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Ever since their first discovery, more than a century ago, the Minoan Palaces have dominated scholarship on the Cretan Bronze Age. Opinion long held that their first appearance, seemingly at the beginning of the Middle Bronze Age, marked a pivotal transformation point, during which the simple, egali...

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Document Type: Online Resource Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford, U.K ; Oakville, Conn : Oxbow Books , ©2012
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Online Access:http://proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/han/jstor-ebooks-altertum/www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctvh1dphz
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E-Book Packages:JSTOR E-Books in Classical Studies
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Summary:Ever since their first discovery, more than a century ago, the Minoan Palaces have dominated scholarship on the Cretan Bronze Age. Opinion long held that their first appearance, seemingly at the beginning of the Middle Bronze Age, marked a pivotal transformation point, during which the simple, egalitarian societies of the Early Bronze Age were transformed into something significantly more complex, hierarchical and civilised. Over the last three decades, however, theoretical developments, together with new research and discoveries, have so thoroughly undermined this conceptualisation of the Ear
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (x, 435 pages :) illustrations, maps
ISBN:9781842176801
1842176803