From the land of the labyrinth : Minoan Crete, 3000-1100 B.C. /

Corporate Authors: Onassis Cultural Center, Ελλάδα. Υπουργείο Πολιτισμού και Επιστημών
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [New York] : Published by the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation (USA) ; [Greece] : In collaboration with the Hellenic Ministry of Culture, the Archaeological Museums of Crete, 2008
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The natural setting / Peter Warren
  • The rise of civilization / Peter Warren
  • The Minoan palaces / Giorgos Rethemiotakis
  • Palatial architecture : the creation of a sophisticated urban society / Clairy Palyvou
  • From mythical Minos to the search for Cretan kingship / Christos Boulotis
  • Minoan art and archaeology / Philip P. Betancourt
  • Shepherds and farmers, craftsmen and artists / Lefteris Platon
  • The art of Cretan writing / Christos Boulotis
  • Minoan religion : deities, sanctuaries, and cults / Giorgos Rethemiotakis
  • Children and adolescents in Minoan Crete / Irini Papageorgiou
  • Athletes and sports / Lefteris Platon
  • Minoans and the Mediterranean / Jean-Claude Poursat
  • Minoan Crete and the Aegean : interactive relations / Giorgos Rethemiotakis
  • Resources for life : from food to aromatics / Maria Andreadaki-Vlazaki
  • Morbidity and medical practice in Minoan Crete / Photini J.P. McGeorge
  • Community and the individual in death : burial practices in the Neopalatial and Postpalatial periods / Nota Dimopoulou-Rethemiotaki
  • Minoan beliefs of the afterlife / Nanno Marinatos
  • The epiloque of a palatial world : Minoan civilization after the great palaces (14th-11th century B.C.) / Athanasia Kanta
  • The history of the excavations / Andonis Vasilakis.