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The Central Palace Sanctuary at Knossos / Marina Panagiotaki.

By: Panagiotaki, MarinaMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Supplementary volume (British School at Athens) ; no. 31.Publication details: London : British School at Athens, 1999. Description: xviii, 300 p., 45 p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: 0904887308Subject(s): Tempel | Palace of Knossos (Knossos) | Excavations (Archaeology) -- Greece -- Knossos (Extinct city) | Knossos (Extinct city) | Crete (Greece) -- AntiquitiesDDC classification: 939.18 LOC classification: DF221.C8 | P35 1999
Contents:
1. INTRODUCTION The Early History of the Site -- Successes and Limitations -- The Nature of the Written Sources and Scholarly Research -- DEPOSITS UNDER THE LATEST FLOORS OF THE CENTRAL PALACE SANCTUARY AREA -- Introduction -- The Vat Room Deposit -- The Finds -- Pottery -- Coarse/Semicoarse Ware -- Fine Ware -- Kamares Ware -- Burnished Ware -- Burnished/Incised Ware -- Conclusions on the vases -- Chipped Stone -- Obsidian Nodule -- Blades -- Flakes -- Cores -- Fragments -- Flint -- Conclusions -- Stone fragments (vases and other pieces) -- Rock crystal and other translucent materials -- Ivory, shell and related substances -- Ivory -- Shell -- Ostrich egg shell -- Metals -- Copper and bronze -- Gold -- Seal impressions -- Faience and frit -- Faience -- Frit -- Overall Conclusions on Vat Room Deposit --The Other Deposits -- Vat Room Deposits -- Centre of the Room -- South side of the threshold -- Test pit south of central stairs -- Below threshold of door between Room of the Great Pithos and Temple Repositories -- Pottery -- Conclusions -- Stone -- The Great Pithos Room -- West Pillar Crypt: Test Pit in SE Corner --Pottery -- Bone -- Stone -- Conclusions -- East Pillar Crypt: Test Pit N of W Cist -- Pottery -- East Pillar Crypt: Test Pit N of E Cist -- Pottery -- Fresco -- Conclusions -- East Pillar Crypt: SW Corner -- Conclusions -- Lobby of the Stone Seat: Test Pit in NE Corner -- Pottery -- Magazine South of West Pillar Room --Overall Conclusions -- Catalogue of Finds -- 3. THE TEMPLE REPOSITORIES -- Introduction -- The Finds -- Faience -- Plants and Flowers -- Marine Objects -- Land Animal Plaques -- Other Plaques -- 'Rings', 'Bracket' and Shields -- Vessels -- Beads -- 'Human' Figures and Articles of Attire -- Conclusions -- Clay Seal Impressions and Related Objects -- Sealings -- Direct sealings -- Flat-based -- Hanging nodules -- Noduli no Roundels -- Conclusions -- Inscribed clay tablet -- Antler, Bone, Ivory, Cereals and Wood --Antler -- Weasel bones -- Fish vertebrae ng Bone -- Ivory -- Carbonized corn -- Carbonized wood -- Stone and Rock Crystal -- Stone -- Rock Crystal -- Metal -- Copper/Bronze -- Gold -- Seashells --Clay vases -- Jugs -- Oval-mouthed amphorae -- Jars -- Bird vases -- Date of the vases 136 General Conclusions -- Catalogue of Finds 151 4. ARCHITECTURE AND STRATIGRAPHY OF THE CENTRAL PALACE SANCTUARY AREA -- Introduction --History of Excavation in the Region -- The New Study -- Results of the new study -- Results of the excavation -- The architecture of the last phase -- Design and function of the architecture -- Access to the CPS Area -- The exterior of the CPS Area -- Internal Organization of all Rooms: Circulation -- Circulation -- Description of a The Lobby of the Stone Seat -- The NE Unit -- The Great Pithos Room -- The Temple Repositories Room -- The West Unit -- The East Pillar Crypt -- CONTENTS Sub-units i, ii and iii -- i. The West Pillar Crypt -- ii. The Vat Room -- iii. The North West Sub-Unit -- Room of the Niche -- Room A -- Room B -- The East- West Corridor, S of the Crypts -- The Tripartite Shrine -- Conclusions for the final period -- Materials and Construction of the CPS Area -- Materials -- Observations on deployment of construction materials -- Gypsum -- Poros, limestone and schist -- Wood -- Plasters -- Mason's marks -- Architectural Evidence for Phasing -- The façades bordering the Central Court: The LSS --Evidence for earlier phases: Lobby of the Stone Seat -- Phasing for the NE Unit -- Great Pithos Room -- Temple Repositories Room -- Conclusions for the NE Unit -- Phasing for the W Unit -- The East and West Pillar Crypts -- Sub-units ii and iii -- The Tripartite Shrine -- Circulation in the CPSA in its 'previous' phase -- Conclusions on Phasing -- Catalogue of the Architecture -- Catalogue of the finds of the Last Period -- 5. CONCLUSIONS ON THE PHASING AND FUNCTIONS OF THE CENTRAL PALACE SANCTUARY AREA -- Phasing -- Function -- Appendix I: Analysis of Metalworking Residue from Knossos -- Appendix II: Animal bones, retrieved from Test Pit at the SE corner of the West Pillar Crypt, excavated by Evans. Stored at the Stratigraphical Museum, Knossos.
Summary: On 23rd March, 1900, Sir Arthur Evans started to excavate the Palace at Knossos. Among the first parts to be investigated was the west wing of the Palace, the central part of which forms the Central Palace Sanctuary. This monument is of outstanding importance for our understanding of Minoan civilization. Although remarkable for his time, Evans's reports were not as complete as are required today. This work assembles all the evidence available and presents a close analysis of the history and interpretation of the Central Palace sanctuary. It discusses the architectural history of the area and reassesses its function through a study of its architecture and finds.
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'Appendix I': p. [277]; 'Appendix II': p. [277]-278.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-290) and index.

