Author: Sir Arthur EvansPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crete (Greece)
Languages : en
Pages : 646
Book Description
The Palace of Minos: The great transitional age in the northern and eastern sections of the palace: the most brilliant records of Minoan art and the evidences of an advanced religion
Author: Sir Arthur EvansPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crete (Greece)
Languages : en
Pages : 646
Book Description
The Palace of Minos
Author: Arthur EvansPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108061044
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 609
Book Description
Published 1921-35, this highly illustrated multi-volume excavation report documents the discovery of Minoan civilisation on Crete.
Theory and Practice in Mediterranean Archaeology
Author: Richard M. LeventhalPublisher: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
ISBN: 1938770293
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Theory and Practice in Mediterranean Archaeology: Old World and New World Perspectives brings together leading scholars from the Old World and the Americas to discuss some of the most pressing issues facing archaeology today. These topics include archaeology and text, the future of large-scale archaeological fieldwork at individual sites, interpretation and preservation of archaeological sites and landscapes, past trajectories and new approaches to regional survey, and debates surrounding landscape and settlement archaeology. Essays by Old World archaeologists provide an overview of these themes, as well as a history of research over the last hundred years. These scholars review the major successes and shortcomings of that work, identifying critical issues that determine and define the field. These essays serve as a springboard for discussion and response by archaeologists working in the Americas and in other parts of the world. The combination of an Old World focus with responses from New World archaeologists provides a uniquely broad assessment of contemporary archaeological theory, methods, and practice throughout the world.
Minoan Earthquakes
Author: Simon JusseretPublisher: Leuven University Press
ISBN: 9462701059
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 409
Book Description
Interdisciplinary study on the role of earthquakes in the eastern Mediterranean Does the “Minoan myth” still stand up to scientific scrutiny? Since the work of Sir Arthur Evans at Knossos (Crete, Greece), the romanticized vision of the Cretan Bronze Age as an era of peaceful prosperity only interrupted by the catastrophic effects of natural disasters has captured the popular and scientific imagination. Its impact on the development of archaeology, archaeoseismology, and earthquake geology in the eastern Mediterranean is considerable. Yet, in spite of more than a century of archaeological explorations on the island of Crete, researchers still do not have a clear understanding of the effects of earthquakes on Minoan society. This volume, gathering the contributions of Minoan archaeologists, geologists, seismologists, palaeoseismologists, geophysicists, architects, and engineers, provides an up-to-date interdisciplinary appraisal of the role of earthquakes in Minoan society and in Minoan archaeology – what we know, what are the remaining issues, and where we need to go. Contributors: Tim Cunningham (Université catholique de Louvain), Jan Driessen (Université catholique de Louvain), Charalampos Fassoulas (Natural History Museum of Crete, University of Crete), Christoph Grützner (RWTH Aachen University, University of Cambridge), Susan E. Hough (U.S. Geological Survey), Simon Jusseret (The University of Texas at Austin, Université catholique de Louvain), Colin F. Macdonald (The British School at Athens), Jack Mason (RWTH Aachen University), James P. McCalpin (GEO-HAZ Consulting Inc.), Floyd W. McCoy (University of Hawaii – Windward), Clairy Palyvou (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), Gerassimos A. Papadopoulos (National Observatory of Athens), Klaus Reicherter (RWTH Aachen University), Manuel Sintubin (KU Leuven), Jeffrey S. Soles (University of North Carolina – Greensboro), Rhonda Suka (Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii), Eleftheria Tsakanika (National Technical University of Athens), Thomas Wiatr (RWTH Aachen University, German Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy).
The Conservation of Archaeological Sites in the Mediterranean Region
Author: Marta De la TorrePublisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 0892364866
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
One of the greatest challenges faced today by those responsible for ancient cultural sites is that of maintaining the delicate balance between conserving these fragile resources and making them available to increasing numbers of visitors. Tourism, unchecked development, and changing environmental conditions threaten significant historical sites throughout the world. These issues are among the topics dealt with in this book, which reports on the proceedings of an international conference on the conservation of classical sites in the Mediterranean region, organized by the Getty Conservation Institute and the J. Paul Getty Museum. The book includes chapters discussing management issues at three sites: Piazza Armerina, Sicily; Knossos, Crete; and Ephesus, Turkey. While visiting these sites, conference participants examined how issues raised at these locales can illuminate the challenges of management and conservation faced by complex heritage sites the world over. Additional chapters discuss such topics as the management of cultural sites, the reconstruction of ancient buildings, and ways of presenting and interpreting sites for today's visitors.
The Palace of Minos
Author: Sir Arthur EvansPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crete (Greece)
Languages : en
Pages : 646
Book Description
Down to Earth Archaeology
Author: William Y. AdamsPublisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1803272309
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Professor William Y. Adams presents sixteen papers on Nubia, written at various times during his lengthy and productive academic career. Most of those selected had been previously published only in a limited way; encompassing a wide range of topics, Adams wanted to enable them to reach a wider readership than they had originally.
Ashlar
Author: Maud DevolderPublisher: Presses universitaires de Louvain
ISBN: 2875589644
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
This volume focusses on ashlar masonry, probably the most elaborate construction technique of the Eastern Mediterranean Bronze Age, from a cross-regional perspective. The building practices and the uses of cutstone components and masonries in Egypt, Syria, the Aegean, Anatolia, Cyprus and the Levant in the 3rd and 2nd millennium BC are examined through a series of case studies and topical essays. The topics addressed include the terminology of ashlar building components and the typologies of its masonries, technical studies on the procurement, dressing, tool kits and construction techniques pertaining to cut stone, investigations into the place of ashlar in inter-regional exchanges and craft dissemination, the extent and signifi cance of the use of cut stone within the communities and regions, and the visual eff ects, social meanings, and symbolic and ideological values of ashlar.
The Palace of Minos: The great transitional age in the northern and eastern sections of the palace: the most brilliant records of Minoan art and the evidence of an advanced religion
Author: Sir Arthur EvansPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, Minoan
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
The Palace of Minos: The great transitional age in the northern and eastern sections of the palace: the most brilliant records of Minoan art and the evidences of an advanced religion
Author: Sir Arthur EvansPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crete (Greece)
Languages : en
Pages :
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