(1) Where is the bestate/b Bella Capina? (2) How long would it take to walk from Chania, via Askifou, to bSphakia/b? The walk was a forced march, but people were tired, thirsty, some wounded and the road was crowded and in a bad condition, ...
Diachronic approaches to pastoral strategies can yield clear and telling results, as in the case of Lucia Nixon and Simon Price's study of Cretan shepherds at bSphakia/b and their herds, compared with selected upland case studies in northern b..../b The literature on pastoralism is substantial and I cite here only a few items particularly relevant to Balkan studies: Forbes, H. (1995) 'The identification of pastoralist sites within the context of bestate/b-based agriculture in ...
after taking the losses from the heraklion evacuation (800 troops killed and the destroyers imperial and hereward sunk, with orion, dido, and decoy damages), the commanders hesistated to attempt the evacuation from bsphakia/b. b.../b
