Koehl Robert B. Aegean Bronze Age Rhyta

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: INSTAP Academic Press, 2006. — Pp. xxiv + 423, figs. 47, pls. 61, tables 29. — (Prehistory monographs; 19). — ISBN: 1-931534-16-0.Rhyta are among the most appealing yet enigmatic classes of artefacts from the Aegean Bronze Age. They were produced in a wide range of forms and media with a consistently high degree of craftsmanship. This comprehensive study of Bronze Age rhyta from the Aegean builds on nearly a century of discoveries and scholarly contributions, and addresses questions of typology, function, context, and the uses of these vessels. The volume includes a thoroughly illustrated catalogue, an index of sites and the present locations of rhyta.