- Publisher's listprice GBP 21.99
-
10 852 Ft (10 335 Ft + 5% VAT)
The price is estimated because at the time of ordering we do not know what conversion rates will apply to HUF / product currency when the book arrives. In case HUF is weaker, the price increases slightly, in case HUF is stronger, the price goes lower slightly.
- Discount 13% (cc. 1 411 Ft off)
- Discounted price 9 441 Ft (8 991 Ft + 5% VAT)
Subcribe now and take benefit of a favourable price.
Subscribe
10 852 Ft
Availability
printed on demand
Why don't you give exact delivery time?
Delivery time is estimated on our previous experiences. We give estimations only, because we order from outside Hungary, and the delivery time mainly depends on how quickly the publisher supplies the book. Faster or slower deliveries both happen, but we do our best to supply as quickly as possible.
Product details:
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
- Date of Publication 30 November 2023
- Number of Volumes Paperback
- ISBN 9781472532848
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages256 pages
- Size 232x152x18 mm
- Weight 387 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 62 bw illus 624
Categories
Long description:
Knossos is one of the most important sites in the ancient Mediterranean. It remained amongst the largest settlements on the island of Crete from the Neolithic until the late Roman times, but aside from its size it held a place of particular significance in the mythological imagination of Greece and Rome as the seat of King Minos, the location of the Labyrinth and the home of the Minotaur.
Sir Arthur Evans' discovery of 'the Palace of Minos' has indelibly associated Knossos in the modern mind with the 'lost' civilisation of Bronze Age Crete. The allure of this 'lost civilisation', together with the considerable achievements of 'Minoan' artists and craftspeople, remain a major attraction both to scholars and to others outside the academic world as a bastion of a romantic approach to the past.
In this volume, James Whitley provides an up-to-date guide to the site and its function from the Neolithic until the present day. This study includes a re-appraisal of Bronze Age palatial society, as well as an exploration of the history of Knossos in the archaeological imagination. In doing so he takes a critical look at the guiding assumptions of Evans and others, reconstructing how and why the received view of this ancient settlement has evolved from the Iron Age up to the modern era.
Table of Contents:
List of Tables and Figures
Preface and Acknowledgements
A Note on Chronology and Terminology
On the spelling of and transliteration of ancient Greek names
List of Abbreviations with Explanatory Note
Chapter 1. Legends and Labyrinths
Chapter 2. Inventing the Minoans: Arthur Evans and After
Chapter 3. From Village to Palace: Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Knossos
Chapter 4. Palatial Knossos: The Palace of Minos?
Chapter 5. After the Palace: From the Iron Age to the Romans
Chapter 6. Knossos Yesterday and Today
Bibliography
General Index
Topographical Index
