The Palace of Minos
A Comparative Account of the Successive Stages of the Early Cretan Civilization as Illustrated by the Discoveries at Knossos
Published on 29. August 2013
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Paperback/Softback
806 pages
978-1-108-06101-8 (ISBN)
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Inspired by Schliemann's discoveries at Mycenae and Troy, Sir Arthur John Evans (1851-1941), keeper of Oxford's Ashmolean Museum from 1884 to 1908, trustee of the British Museum and fellow of the Royal Society, used his inherited wealth to purchase land in Crete at Knossos. From 1900 he commenced excavations there in co-operation with the British School at Athens. Work continued for eight full seasons, uncovering a Bronze Age palace and bringing to light further architectural and artefactual remains of Minoan civilisation, including numerous texts in Linear A and Linear B. Evans' speculative reconstruction of the site in reinforced concrete remains controversial, and some of his interpretations are disputed, but his pioneering work is painstakingly detailed in this highly illustrated multi-volume work, published between 1921 and 1935, with an index volume appearing in 1936. Volume 1 (1921) opens with a sketch of Minoan civilisation and then surveys its early history.
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English
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Cambridge
United Kingdom
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College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
8 Plates, color; 11 Plates, black and white; 2 Maps; 542 Line drawings, unspecified
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Height: 297 mm
Width: 210 mm
Thickness: 43 mm
Weight
2049 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-108-06101-8 (9781108061018)
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The Palace of Minos 4 Volume Set in 7 Pieces
A Comparative Account of the Successive Stages of the Early Cretan Civilization as Illustrated by the Discoveries at Knossos
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Content
Introduction; 1. The Neolithic stage in Crete; Part I. The Early Minoan Age: 2. Early Minoan I; 3. Early Minoan II; 4. Early Minoan III; Part II. The First Middle Minoan Period (M.M.I): 5. Foundation of Knossian palace; 6. The peak sanctuary of Knossos and the 'tomb of Zeus'; 7. Ceramic phases; 8. Metal-work, seals, and foreign relations; Part III. The Second Middle Minoan Period (M.M.II): 9. Consolidation of Knossian palace; 10. Drainage and sanitary system; 11. Royal pottery stores; acme of polychrome fabrics; 12. The loom-weight deposit; 13. The hieroglyphic deposit; 14. Egyptian monument and relations; 15. The town mosaic; Part IV. The Third Middle Minoan Period (M.M.III): 16. The beginning of a new era; 17. The domestic quarter; 18. North-east borders and basements of M.M.III East Hall; 19. North quarter and entrance; 20. North-west bailey and lustral area; 21. West palace region, and double axe cult; 22. Floor-cists or 'kaselles' of western palace region; 23. The temple repositories and royal draught-board; 24. Knossian faience - the beads; 25. The snake goddess and relics of her shrine; 26. Minoan fresco; 27. The palace pottery stores; 28. Survivals of ceramic polychromy and rise of naturalism; 29. The Linear Script A and its sacral usage; 30. The Phaestos disk in its Minoan relations; 31. Seal types and their relations with greater art; 32. Winged creations and the 'flying gallop'.