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Minoan Architecture And Urbanism
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Author : Quentin Letesson
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2017-07-04
Minoan Architecture And Urbanism written by Quentin Letesson and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-04 with History categories.
Minoan Crete is rightly famous for its idiosyncratic architecture, as well as its palaces and towns such as Knossos, Malia, Gournia, and Palaikastro. Indeed, these are often described as the first urban settlements of Bronze Age Europe. However, we still know relatively little about the dynamics of these early urban centres. How did they work? What role did the palaces have in their towns, and the towns in their landscapes? It might seem that with such richly documented architectural remains these questions would have been answered long ago. Yet, analysis has mostly found itself confined to building materials and techniques, basic formal descriptions, and functional evaluations. Critical evaluation of these data as constituting a dynamic built environment has thus been slow in coming. This volume aims to provide a first step in this direction. It brings together international scholars whose research focuses on Minoan architecture and urbanism as well as on theory and methods in spatial analyses. By combining methodological contributions with detailed case studies across the different scales of buildings, settlements and regions, the volume proposes a new analytical and interpretive framework for addressing the complex dynamics of the Minoan built environment.
Minoan Architecture And Urbanism
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Author : Quentin Letesson
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2017
Minoan Architecture And Urbanism written by Quentin Letesson and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Architecture categories.
Nearly 4,000 years ago some of the very earliest towns of Europe appeared on the Mediterranean island of Crete. In this book we offer new insights into these ancient palaces and towns, as a contribution to a broader understanding of the diverse ways in which humans have made and used ancient built environments.
Architecture Of Minoan Crete
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Author : John C. McEnroe
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2010-05-01
Architecture Of Minoan Crete written by John C. McEnroe and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-05-01 with Architecture categories.
A comprehensive, scholarly, engaging look at the meanings behind key architectural designs of ancient Minoan culture. Ever since Sir Arthur Evans first excavated at the site of the Palace at Knossos in the early twentieth century, scholars and visitors have been drawn to the architecture of Bronze Age Crete. Much of the attraction comes from the geographical and historical uniqueness of the island. Equidistant from Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, Minoan Crete is on the shifting conceptual border between East and West, and chronologically suspended between history and prehistory. In this culturally dynamic context, architecture provided more than physical shelter; it embodied meaning. Architecture was a medium through which Minoans constructed their notions of social, ethnic, and historical identity: the buildings tell us about how the Minoans saw themselves, and how they wanted to be seen by others. Architecture of Minoan Crete is the first comprehensive study of the entire range of Minoan architecture—including houses, palaces, tombs, and cities—from 7000 BC to 1100 BC. John C. McEnroe synthesizes the vast literature on Minoan Crete, with particular emphasis on the important discoveries of the past twenty years, to provide an up-to-date account of Minoan architecture. His accessible writing style, skillful architectural drawings of houses and palaces, site maps, and color photographs make this book inviting for general readers and visitors to Crete, as well as scholars.
Minoan Realities
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Author : Diamantis Panagiotopoulos
language : en
Publisher: Presses univ. de Louvain
Release Date : 2012
Minoan Realities written by Diamantis Panagiotopoulos and has been published by Presses univ. de Louvain this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Architecture, Minoan categories.
What is the social role of images and architecture in a pre-modern society? How were they used to create adequate environments for specific profane and ritual activities? In which ways did they interact with each other? These and other crucial issues on the social significance of imagery and built structures in Neopalatial Crete were the subject of a workshop which took place on November 16th, 2009 at the University of Heidelberg. The papers presented in the workshop are collected in the present volume. They provide different approaches to this complex topic and are aimed at a better understanding of the formation, role, and perception of images and architecture in a very dynamic social landscape. The Cretan Neopalatial period saw a rapid increase in the number of palaces and 'villas', characterized by elaborate designs and idiosyncratic architectural patterns which were themselves in turn generated by a pressing desire for a distinctive social and performative environment.
Oikos
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Author : Maria Relaki
language : en
Publisher: Presses universitaires de Louvain
Release Date : 2020-07-28
Oikos written by Maria Relaki and has been published by Presses universitaires de Louvain this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-28 with History categories.
This collection of papers explores whether the Lévi-Straussian notion of the House is a valid concept in aiding the comprehension of the social structure of Bronze Age Aegean societies. The volume succeeds in stressing the advances made in the study of social structure of the Aegean on the basis of material remains.
