Keos XI: Wall Paintings and Social Context. the Northeast Bastion at Ayia Irini

by Lyvia Morgan

This book presents the results of the study of the wall paintings from the Northeast Bastion at Ayia Irini, situating them within the wider social context of Kea and the Aegean world. Like the spectacularly well-preserved Akrotiri on Thera, with which these paintings are contemporary, Ayia Irini thrived 3,500 years ago. But unlike Akrotiri, Ayia Irini was not protected by a layer of volcanic ash. When the site was excavated in the 1960s-1970s by the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1931534977
• ISBN13: 9781931534970
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: INSTAP Academic Press
• Length: 644 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 8.5" x 11.2"