UID:
almafu_9960117914002883
Format:
1 online resource (xxiv, 390 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-139-79514-7
Series Statement:
Cambridge library collection. Archaeology
Content:
Inspired by Schliemann's discoveries at Mycenae and Troy, Sir Arthur John Evans (1851-1941), keeper of Oxford's Ashmolean Museum from 1884 to 1908, trustee of the British Museum and fellow of the Royal Society, used his inherited wealth to purchase land in Crete at Knossos. From 1900 he commenced excavations there in co-operation with the British School at Athens. Work continued for eight full seasons, uncovering a Bronze Age palace and bringing to light further architectural and artefactual remains of Minoan civilisation, including numerous texts in Linear A and Linear B. Evans' speculative reconstruction of the site in reinforced concrete remains controversial, and some of his interpretations are disputed, but his pioneering work is painstakingly detailed in this highly illustrated multi-volume work, published between 1921 and 1935, with an index volume appearing in 1936. Part 1 of Volume 2 first appeared in 1928.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Sep 2016).
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33. Discovery of late Neolithic houses beneath central court; 34. Impulse from the south - new lights on early Nilotic connexions; 35. Transit road from Knossos across central Crete to port on Libyan Sea; 36. The Minoan viaduct south of the palace; 37. 'Caravanserai' by road-head; 38. The stepped portico and south-western system of the palace; 39. The transit road in relation to north and west; 40. Reactions on Middle Kingdom Egypt; 41. South-east polychrome deposit (M.M. IIa) at Knossos and parallel find at Harageh; 42. The harbour town of Knossos; 43. Reactions of coastal road east; 44. Mallia and Niru Khani; 45. Evidences of earthquake shock at Knossos; 46. Knossos and Candia earthquake centres; 47. South-east palace angle and adjacent shrine of the double axes; 48. Restoration of palace after M.M.IIIb earthquake; 49. Town of Knossos and the great rebuilding.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-108-06102-8
Language:
English
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139795142
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