Rural Settlement in Hellenistic and Roman Crete: The Akrotiri PeninsulaThe central position of this study is that rural development in Crete under Roman rule (beginning 67 BC) was built upon traditional relationships of people to the land. It is argued that the productive forces behind agricultural subsistence may have altered little from Hellenistic times. The author supports this claim by examining a series of linked variables germane to a reconstruction of rural organization over the periods in question: settlement patterns, land tenure, land use, production activities, and spheres of economic interaction. |
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Theoretical Frameworks | 5 |
The Akrotiri Study Area | 6 |
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1st century A.D. 2nd century A.D. 5th century 5th century A.D. activity agricultural Akrotiri Akrotiri peninsula Alcock amphorae ancient archaeological ARSW Ayiofarango base black-gloss BM Map calcareous grits cave centers Chaniotis Chapter CL-HL coarse wares coast coastal context Cretan Crete cultivation Density district early historical Elev elite estates evidence excavated fabric containing farms Garage Gortyna grog harbor Hellenistic period Hierapytna HL-ER identified indicated Kalathas Kavousi Khania Kissamos Knossos Kydonia land Lasithi Late Hellenistic Late Roman LCL-EHL located Locus Loutraki LRC Form Markoulaki material mica Minoa Moody orange fabric pattern peninsula phyllite pink-buff fabric plain Polyrrhenia Post-Roman pottery production quartz ravine regions ridge rim fig rural sites Sackett Sanders settlement sgraffito shape sherds slip slopes Soudha Bay specimens Sphakia Standard Ware surface survey terrace territory Tersana tile fragments tombs urban Variant villas Visibility Vrokastro walls Western Mesara Willetts