From the Foundations to the Legacy of Minoan Archaeology

Maria Relaki & Yiannis Papadatos (επιμέλεια)

Πόλη: Oxford-Philadelphia

Έτος: 2018

Εκδότης: Oxbow books

Σειρά: Sheffield Studies in Aegean Archaeology

Περιγραφή: Μαλακό εξώφυλλο, 331 σ., πολυάριθμες ασπρόμαυρες εικόνες, 24×17 εκ.

Περίληψη (στην αγγλική γλώσσα)

 From the Foundations to the Legacy of Minoan Archaeology provides a range of new approaches to key issues in Minoan archaeology, inspired by Professor Keith Branigan’s long-standing contribution to the archaeology of Bronze Age Crete. From the way in which the developmental trajectory of a single site can offer insights into regional patterns, to the importance of integrating local survey information in reconstructing general historical processes and the significance of temporal variability in the construction of space, contributors evaluate the general frameworks within which Minoan archaeology operates, assess the usefulness of chronological horizons in understanding continuity and change and provide a critical framework for the diachronic analysis of culture, how the study of settlement patterns can reveal structural continuity through time and the political reach of territorial states.

Articles focus on the way the power bases of Minoan society were articulated through the interplay between individual and collective social strategies, further illustrated by in-depth considerations of the role and value of material culture from a social and technological perspective. The largest portion of discussion is devoted to mortuary practices, reassessing the significance of micropatterns in the articulation of mortuary behaviour, while also emphasizing broader temporal and spatial processes that affect practices of ostentatious display in burial, critically evaluated by recent osteoarchaeological studies throwing light on mortuary ritual and the constitution of the social units using the cemeteries. The volume is offered in honour of Professor Branigan, as a reflection of his influence in shaping our current understanding of Minoan society.

Περιεχόμενα

Preface [vii-viii]

List of Contributors [ix]

1. Keith Branigan: Introductory [1-9]
Peter Warren

2. Roots and routes: Technologies of life, death, community and identity [10-35]
Maria Relaki

3. Inspecting the Foundations: The Early Minoan Project in review [36-67]
Peter Tomkins
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4. Early Minoan Knossos: a few new thoughts [68-82]
Gerald Cadogan

5. Caves in Crete and their use as architectural space [83-95]
Philip P. Betancourt 

6. Mortuary variability, social differentiation and ranking in Prepalatial Crete: the evidence from the cemetery at Phourni, Archanes [98-114]
Yiannis Papadatos

7. Variables and diachronic diversities in the funerary remains of the Kamilari Tholos tombs [115-140]
Luca Girella
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8. Managing with death in Prepalatial Crete: the evidence of the human remains [141-166]
Sevi Triantaphyllou
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9. The House Tomb in context: Assessing mortuary behaviour in NE Crete [167-189]
Ilse Schoep
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10. Visible and invisible death. Shifting patterns in the burial customs of Bronze Age Crete [190-209]
Eleni Hatzaki

11. Recognising polities in prehistoric Crete [210-255]
Todd Whitelaw
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12. The relevance of survey data as evidence for settlement structure in Prepalatial Crete [256-274]
Donald C. Haggis
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13. Comparative issues in archaeological field survey in the Asterousia region [275-290]
Andonis Vasilakis & Kostas Sbonias

14. Beyond the collective… The Minoan Palace in action [291-313]
Jan Driessen
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15. The emergence of the individual revisited: Memory and trans-corporeality in the mortuary landscapes of Bronze Age Crete [314-331]
Yannis Hamilakis
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