The origin from “cosmopolitan” Knossos used as a tool for the promotion of persons or groups in the Cretan periphery during the Bronze Age. An interpretation of archaeological data from the LM II-III settlement at Chondros Viannos (in Greek)

Λευτέρης Πλάτων in Κ. Μπουραζέλης, Β. Καραμανωλάκης, & Σ. Κατάκης, (eds), Η μνήμη της κοινότητας και η διαχείρισή της (Αθήνα 2011): 91-111.

Abstract

It has been generally accepted that during the period following the collapse of the multi-palatial system in Minoan Crete, Knossos, being the only palace surviving from the destructions, dominated politically and economically upon the greatest part of the island. During the 14^th century B.C., some of the peripheral Cretan sites present a “Knossian” character, appearing both in pottery and other arts, such as metal working and jewelry. However, while in most cases the Knossian influence seems to be confined only to the first half of the 14^th century, a small LM settlement investigated in a site called “Kephali” near modern Hondros Viannos, remained “stuck” to the omnipotent during earlier days palatial center, up to the beginning of the 13 century B.C.