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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458330303321

Autore

McEnroe John C

Titolo

Architecture of Minoan Crete [[electronic resource] ] : constructing identity in the Aegean Bronze Age / / John C. McEnroe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Austin, : University of Texas Press, c2010

ISBN

0-292-79290-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (221 p.)

Disciplina

722/.61

Soggetti

Architecture and society - Greece - Crete

Architecture, Minoan

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The land, the people, identity -- Architecture and social identity in Neolithic Crete (ca. 7000-3000 BC) -- Local, regional, and ethnic identities in early prepalatial architecture (ca. 3000-2200 BC) -- Architectural experiments and hierarchical identity in late prepalatial architecture (ca. 2200-1900 BC) -- The first palaces and the construction of power (ca. 1900-1750 BC) -- The protopalatial city and urban identity (ca. 1900-1750 BC) -- The second palace at Knossos and the reconstruction of Minoan identity (ca. 1750-1490 BC) -- Comparing the neopalatial palaces (ca. 1750-1490 BC) -- Houses and towns in the neopalatial period (ca. 1750-1490 BC) -- Buildings, frescoes, and the language of power in the final palatial period (ca. 1490-1360 BC) -- After the palaces (ca. 1360-1200 BC) -- Survival and memory in LM IIIC (ca. 1200-1100 BC) -- Architecture and identity.