Name: The Funerary Landscape at Knossos: A Diachronic Study of Minoan Burial Customs With Special Reference to the Warrior Graves (Bar International Series)
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Author: Madeline Miller
ISBN: 9781407307572

portada The Funerary Landscape at Knossos: A Diachronic Study of Minoan Burial Customs With Special Reference to the Warrior Graves (Bar International Series)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Madeline Miller

Publisher

British Archaeological Reports Oxford Ltd

Year

2011

Language

English

Pages

130

Format

Paperback

ISBN

1407307576

ISBN13

9781407307572

Synopsis "The Funerary Landscape at Knossos: A Diachronic Study of Minoan Burial Customs With Special Reference to the Warrior Graves (Bar International Series)"

During the last century's archaeological investigations of the advanced Bronze Age culture maintained by the so-called Minoans on the island of Crete, a number of tombs dated to the Late Minoan period and containing weapons have been discovered in the surroundings of the site of Knossos. The tombs are not confined to a certain area or cemetery, but are rather dispersed around the Palace and town. Although they are characterised by their weapons, other artefacts - such as bronze vessels and certain pottery types - also distinguish these tombs. The tombs are of three types: chamber tombs with long dromoi, shaft graves and pit-caves. Various labels have been designated for them: tombs with weapons, warrior tombs, warrior graves and weapon-tombs. The warrior graves are often discussed in relation to the question of when the Mycenaeans arrived in Crete. Most scholars agree that a Mycenaean presence or power in Crete existed in the Late Bronze Age, but when their arrival would have taken place has not yet enjoyed consensus. Previous scholarship raises a number of questions that are dealt with in this work in relation to the funerary landscape at Knossos, including: to what degree do the burial customs in fact change in LM II, and what about the mainland influences? If the archaeological material points in that direction, how are we to understand such a transformation of the mortuary practices? Would this indicate an ethnic change? If, on the other hand, the material points towards a gradual process beginning already in LM I or earlier, with elements of mainland traits, what would that indicate? The tombs, shaft graves and pit-caves of Knossos are re-examined in an attempt to put answers to these intriguing questions.

Madeline Miller

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Tiene una maestría en Lenguas Clásicas. Durante los últimos diez años ha sido profesora de latín, griego y de Shakespeare con estudiantes de secundaria. También ha estudiado Pensamiento Social en la Universidad de Chicago, y en el departamento de dramaturgia del Yale School of Drama, donde se especializó en la adaptación de los textos clásicos a las formas modernas. Actualmente vive en Cambridge, Massachusetts, donde enseña y escribe.

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