Cultural Identity in Minoan Crete : Social Dynamics in the Neopalatial Period

A comprehensive account of the Palaces, control networks and spatial dynamics of Neopalatial Crete, the floruit of the Minoan civilization

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Main Author: Adams, Ellen (Author)
Document Type: Online Resource Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press , 2017
Online Access:Volltext
Related Items:Print version: Cultural Identity in Minoan Crete : Social Dynamics in the Neopalatial Period
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520 |a "Cover " -- "Half-title page" -- "Title page" -- "Copyright page" -- "Contents" -- "List of Figures" -- "List of Tables" -- "Preface" -- "Chapter One Introduction" -- "Neopalatial Crete" -- "Chronological Frameworks" -- "The Role of Knossos: Cultural to Political" -- "Modes of Centralization in Neopalatial Crete" -- "The Role of Ritual and Cult in Neopalatial Crete" -- "Organization of This Book" -- "Chapter Two The Background to Neopalatial Crete" -- "The Discovery of the Minoans" -- "The Formation of Modern Crete" -- "History of Excavations" -- "Arthur Evans, ‘the First Stepping-Stone of European Civilization’, and Cretan Identity" -- "The Protopalatial Background" -- "State Formation" -- "Protopalatial Palaces, Ritual Sites, and Culture" -- "The Past in the Past: Looking Back at the Protopalatial Period" -- "Conclusion" -- "Chapter Three Elite Architecture and Artefacts" -- "Introduction" -- "Defining the Palaces" -- "Courts and Theatral Areas" -- "Urban Shrines" -- "Formal Halls" -- "Lustral Basins" -- "Ritual and Prestige Artefacts and Symbols" -- "Figurines" -- "Libation Tables and Vessels" -- "Horns of Consecration" -- "Double Axe" -- "Conclusion" -- "Chapter Four Palaces and Their Context" -- "Introduction" -- "Knossos" -- "Approaching the Palace" -- "The Functions of the Palace" -- "The Knossian Town" -- "The Regional Picture" -- "Galatas" -- "Malia" -- "Approaching the Palace" -- "The Functions of the Palace" -- "The Malian Town" -- "The Regional Picture" -- "Phaistos" -- "Approaching the Palace" -- "The Functions of the Palace" -- "The Phaistian Town and Region" -- "Zakros" -- "Approaching the Palace" -- "The Functions of the Palace" -- "The Zakrian Town" -- "The Regional Picture" -- "Petras" -- "Conclusion" -- "Chapter Five Other Settlements and Regional Groupings" -- "North-Central Crete" -- "Harbours around Knossos 
520 |a "Nirou Chani" -- "Tylissos" -- "Archanes" -- "Vathypetro" -- "Kastelli" -- "The Regional Picture" -- "The West" -- "Chania" -- "The Mesara" -- "Ayia Triada" -- "Kommos" -- "The Regional Picture (and Knossos)" -- "The South Coast" -- "Myrtos-Pyrgos" -- "Makrygialos" -- "The Regional Picture" -- "Mirabello Bay Area" -- "Gournia" -- "Pseira" -- "Mochlos" -- "The Regional Picture" -- "The East (North and Central)" -- "Palaikastro" -- "Villas of Eastern Crete" -- "The Regional Picture" -- "Conclusion" -- "Chapter Six The Ritual Landscape and Extra-urban Sanctuaries" -- "Introduction" -- "Peak Sanctuaries" -- "Ritual Caves" -- "Identifying Extra-urban Sanctuaries: Challenges and Criteria" -- "Extra-urban Sanctuaries" -- "North-Central Crete: Juktas and Surrounding Area" -- "Psychro, Phaneromeni, the Idaean, and Kamares Caves" -- "The West: Vrysinas, Patsos, and Mameloukos" -- "The South: Kato Syme, Tsoutsouros, and Kophinas" -- "The East: Petsophas and Traostalos" -- "Discussion" -- "The Social Role of Extra-urban Sanctuaries: Previous Scholarship" -- "Regional Patterns" -- "Chapter Seven Literacy, Administration, and Communication" -- "The Linear A Script" -- "The Language of Linear A" -- "Administration" -- "The Linear A Tablets" -- "Other Administrative Documents: Form, Distribution, and Seals" -- "Knossian ‘Replica Rings’" -- "‘Look-Alike’ Seals and Sealings" -- "Writing in the Non-administrative Sphere: The Z-Series" -- "Libation Formulae" -- "Conclusion" -- "Chapter Eight The Economy" -- "The Economic Landscape and Political Geography" -- "Collection, Storage, and Redistribution of Staple Goods" -- "Five Levels of (Non-palatial) Storage" -- "Central Buildings and Evidence for Redistribution" -- "Craft Production and Specialization" -- "Workshops, Work Areas, or General Production" -- "Conclusion 
520 |a "Chapter Nine Who Were the Minoans? Self-Representation and Others in Neopalatial Identity" -- "Introduction" -- "Depictions of the Human Form" -- "Elite Visual Culture: Frescoes, Seals, Figurines, and Stone Vases" -- "Anthropomorphic Imagery" -- "The Viewer and the Viewed" -- "Other Worlds" -- "The Mortuary Sphere" -- "Relations with the Divine" -- "Crete and External Relations" -- "Conclusion" -- "Chapter Ten Conclusion" -- "The Role of Knossos: Becoming ‘Knossian’" -- "Modes of Centralization at the Site Level" -- "The Role of Ritual in Neopalatial Crete" -- "Notes " -- "Bibliography 
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