This paper gives a preliminary account of the structural and small finds from the excavations of 1985-1988 in the cemetery of Orthe Petra at Eleutherna. Discussion concerns particularly the funerary pyres in trenches with stone lining, the tomb enclosures, pithos-burials and the larger built tombs which date from protogeometric at least to the archaic period. Preliminary comparisons are made with similar customs in other regions as well as Crete, trade links are discussed between Eleutherna and the other cities of Crete, the rest of Greece and the Eastern Mediterranean, revealed particularly by the small finds. /// πϱόϰειται για μια πϱώτη πϱοσώτη πϱοσέγγιση των αϰίνητων ϰαι ϰινητών ευϱημάτων των ανασϰαφιϰών πεϱιόδων 1985-1988 του νεϰϱοταφείου τηϛ Οϱϑήϛ Πέτϱαϛ στην αϱχαία Ελεύϑεϱνα. Εξετάζονται ϰυϱίωϛ οι πυϱέϛ μέσα σε σϰάμματα με πέτϱινη επένδυση, τα ταφιϰά πεϱιϱάγματα, οι εγχυτϱισμοί ϰαϑώϛ ϰαι μεγαλύτεϱα ϰτιστά μνημεία που χϱονονολογούνται από τα πϱωτογεωμετϱιϰά έωϛ ϰαα αϱχαϊϰά τουλάχιστον χαόνια. Διατυπώνονται επίσηϛ οι πϱώτεϛ σϰέψειϛ αναφοϱιϰά ανάλογα έϑιμα ϰαι ϰατασϰευέϛ άλλων πεϱιοχών τόσο στην Εϱήτη όσο ϰαι σε άλλεϛ άλλεϛ πεϱιοχέϛ ϰαι εξετάζονται οι μποϱιϰέϛ ϰαι άλλεϛ σχέσειϛ τηϛ Ελεύϑεϱναϛ με πόλειϛ τηϛ Εϱήτηϛ, την υπόλοιπη Ελλάδα τηι την ανατολιϰή Μεσόγειο, όπωϛ αυτέϛ αυτέϛ πϱοϰύπτουν ϰυϱίωϛ από τα ϰινητά ευϱήματα.
The major objective of the publications programme of the British School at Athens is to publish work by those conducting research using its facilities. The Annual therefore includes articles of short to medium length on a wide variety of topics concerned with Hellenic culture and its interconnections with other communities. All material is peer-reviewed and the Publications Board includes nationally and internationally recognised experts in relevant fields. The thrust of the work of the School has been work on the major sites of Knossos and Sparta, together with the broader areas of Crete, Lakonia, Euboia and the Cyclades, while work of researchers, especially in the School Library and the Fitch Laboratory, covers a broad field indeed. Every volume is indexed.
The Annual is published by the British School at Athens, whose is to promote the study of Hellenic Studies in all their aspects, covering all periods from the Palaeolithic to the present. As a research institute, its principal emphasis remains empirical studies that shed light on the prehistoric, Classical and medieval past and present condition of Greek lands. These studies therefore include the anthropology, archaeology, archaeometry, art, architecture, environment, epigraphy, geography, geomorphology, history, language, literature, religion and topography of Greece and Cyprus. The School's secondary mission is to promote research more generally into the prehistoric, ancient and medieval Mediterranean.
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