ELITE MINOAN ARCHITECTURE

224 pages

, 28.5x22 cm

178 figures, 5 tables

hardback

English

The goal of this book is to trace the development of elite Minoan architectural forms that arose during the late Protopalatial (Middle Minoan II) and early Neopalatial periods (Middle Minoan III). The study of this architectual development concentrates on the older, larger sites of Knossos, Malia, and Phaistos where those very forms seem to have originated. Other Minoan towns and palaces in Crete are referenced when appropriate.

Frontmatter
Chapter 1. Introduction to the Elite Style
Chapter 2. Protopalatial Beginnings and Early Traditions
Chapter 3. Destruction at Knossos and the Rise of a New Architectural Order
Chapter 4. A Typology of Elite Architectural Forms: Genesis and Development (MM I–III)
Chapter 5. Ancestry, Development, and Spread of the Minoan Elite Architectural Style
References; Index.