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Knossos

- Myth, History and Archaeology
Af: James Whitley Engelsk Paperback

Knossos

- Myth, History and Archaeology
Af: James Whitley Engelsk Paperback
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Knossos is one of the most important sites in the ancient Mediterranean. It remained amongst the largest settlements on the island of Crete from the Neolithic until the late Roman times, but aside from its size it held a place of particular significance in the mythological imagination of Greece and Rome as the seat of King Minos, the location of the Labyrinth and the home of the Minotaur.

Sir Arthur Evans’ discovery of ‘the Palace of Minos’ has indelibly associated Knossos in the modern mind with the ‘lost’ civilisation of Bronze Age Crete. The allure of this ‘lost civilisation’, together with the considerable achievements of ‘Minoan’ artists and craftspeople, remain a major attraction both to scholars and to others outside the academic world as a bastion of a romantic approach to the past.

In this volume, James Whitley provides an up-to-date guide to the site and its function from the Neolithic until the present day. This study includes a re-appraisal of Bronze Age palatial society, as well as an exploration of the history of Knossos in the archaeological imagination. In doing so he takes a critical look at the guiding assumptions of Evans and others, reconstructing how and why the received view of this ancient settlement has evolved from the Iron Age up to the modern era.

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Knossos is one of the most important sites in the ancient Mediterranean. It remained amongst the largest settlements on the island of Crete from the Neolithic until the late Roman times, but aside from its size it held a place of particular significance in the mythological imagination of Greece and Rome as the seat of King Minos, the location of the Labyrinth and the home of the Minotaur.

Sir Arthur Evans’ discovery of ‘the Palace of Minos’ has indelibly associated Knossos in the modern mind with the ‘lost’ civilisation of Bronze Age Crete. The allure of this ‘lost civilisation’, together with the considerable achievements of ‘Minoan’ artists and craftspeople, remain a major attraction both to scholars and to others outside the academic world as a bastion of a romantic approach to the past.

In this volume, James Whitley provides an up-to-date guide to the site and its function from the Neolithic until the present day. This study includes a re-appraisal of Bronze Age palatial society, as well as an exploration of the history of Knossos in the archaeological imagination. In doing so he takes a critical look at the guiding assumptions of Evans and others, reconstructing how and why the received view of this ancient settlement has evolved from the Iron Age up to the modern era.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 256
ISBN-13: 9781472532848
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1472532848
Kategori: Crete
Udg. Dato: 30 nov 2023
Længde: 16mm
Bredde: 234mm
Højde: 154mm
Forlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Oplagsdato: 30 nov 2023
Forfatter(e): James Whitley
Forfatter(e) James Whitley

Kategori Crete

ISBN-13 9781472532848

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 256

Udgave

Længde 16mm

Bredde 234mm

Højde 154mm

Udg. Dato 30 nov 2023

Oplagsdato 30 nov 2023

Forlag Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

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