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Sites from the Greek islands 202
Sites from Cyprus 204
Sites from Anatolia 207
Sites from Syria-Palestine 211
III: Summary of the broad regional carpentry/masonry tool preferences 213
Crete (Figure 4.21) 213
Greek Mainland (Figure 4.22) 214
Greek islands (Figure 4.23) 216
Cyprus (Figure 4.24) 217
Anatolia (Figure 4.25) 219
Syria-Palestine (Figure 4.26) 220
Shipwrecks (Figure 4.27) 221
IV: Conclusion for carpentry/masonry implements (Figures 4.28‒29) 222
CHAPTER 5: 225
Carpentry/masonry implements: variety and tool kits
I. The importance of tool kits 225
II. Methodology for identifying prospective tool kits 228
III. Ascertaining tool kits within different contexts 232
IV. Hoarding and tool kits 239
A: Hoarding practices and chronological/historical interpretive issues 239
B: Overview of hoard compositions in the Aegean and eastern Mediterranean 251
C: Tools in hoards: frequencies, preferences and statistics 257
D: Deconstructing foundry caches: modification and functionality
of hoard tools 267
E: Tool kits as an organizing agent in the formation of a metal hoard 279
V. The metal objects from shipwrecks and detectable tool kits 292
VI. Conclusions about tool kits 303
CHAPTER 6: 307
Summary of the tool distributions and their implications for craftsmanship
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