Power And Place In The Prehistoric Aegean And Beyond
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Author : Susan E. Allen
language : en
Publisher: INSTAP Academic Press
Release Date : 2025-04-30
Power And Place In The Prehistoric Aegean And Beyond written by Susan E. Allen and has been published by INSTAP Academic Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-04-30 with Architecture categories.
This volume celebrates the contributions and impact of our mentor, colleague, and friend, James C. Wright, on the field of Aegean Bronze archaeology in recognition of his retirement from Bryn Mawr College. The title and thematic orientation reflect his scholarly attention to power inequalities in the past, particularly as manifested through social access to architectural spaces and landscapes. The title acknowledges that Jim's interests and contributions extend beyond the domain of Aegean Prehistory, not only in terms of chronology and geography, but also in terms of his methodological approaches that have wider application. In addition to Jim's colleagues and collaborators, more than half of the contributions to the volume are by his students who collectively are but one of many signs of his profound and lasting impact not only on our scholarship, but on the discipline of archaeology itself.
Processions Studies Of Bronze Age Ritual And Ceremony Presented To Robert B Koehl
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Author : Judith Weingarten
language : en
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Release Date : 2023-10-05
Processions Studies Of Bronze Age Ritual And Ceremony Presented To Robert B Koehl written by Judith Weingarten and has been published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-05 with History categories.
Robert Koehl has long considered processions to have played an integral role in Aegean Bronze Age societies. Papers concentrate mainly on evidence from Crete, the Cyclades and the Greek mainland, with additional perspectives from abroad, these geographic divisions forming the basic outline of this volume.
To Explore The Land Of Canaan
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Author : Aren M. Maeir
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2021-11-08
To Explore The Land Of Canaan written by Aren M. Maeir and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-08 with Religion categories.
This volume is a collection of paper by colleagues, friends and students, in honor of Jeffrey Chadwick. The papers cover the various topic that he has dealt with in his career, including biblical historical geography, and the archaeology and history of the Levant and its environs during the Bronze and Iron Ages, and the Second Temple Period. Following a preface and introduction about the honoree, the volume is divided into 4 sections: Biblical Historical Geography; Bronze Age Canaan and its Neighbors; Iron Age Israel and its Neighbors; Second Temple Israel.
Islands And Communities
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Author : Anastasia Christophilopoulou
language : en
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Release Date : 2024-12-31
Islands And Communities written by Anastasia Christophilopoulou and has been published by Oxbow Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-12-31 with Social Science categories.
Major re-examination of issues of island identity and interaction with case studies from Crete, Cyprus and Sardinia covering a long time span and key cultural periods. Water may separate islands and the mainland, but the sea also offers a vital link. This volume is one of three major outputs of the research and public engagement project ‘Being an Islander’: Art and Identity of the Large Mediterranean Islands, implemented between 2019 and 2024 at the University of Cambridge. This project aimed to elucidate what defines island identity in the Mediterranean. It explored how insularity affects and shapes cultural identity by integrating transdisciplinary research methodologies, for example, by producing an awarded documentary on insularity and island identity, drawing on the principles of visual anthropology, social anthropology and environment studies. This volume is the culmination of the project’s research strands, undertaken by our key research teams in Cambridge, Cyprus, Greece and Italy. It disseminates our research across our main project themes: insularity, connectivity, mobility, migration, island art and material culture production, hybridity and diachronicity, and provides cross-disciplinary arguments and suggestions on the future of island archaeology and associated disciplines. Contributions included suggest that the relationship between people, place and material culture is what reveals important aspects of island identity and reframe the concept of the islands as a dynamic interplay shaped by social and historical episodes, connectivity and mobility, rather than geography or political boundaries. The volume advocates that the complex histories of the Mediterranean islands can also be a story of connections.
New Directions And Paradigms For The Study Of Greek Architecture
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language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2019-11-26
New Directions And Paradigms For The Study Of Greek Architecture written by and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-26 with Social Science categories.
New Directions and Paradigms for the Study of Greek Architecture comprises 20 chapters by nearly three dozen scholars who describe recent discoveries, new theoretical frameworks, and applications of cutting-edge techniques in their architectural research. The contributions are united by several broad themes that represent the current directions of study in the field, i.e.: the organization and techniques used by ancient Greek builders and designers; the use and life history of Greek monuments over time; the communication of ancient monuments with their intended audiences together with their reception by later viewers; the mining of large sets of architectural data for socio-economic inference; and the recreation and simulation of audio-visual experiences of ancient monuments and sites by means of digital technologies.