Eleutherna
Eleutherna (Greek: Ἐλεύθερνα), also called Apollonia (
History
In the systematic Eleutherna project, a team of archaeologists from the University of Crete led by Prof. N. Stampolidis has been in charge since 1984. Surveys and systematic excavations have revealed the city's settlement patterns, sanctuaries and necropoleis in Orthi Petra,[1] even stone quarries in the surroundings of the Prines hill. The discovery of the remains of four females in Orthi Petra was declared one of top 10 discoveries of 2009 by the Archaeological Institute of America.[2]Anagnostis Agelarakis was instrumental in helping to identify an Iron Age matriline—a so-called “dynasty of priestesses”[3] — at the site, based on the dental epigenetic traits of the individuals buried there. The Museum of Ancient Eleutherna, directly linked to the archaeological site, was inaugurated in June 2016.[4]
During the ninth century BC, in
In 220 BC the city of Eleutherna triggered the outbreak of the
With the Roman conquest of Crete in 68/67 BCE, luxurious villas, baths, and other public buildings demonstrate that Eleutherna was a prosperous centre through the Imperial period, until the
Public exhibitions in 1993 and 1994, and especially the comprehensive exhibition of 2004 at the Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens, have introduced the archaeological site to the general public.[7] On the last occasion the Louvre lent the seventh-century BCE "Lady of Auxerre", now given a definitive Cretan context with comparable finds at Eleutherna.
See also
Notes
- ^ N. Stampolidis, "Eleutherna on Crete; An Interim Report on the Geometric-Archaic Cemetery", The Annual of the British School at Athens, Vol. 85 (1990), pp. 375-403
- ^ Iron Age Priestesses - Eleutherna, Crete
- ^ Bonn-Muller, Eti (2010). "Interview with Anagnostis Agelarakis". Archaeology: A publication of the Archaeological Institute of America. Retrieved March 12, 2014.
- ^ On-site museum to host ancient Eleutherna treasures, ekathimerini, 20 January 2016
- ^ C.Michael Hogan, "Lato Fieldnotes", The Modern Antiquarian, Jan 10, 2008
- ^ Eleutherna (Titular See)
- ^ Ekathimerini, "The treasures of ancient Eleutherna on display" Archived 2006-05-11 at the Wayback Machine; "Cretan excavation sheds light on Dark Ages of Greek history" Archived 2006-08-18 at the Wayback Machine
Bibliography
- ISBN 9781588396068
- Anagnostis Agelarakis, The anthropology of Tomb A1K1 of Orthi Petra in Eleutherna. A Narrative of the Bones: Aspects of the Human Condition in Geometric-Archaic Eleutherna (Athens, 2005).
- Kotsonas, Antonis, The Archaeology of Tomb A1K1 of Orthi Petra in Eleutherna: the early Iron Age pottery (Heraklion, University of Crete, 2008).
- S. Andreas Koudellou, Eleutherna 2006-2009, The University of Crete, January 10, 2009.
