Minoan Archaeology
Perspectives for the 21st Century
More than 100 years ago Sir Arthur Evans' spade made the first cut into the earth above the now well-known Palace at Knossos. His research at the Kephala hill as well as contemporary fieldwork at further sites on Crete saw the birth of a new discipline: Minoan Archaeology. Since these beginnings in the first decades of the 20th century, the investigation of Bronze Age Crete has experienced fundamental progress. The impressive wealth of new data relating to the sites and material culture of...
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- Éditeur : Presses universitaires de Louvain
- Collection : AEGIS | 8
- Lieu d’édition : Louvain-la-Neuve
- Année d’édition : 2015
- Publication sur OpenEdition Books : 03 juillet 2017
- EAN (Édition imprimée) : 9782875583949
- EAN électronique : 9782875585394
- Nombre de pages : 402 p.
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The Heidelberg Conference between Past and Future
Dealing with “Minoan”: 111 Years of Minoan Archaeology
From the Renaissance Until the Arrival of Sir Arthur Evans in Crete
Data in Progress: Exploring the Cretan Land- and Cityscape
New Evidence on the Bronze Age Settlement Patterns of the Ierapetra Area
Ground Penetrating Radar at Papadiokampos, Crete
Urban Planning in Neopalatial Crete
Let's Come Together: Places and Spaces of Social and Ritual Interaction
Past and Present Approaches to the Archaeology of Cult
Exploring Aspects of Communication in the Temple Tomb at Knossos
Peer Pressure: Social Structures from a “Minoan” Perspective
Identifying the Principles of Social Structure
An Argument of Reason or a Reason for Argument?
Varieties of Community-Making across Late Prepalatial Crete
Palaeodietary Evidence
The Architectural Project as a Meaningful Experience
Be(hav)ing “Minoan”: Negotiating Life and Death Through Practice and Performance
Using Tholos Tombs in Protopalatial Mesara
Early Minoan I and II Cemeteries as Stages for Performance
A Sequence of Steps Towards Understanding Movement and Dance in Aegean Bronze Age Iconography
On Performative and Experiental Aspects of Figures and Figurines
“Minoan” Material Entanglements: Documenting and Interpreting “Minoan” (?) Craftsmanship
Thoughts on Ceramic Technology and the Craftsmen behind the Product
An Attempt at Paradigm Shift
The Pretence of Being Through Perception, Retention and Recollection
Closing Remarks
More than 100 years ago Sir Arthur Evans' spade made the first cut into the earth above the now well-known Palace at Knossos. His research at the Kephala hill as well as contemporary fieldwork at further sites on Crete saw the birth of a new discipline: Minoan Archaeology. Since these beginnings in the first decades of the 20th century, the investigation of Bronze Age Crete has experienced fundamental progress. The impressive wealth of new data relating to the sites and material culture of this Bronze Age society and its impact beyond the island's shores, the refinement of its chronology, the constant development of hermeneutical approaches to social, religious or political issues, and new methods and instruments employed for the exploration and conservation of the archaeological remains have shaped the dynamic trajectory of this discipline for more than a century. In March 2011 - exactly 111 years after the beginning of Evans' work at Knossos - a conference on Minoan Archaeology took place at Heidelberg with the aim to outline current trends and prospects of this scientific field, by setting up an open dialogue between renowned scholars and the young generation of researchers. The present volume brings together most of the papers presented during the conference. They are subsumed under six chapters highlighting current key issues in the study of Bronze Age Crete with a pronounced focus on the broad subject of society.
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