Dataset::crete_violence

Crete Violence a WHG dataset Hide Show Detail

This dataset records all the sites with archaeological or epigraphic evidence for violence on Crete or violence enacted by Cretans in the Archaic and Classical periods (c. 700-400 BCE). It derives from Jesse Obert's PhD dissertation, in which he quantifies and visualizes all the evidence and includes a full bibliography. See: Obert, Jesse. 2023. “Violence and Polis Formation on Crete in the Age of Hoplite Warfare, 700-400 BCE.” Doctoral Thesis, Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley.

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Crete Violence est. file creation time: 01 sec	61	LPF

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# Records)	61
WHG id	crete_violence_01 (39)
Description	This dataset records all the sites with archaeological or epigraphic evidence for violence on Crete or violence enacted by Cretans in the Archaic and Classical periods (c. 700-400 BCE). It derives from Jesse Obert's PhD dissertation, in which he quantifies and visualizes all the evidence and includes a full bibliography. See: Obert, Jesse. 2023. “Violence and Polis Formation on Crete in the Age of Hoplite Warfare, 700-400 BCE.” Doctoral Thesis, Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley.
Creator	Jesse Obert
Uploaded/last modified	17 Dec 2023 / 24 Mar 2025
Source(s)	Obert, Jesse. 2023. “Violence and Polis Formation on Crete in the Age of Hoplite Warfare, 700-400 BCE.” Doctoral Thesis, Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley.
Contibutor(s)	Jesse Obert
Citation	None