Kythera - excavations and studies; [first edition]

Nicolas Coldstream and George Huxley began excavations on the Greekisland of Kythera in 1963. Their mission was to find out if the Minoansof ancient Crete had established a maritime empire, as Herodotus, Aristotleand other classical authors claimed. Digging in the fertile valley of Paleopoli,they were quickly successful, finding plentiful evidence of homes, agriculture,trade, shipping, cults and burials. Over the next nine years they made furthervisits to the island, studying the rich archaeological finds and writing up theresults in this remarkable book, which includes articles commissioned fromleading scholars on Kythera s history, geology and topography.