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 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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ISBN
9781472522870
Publisert
2023
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Bloomsbury Academic
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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