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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McEnroe, John C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture, Minoan.

Architecture and society--Greece--Crete.

Architecture and society.

Greece--Crete.

Physical Description:

viii, 202 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2010.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780292721937

0292721935

OCLC:

467361357