Aegean Bronze Age rhyta /

Rhyta are among the most appealing yet enigmatic classes of artefacts from the Aegean Bronze Age. They were produced in a wide range of forms and media with a consistently high degree of craftsmanship. This comprehensive study of Bronze Age rhyta from the Aegean builds on nearly a century of discove...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Koehl, Robert B.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia, Pa. : INSTAP Academic Press, 2006.
Series:Prehistory monographs ; 19.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • List of Illustrations in the Text
  • List of Drawing Credits
  • List of Photographic Credits
  • 1. Typology, History, and Development
  • Principle of Typology and Definition of Types
  • Definition of Classes and Their Nomenclature
  • Rhyton Groups: Typology of Rims, Handles, and Bases
  • Exclusions and Exceptions
  • Organization and Presentation
  • Aegean Rhyta
  • Type IV
  • Type Indeterminate
  • Foreign Imitations of Aegean Rhyta
  • 2. Catalog
  • Aegean Rhyta
  • Type Indeterminate
  • Foreign Imitations of Aegean Rhyta
  • Representations of Aegean Rhyta
  • 3. The Mechanical Functions of Aegean Rhyta
  • 4. The Uses of Aegean Rhyta
  • Organization and Presentation.