Kommos A Minoan Harbor Town And Greek Sanctuary In Southern Crete

As well as being an archaeological guide, this beautifully illustrated volume tells the story of 30 years of fieldwork and study at one of the lesser known, but most intellectually fascinating, sites in Crete. In prehistory, Kommos was a busy harbor town with trading links extending to Egypt and Sardinia. The author traces the development of the settlement, its mysterious abandonment, and then resurrection as a religious site around 1000 B.C.Shaw, Joseph W. is the author of 'Kommos A Minoan Harbor Town And Greek Sanctuary In Southern Crete', published 2006 under ISBN 9780876616598 and ISBN 0876616597.