Descrizione
This book is the result of an international conference organized in Athens on January 20th-21st 2023 on the topic of borders in first millennium BC Crete. The first thanks must go to the Italian Archaeological School at Athens and its director Emanuele Papi, and the Belgian School at Athens and its director Athena Tsingarida, who provided the facilities and the logistic support to host the event.
This event was made possible by the financial support of the Faculty of Arts and Philosophy of Ghent University through its Faculty Research Fund, the Department of Archaeology at Ghent University, the Italian Archaeological School at Athens and the Belgian School at Athens.
The publication of this book has been financially supported by the Department of Cultures and Civilizations of the University of Verona and the Italian Archaeological School at Athens.
We warmly thank Antonis Kotsonas (Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University) and Angelos Chaniotis (Institute of Advanced Study, Princeton) who delivered the keynote lectures, and all scholars who answered the call for papers and presented their research during the conference, among whom a great many can be found within the present volume.
We express our sincere gratitude to all those who contributed to the successful outcome of both the event and the publication. In particular, we extend our thanks to Davide Giulio Aquini, Patrizia Basso, Ioannis Bitis, Niccolò Cecconi, Carlo De Domenico, Diana Dobreva, Tina Kalantzopoulou, Maria Rosaria Luberto, and all the staff members of the Italian and Belgian Schools for their valuable support. A special acknowledgment goes to Simona Pisani for her meticulous editorial work.
Finally, we thank Roald Docter (Ghent University), who first suggested the organization of this conference.
In collaborazione con la SAMI, Società degli Archeologi Medievisti Italiani
