The funerary landscape at Knossos : a diachronic study of Minoan burial customs with special reference to the warrior graves / Madelaine Miller.
Material type: TextSeries: BAR international series ; 2201.Publication details: Oxford : Archaeopress, 2011. Description: vii, 118 p. : ill., maps ; 30 cmISBN: 9781407307572Other title: Diachronic study of Minoan burial customs with special reference to the warrior gravesSubject(s): Burial -- Greece -- Knossos (Extinct city) | Tombs -- Greece -- Knossos (Extinct city) | Minoans | Excavations (Archaeology) -- Greece -- Crete | Knossos (Extinct city) | Crete (Greece) -- AntiquitiesDDC classification: 939/.18 LOC classification: DF221.C8 | M55 2011Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-118).
Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Introduction -- History of research -- Reading mortuary remains -- Presenting the problem -- Methods and materials -- tombs and their locations -- comparative material -- ch. 2 Tombs -- chamber tombs -- MM II-LM IB -- Catalogue -- LM II -- Catalogue -- LM III Al -- Catalogue -- Typological changes of the chamber tombs -- MM II-LM I -- comparative material -- LM II -- comparative material -- LM III Al -- comparative material -- development of the chamber tombs -- shaft graves -- LM II -- Catalogue -- LM IIIAl -- Catalogue -- Typological aspects of the shaft graves -- comparative material -- pit-caves -- Catalogue -- Typological aspects of the pit-caves -- comparative material -- development of the tombs in the Knossos area -- Conclusion: A new burial tradition from the mainland? -- ch. 3 Wooden Biers and Coffins -- Biers and coffins at Knossos -- MM III-LM I -- LM II -- LM IIIA -- comparative material -- ch. 4 Weapons and Armour -- Swords -- Daggers -- Spears -- Arrowheads -- Armour -- Combinations of weapons and armour -- LM IA-B -- LM II -- LM IIIA -- comparative material -- ch. 5 Pottery -- Ephyraean goblet and the kylix -- LM II -- LM III -- comparative material -- squat alabastron -- LM II -- LM III -- comparative material -- Palace Style vessels -- LM II -- LM IIIAl -- comparative material -- Combinations of vases -- LM II -- LM III -- ch. 6 Bronze Vessels -- Tripod cauldrons -- Stew-pans -- Lekanai -- Lavers -- Plain pans -- One-handled basins -- Hydriae -- Beaked oinochoai -- Piriform oinochoai -- Squat oinochoai -- Shallow cups with one handle -- Kylix -- Plain handle-less cups -- Hemispherical bowls -- Lamps with skillet handles -- Lamps with vertical handles -- Ladles -- Scale pans -- Combinations of bronze vessels -- comparative material -- ch. 7 Conclusions -- Incipient changes -- reflections of political instability -- Transformation of power relations -- Power stabilisation.