officer at the Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens.

Timothy E. Gregory is Professor at Ohio State University (USA)

Preface and Forewords

• Preface
• Foreword I (by Stavros Paspalas)
• Foreword II (by Aris Tsaravopoulos)

Chapter 1: Introduction

• Goals, Organization, and Structure of the Book
• Archaeological Approaches, Methods, and Theory
• A Note on Transliteration of Greek

Chapter 2: Background

• The Geography and Geology of Kythera
• Archaeological Fieldwork and Research on Kythera
• Archaeological Research on Modern-period Kythera
• Kythera in Ancient Mythology and in the Accounts of Western Travellertsand Myth

Chapter 3: A Short Archaeological History of Kythera

Prehistory

Antiquity

The Middle Ages and the Venetian Period

Period of Transition and British Rule, 1797–1864

Union with Greece to the Present

Chapter 4: The East-Central Part of the Island

• Paliopoli
• Paliokastro
• Avlemonas
• Dragonares
• A. Georgios sto Vouno

Chapter 5: The Southern Part of the Island, Livadi to Chora
Chapter 6: The West of the Island, Mylopotamos and the West Coast
Chapter 7: The Centre of the Island, Mitata and Nearby Areas
Chapter 8: The North-Central Part of the Island, Potamos and Paliochora

Chapter 9: The North and North-western Part of the Island

• Karavas
• The Area North of Karavas
• The East Coast
• North-western Kythera

Chapter 10: Antikythera

Appendices

• A. Historical Timetable of Kythera
• B. The Archaeological Museum of Kythera
• C. Archaeological Objects from Kythera other than those kept in the Archaeological Museum of Kythera
• D. The Pre-modern Road System of Kythera
• E. Recent Discoveries in Kythera and Antikythera, by Aris Tsaravopoulos

Glossary
Bibliography
Index

Format: hardback
416 pages
ISBN: 9780958026567
Publication: 01 Nov 2015