1. INTRODUCTION The Early History of the Site -- Successes and Limitations -- The Nature of the Written Sources and Scholarly Research -- DEPOSITS UNDER THE LATEST FLOORS OF THE CENTRAL PALACE SANCTUARY AREA -- Introduction -- The Vat Room Deposit -- The Finds -- Pottery -- Coarse/Semicoarse Ware -- Fine Ware -- Kamares Ware -- Burnished Ware -- Burnished/Incised Ware -- Conclusions on the vases -- Chipped Stone -- Obsidian Nodule -- Blades -- Flakes -- Cores -- Fragments -- Flint -- Conclusions -- Stone fragments (vases and other pieces) -- Rock crystal and other translucent materials -- Ivory, shell and related substances -- Ivory -- Shell -- Ostrich egg shell -- Metals -- Copper and bronze -- Gold -- Seal impressions -- Faience and frit -- Faience -- Frit -- Overall Conclusions on Vat Room Deposit --The Other Deposits -- Vat Room Deposits -- Centre of the Room -- South side of the threshold -- Test pit south of central stairs -- Below threshold of door between Room of the Great Pithos and Temple Repositories -- Pottery -- Conclusions -- Stone -- The Great Pithos Room -- West Pillar Crypt: Test Pit in SE Corner --Pottery -- Bone -- Stone -- Conclusions -- East Pillar Crypt: Test Pit N of W Cist -- Pottery -- East Pillar Crypt: Test Pit N of E Cist -- Pottery -- Fresco -- Conclusions -- East Pillar Crypt: SW Corner -- Conclusions -- Lobby of the Stone Seat: Test Pit in NE Corner -- Pottery -- Magazine South of West Pillar Room --Overall Conclusions -- Catalogue of Finds -- 3. THE TEMPLE REPOSITORIES -- Introduction -- The Finds -- Faience -- Plants and Flowers -- Marine Objects -- Land Animal Plaques -- Other Plaques -- 'Rings', 'Bracket' and Shields -- Vessels -- Beads -- 'Human' Figures and Articles of Attire -- Conclusions -- Clay Seal Impressions and Related Objects -- Sealings -- Direct sealings -- Flat-based -- Hanging nodules -- Noduli no Roundels -- Conclusions -- Inscribed clay tablet -- Antler, Bone, Ivory, Cereals and Wood --Antler -- Weasel bones -- Fish vertebrae ng Bone -- Ivory -- Carbonized corn -- Carbonized wood -- Stone and Rock Crystal -- Stone -- Rock Crystal -- Metal -- Copper/Bronze -- Gold -- Seashells --Clay vases -- Jugs -- Oval-mouthed amphorae -- Jars -- Bird vases -- Date of the vases 136 General Conclusions -- Catalogue of Finds 151 4. ARCHITECTURE AND STRATIGRAPHY OF THE CENTRAL PALACE SANCTUARY AREA -- Introduction --History of Excavation in the Region -- The New Study -- Results of the new study -- Results of the excavation -- The architecture of the last phase -- Design and function of the architecture -- Access to the CPS Area -- The exterior of the CPS Area -- Internal Organization of all Rooms: Circulation -- Circulation -- Description of a The Lobby of the Stone Seat -- The NE Unit -- The Great Pithos Room -- The Temple Repositories Room -- The West Unit -- The East Pillar Crypt -- CONTENTS Sub-units i, ii and iii -- i. The West Pillar Crypt -- ii. The Vat Room -- iii. The North West Sub-Unit -- Room of the Niche -- Room A -- Room B -- The East- West Corridor, S of the Crypts -- The Tripartite Shrine -- Conclusions for the final period -- Materials and Construction of the CPS Area -- Materials -- Observations on deployment of construction materials -- Gypsum -- Poros, limestone and schist -- Wood -- Plasters -- Mason's marks -- Architectural Evidence for Phasing -- The façades bordering the Central Court: The LSS --Evidence for earlier phases: Lobby of the Stone Seat -- Phasing for the NE Unit -- Great Pithos Room -- Temple Repositories Room -- Conclusions for the NE Unit -- Phasing for the W Unit -- The East and West Pillar Crypts -- Sub-units ii and iii -- The Tripartite Shrine -- Circulation in the CPSA in its 'previous' phase -- Conclusions on Phasing -- Catalogue of the Architecture -- Catalogue of the finds of the Last Period -- 5. CONCLUSIONS ON THE PHASING AND FUNCTIONS OF THE CENTRAL PALACE SANCTUARY AREA -- Phasing -- Function -- Appendix I: Analysis of Metalworking Residue from Knossos -- Appendix II: Animal bones, retrieved from Test Pit at the SE corner of the West Pillar Crypt, excavated by Evans. Stored at the Stratigraphical Museum, Knossos.

On 23rd March, 1900, Sir Arthur Evans started to excavate the Palace at Knossos. Among the first parts to be investigated was the west wing of the Palace, the central part of which forms the Central Palace Sanctuary. This monument is of outstanding importance for our understanding of Minoan civilization. Although remarkable for his time, Evans's reports were not as complete as are required today. This work assembles all the evidence available and presents a close analysis of the history and interpretation of the Central Palace sanctuary. It discusses the architectural history of the area and reassesses its function through a study of its architecture and finds.