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The excavation of the prehistoric burial tumulus at Lofkënd, Albania /

The burial tumulus of Lofkënd lies in one of the richest archaeological areas of Albania (ancient 'Illyria'), home to a number of burial tumuli spanning the Bronze and Iron Ages of later prehistory. Some were robbed long ago, others were reused for modern burials. A few were excavated unde...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Papadopoulos, John K., 1958- (Author), Morris, Sarah P., 1954- (Author), Bejko, Lorenc (Author), Schepartz, Lynne Alison (Author)
Other Authors: Agolli, Esmeralda (Contributor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles : Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press, 2014.
Series:Monumenta archaeologica (Los Angeles, Calif.) ; v. 34.
Subjects:
Illyria > Antiquities.
Illyria > Social life and customs.
Illyria > Environmental conditions.
Lofkënd (Albania) > Antiquities.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Albania > Lofkënd.
Mounds > Albania > Lofkënd.
Bronze age > Albania > Lofkënd.
Iron age > Albania > Lofkënd.
Social archaeology > Albania > Lofkënd.
Antiquities, Prehistoric > Albania > Lofkënd.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology.
Table of Contents:
  • Volume 1. Text. Part I. The excavation of the tumulus
  • Introduction
  • The excavation of the tumulus
  • Catalogue of Tombs and Their Contents
  • The relative and absolute chronology of the tumulus
  • Conservation at the Lofkënd Archaeological Project, 2004-2008
  • PART II. The population of the tumulus
  • Bioarchaeology of the Lofkënd tumulus
  • Appendix 1: Summary of results of DNA analysis of ancient human bone from the Lofkënd tumulus
  • Results of stable-isotope analyses of human bone samples from Lofkënd
  • PART III. The analysis of the material from the tumulus
  • The prehistoric burial customs
  • The pottery from the tombs and tumulus fill
  • Appendix 2: Illyria Capta : Corinthian wheelmade pottery from the Lofkënd tumulus
  • The small finds other than pottery : objects of terracotta and metal (gold/electrum, bronze, iron, bimetallic)
  • Appendix 3: Modern gun shells and bullets on the surface of the Lofkënd tumulus
  • Analytical studies of the metal objects from Lofkënd
  • Textiles and other mineralized organic remains at Lofkënd
  • The lithic artifacts
  • Daub
  • Bitumen at Lofkënd : deposits, sherds, and containers
  • Environmental archaeology at Lofkënd
  • PART IV. The tumulus in its context
  • Research on tumuli in Albanian archaeology
  • An intensive, systematic archaeological survey of the landscape around the Lofkënd tumulus
  • The three-dimensional model : digging into information design
  • Lofkënd as cultivated place
  • The beginning and the end of the Lofkënd tumulus and the prehistory of the Kanun
  • Heritage management and the future of the tumulus
  • Epilogue 1: The lifeways of the tumulus builders
  • Epilogue 2: From the Stone Age to the recent past : the cultural biography of a landscape and of an Illyrian tumulus
  • Volume 2. Illustrations.