The Function Of The Minoan Palaces

Author : Robin Hägg
Publisher : Svenska Institutet I Athen
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 358 pages
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Download or read book The Function of the Minoan Palaces written by Robin Hägg and published by Svenska Institutet I Athen. This book was released on 1987 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forty-seven papers on the functions of the palace, the most characteristic phenomenon of the Minoan Bronze Age civilization in Crete, read at an international conference in Athens; the papers are followed by transcripts of the discussions of the symposium.

Author : Ellen Adams
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 110719752X
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cultural Identity in Minoan Crete written by Ellen Adams and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-09-07 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive account of the Palaces, control networks and spatial dynamics of Neopalatial Crete, the floruit of the Minoan civilization.

Author : Louise Hitchcock
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
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Download or read book Minoan Architecture written by Louise Hitchcock and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Gerald Cadogan
Publisher : Methuen Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Palaces of Minoan Crete written by Gerald Cadogan and published by Methuen Publishing. This book was released on 1980 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Cretan archaeological landscape is adorned with the ruins of several major prehistoric palaces. The Minoans began building palaces around 1900 BC to act as cultural, religious, administrative, and commercial centers for their increasingly expanding society. The Minoan palaces provided a forum for gathering and celebrations, while at the same time they offered storage for the crops, and workshops for the artists. They were built over time to occupy low hills at strategic places around the island in a manner so complex that they resembled labyrinths to outside visitors. The Minoan palaces were technologically advanced with expanded drainage systems, irrigation, aqueducts, and deep wells that provided fresh water to the inhabitants. The multi-storied palace buildings were laced with impressive interior and exterior staircases, light wells, massive columns, storage magazines, and gathering outdoor places -- the precursor to ancient theaters. The construction method consisted of rough stones and ceramic bricks connected by mortar in the interior walls, while the corners of the buildings were fashioned by sharply defined large rectangular blocks. None of the Minoan palaces unearthed to date was surrounded by defensive walls, a testament to the Minoan supremacy at sea. The Minoan palaces are Knossos, Malia, Phaistos, and Zakros."--Http://www.ancient-greece.org/architecture/minoan-archi.html.

Author : Jan Driessen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
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Download or read book Monuments of Minos written by Jan Driessen and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robin Hägg
Publisher : Coronet Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Function of the "Minoan Villa" written by Robin Hägg and published by Coronet Books. This book was released on 1997 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "These twenty papers, presented at an international conference in Athens, deal with various aspects of the so-called villas in Neopalatial Crete and their possible predecessors or equivalents in the preceding, Protopalatial period. They are followed by transcripts of the discussions of the symposium. Among the problems treated are: the origin of the "villa system", the definition of the "villa", the architectural analysis of buildings and building complexes, the magico-religious background of the "Villa", the role of religious painting, the origin of the Cretan andreion, and a study of ceramic exchange between towns and outlying settlements in Neopalatial eastern Crete. Special discussions concern the functional analysis of the architecture, administration and bureaucracy, with special reference to seals, sealings and Linear A tablets and political geography." --

Author : Jan Driessen
Publisher : Peeters
ISBN 13 : 9781935488163
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Monuments of Minos written by Jan Driessen and published by Peeters. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foreword ; Monuments of Minos: Rethinking the Minoan Palaces ; Introduction ; List of abbreviations ; Jan DRIESSEN, 'The King Must Die.' Some Observations on the Use of Minoan Court Compounds ; Ilse SCHOEP, The State of the Minoan Palaces or the Minoan Palace-State? ; Colin F. MACDONALD, The Neopalatial Palaces of Knossos ; Giorgos RETHEMIOTAKIS, Evidence on Social and Economic Changes at Galatas and Pediada in the New-Palace Period ; Vincenzo LA ROSA, Pour une revision preliminaire du second palais de Phaistos ; Joseph SHAW, The Minoan Palatial Establishment at Kommos. An Anatomy of its History, Function, and Interconnections ; Olivier PELON, Contribution du palais de Malia a l'etude et a l'interpretation des "palais" minoens ; Jeffrey S. SOLES, A Central Court at Gournia ; Metaxia TSIPOPOULOU, Petras, Siteia: The Palace, the Town, the Hinterland and the Protopalatial Background ; Lefteris PLATON, The Political and Cultural Influence of the Zakros Palace on Nearby Sites and in a Wider Context ; Maria ANDREADAKI-VLASAKI, Are We Approaching the Minoan Palace of Khania? ; Clairy PALYVOU, Central Courts: The Supremacy of the Void ; Yannis HAMILAKIS, Too Many Chiefs?: Factional Competition in Neopalatial Crete ; Peter M. WARREN, Political Structure in Neopalatial Crete ; Philip P. BETANCOURT, Who was in charge of the Palaces? ; J. Alexander MACGILLIVRAY, Memories of a Minotaur ; Peter M. DAY and Maria RELAKI, Past Factions and Present Fictions: Palaces in the Study of Minoan Crete ; Klaas VANSTEENHUYSE, Minoan Courts and Ritual Competition.

Author : Robin Hägg
Publisher : Svenska Institutet I Athen
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 366 pages
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Download or read book The Function of the Minoan Palaces written by Robin Hägg and published by Svenska Institutet I Athen. This book was released on 1987 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forty-seven papers on the functions of the palace, the most characteristic phenomenon of the Minoan Bronze Age civilization in Crete, read at an international conference in Athens; the papers are followed by transcripts of the discussions of the symposium.

Author : Michael L. Galaty
Publisher : Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
ISBN 13 : 1938770951
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rethinking Mycenaean Palaces II written by Michael L. Galaty and published by Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press. This book was released on 2007-12-31 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revised and expanded edition of the classic 1999 edited book includes all the chapters from the original volume plus a new, updated, introduction and several new chapters. The current book is an up-to-date review of research into Mycenaean palatial systems with chapters by archaeologists and Linear B specialists that will be useful to scholars, instructors, and advanced students. This book aims to define more accurately the term "palace" in light of both recent archaeological research in the Aegean and current anthropological thinking on the structure and origin of early states. Regional centers do not exist as independent entities. They articulate with more extensive sociopolitical systems. The concept of palace needs to be incorporated into enhanced models of Mycenaean state organization, ones that more completely integrate primary centers with networks of regional settlement and economy.

Author : Marta Ameri
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108173519
Total Pages : 524 pages
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Download or read book Seals and Sealing in the Ancient World written by Marta Ameri and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-03 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies of seals and sealing practices have traditionally investigated aspects of social, political, economic, and ideological systems in ancient societies throughout the Old World. Previously, scholarship has focused on description and documentation, chronology and dynastic histories, administrative function, iconography, and style. More recent studies have emphasized context, production and use, and increasingly, identity, gender, and the social lives of seals, their users, and the artisans who produced them. Using several methodological and theoretical perspectives, this volume presents up-to-date research on seals that is comparative in scope and focus. The cross-cultural and interdisciplinary approach advances our understanding of the significance of an important class of material culture of the ancient world. The volume will serve as an essential resource for scholars, students, and others interested in glyptic studies, seal production and use, and sealing practices in the Ancient Near East, Egypt, Ancient South Asia and the Aegean during the 4th-2nd Millennia BCE.