Knossos - Myth, History and Archaeology

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In this volume, James Whitley provides an up-to-date guide to the site and its function from the Neolithic until the present day.... Show more

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Author	James Whitley
Language	English
ISBN	9781472532848
Publisher	Bloomsbury
Pages	226
Size	234 x 156 mm
Format	Paperback
Images	B/w illustrations
Year published	2023

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.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures
Preface and Acknowledgements
A Note on Chronology and Terminology
On the spelling of and transliteration of ancient Greek names
List of Abbreviations with Explanatory Note

Chapter 1. Legends and Labyrinths
Chapter 2. Inventing the Minoans: Arthur Evans and After
Chapter 3. From Village to Palace: Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Knossos
Chapter 4. Palatial Knossos: The Palace of Minos?
Chapter 5. After the Palace: From the Iron Age to the Romans
Chapter 6. Knossos Yesterday and Today

Bibliography
General Index
Topographical Index

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