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Palaikastro Block M the Proto- and Neopalatial Town
Carl Knappett
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Description for Palaikastro Block M the Proto- and Neopalatial Town
Hardcover.
Block M is a substantial architectural complex comprising three large buildings at the heart of the Minoan town of Palaikastro. With traces of activity stretching back to the Prepalatial period, and occupation in the Protopalatial period, Block M sees its most intensive use in the Neopalatial period, in the 17th century BC. This period sees widespread construction, followed by two severe destruction horizons: the first seismic, the second associated with the Theran eruption, by which time the Block may already have been in ruins. Its subsequent history is very different from ... Read more
Block M is a substantial architectural complex comprising three large buildings at the heart of the Minoan town of Palaikastro. With traces of activity stretching back to the Prepalatial period, and occupation in the Protopalatial period, Block M sees its most intensive use in the Neopalatial period, in the 17th century BC. This period sees widespread construction, followed by two severe destruction horizons: the first seismic, the second associated with the Theran eruption, by which time the Block may already have been in ruins. Its subsequent history is very different from ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
British School at Athens United Kingdom
Number of pages
338
Condition
New
Number of Pages
338
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780904887655
SKU
V9780904887655
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Ref
99-16
About Carl Knappett
Carl Knappett is Professor of Aegean Prehistory at the University of Toronto. His research concerns the character and organisation of Bronze Age societies in the eastern Mediterranean, as revealed through patterns of pottery production, exchange, and use. His book Aegean Bronze Age Art: Meaning in the Making appeared in 2020. He is currently directing fieldwork at Palaikastro in eastern Crete. ... Read more
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