Description: Further DetailsTitle: KnossosCondition: NewFormat: PaperbackSubtitle: Myth, History and ArchaeologyISBN-10: 1472532848EAN: 9781472532848ISBN: 9781472532848Publisher: Bloomsbury AcademicRelease Date: 11/30/2023Description: 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.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 234mmItem Length: 156mmAuthor: James WhitleyGenre: Society & CultureTopic: Language & Reference, Ancient History, HistoryBook Series: Archaeological HistoriesRelease Year: 2023 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Knossos
Title: Knossos
Subtitle: Myth, History and Archaeology
ISBN-10: 1472532848
EAN: 9781472532848
ISBN: 9781472532848
Release Date: 11/30/2023
Release Year: 2023
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Genre: Society & Culture
Topic: History
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Knossos : Myth, History and Archaeology
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication Year: 2023
Subject: Archaeology, Ancient / Greece, Folklore & Mythology
Item Height: 0.7 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 14.1 Oz
Subject Area: Social Science, History
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: James Whitley
Series: Archaeological Histories Ser.
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
