the palaikastro kouros: a minoan chryselephantine statuette and its aegean bronze age context ||...
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Abbreviations and terminologySource: British School at Athens Studies, Vol. 6, THE PALAIKASTRO KOUROS: A MINOANCHRYSELEPHANTINE STATUETTE AND ITS AEGEAN BRONZE AGE CONTEXT (2000), p. 15Published by: British School at AthensStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/40916609 .
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Abbreviations and terminology
ANM Agios Nikolaos Museum m metre Athens NM Athens National Archaeological max. maximum
Museum N north/northern Class/Hell. Classical to Hellenistic n. footnote D. diameter près. preserved E east/eastern S south/southern EBA Early Bronze Age SM Siteia Museum EIA Early Iron Age TC terracotta fr(s). fragment(s) Th. thickness H. height W west/western gm. gramme W. width L. length Wt. weight
TECHNICAL TERMS SYMBOLS
Gc gas chromatography # zembil or basic site locus unit, named for Ir infrared reflectance spectroscopy the recycled rubber baskets used to col- TC terracotta lect ceramics during excavation. Xps x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy Î absolute height above sea level in metres.
GLOSSARY
ammouda sandstone, locally quarried at ta sideropetra blue limestone slabs from Cape Sidero. Skaria. socle stone-built foundation for a mud-brick
ashlar square hewn stone masonry blocks laid wall. in horizontal courses. thymiaterion incense burner.
polythyron literally 'with many openings' - hence xoanon wooden cult statue. a Minoan Hall with multiple doors. zoma Minoan belted kilt.
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