Description: Presents a systematic appraisal of the architectural development of public, commercial, and domestic buildings on Crete from the Hellenistic to the Late Roman/early Byzantine periods.
Brief description: Jane E. Francis is a professor of Classical Archaeology at Concordia University in Montreal. She completed her PhD at Bryn Mawr College. Her main research interests focus on the material evidence of the Roman period on Crete, especially the pottery and beekeeping. She has studied and published pottery from excavations and surveys on Crete, including Sphakia, Skoteino Cave, and Khavania.