Whitelaw, Todd; Spencer, Christine; (2022) Simulating prehistoric settlement in the Ierapetra region: extrapolations from the northern Isthmus. In: Oddo, Emilia and Chalikias, Kostis, (eds.) South by Southeast: The History and Archaeology of Southeast Crete from Myrtos to Kato Zakros. (pp. 37-54). Archaeopress Books: Oxford.

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Abstract

The Mirabello region surveys provide the most detailed published documentation of settlement patterns for Prehistoric Crete. Analysis of these surveys defines in terms of environmental characteristics settlement preferences in the northern isthmus and their changes through the Bronze Age. Models produced from the analysis help formalise our understanding of how settlement systems were organised and how they relate to the wider environment. Building on these characteristics, this paper explores potential demographic implications through the extrapolation of these patterns to the neighbouring south isthmus region. This allows an exploration of potential patterns of settlement integration, connectivity, and centrality in sub-regions of different scale within the variable topography of Southeast Crete, and how they relate to wider economic and political processes across the island.

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