THE MIDDLE MINOAN III BUILDING COMPLEX AT ALONAKI, JUKTAS. ARCHITECTURAL OBSERVATIONS AND POTTERY ANALYSIS

The building complex at Alonaki is investigated here, and patterns of pottery production and consumption in particular, due to the belief that an overview of the pottery and architecture sheds light on the role that Alonaki played in the Middle Minoan III period. The site should be viewed in connection with the Anemospelia building and the peak sanctuary with which it forms a unique triad. The evidence of the pottery shows that the bulk of the assemblage should be placed chronologically in the mature MM IIIA period. A unit is also devoted to the ‘great South Road from Knossos’, as Evans calls it, a branch of which meets the Minoan road from Junktas

Recherches en cours sur la séquence chronologique au Palais de Malia (2022)

The paper illustrates the most recent research conducted at the Malia Palace under the direction of Maud Devolder, with the collaboration of Ilaria Caloi and Iro Mathioudaki

Recherches en cours sur la séquence chronologique au Palais de Malia (2022)

Données scientifiques produites : EFA, programme « Palais de Malia » Chroniques de l’EFA : Malia, palais, 2019 Les deux campagnes d’étude menées en 2022 dans le cadre du projet d’étude et de publication du Palais de Malia se sont concentrées d’une part sur l’étude du matériel céramique et des données stratigraphiques associés à la séquence de l’occupation néopalatiale au sein de l’édifice (fouilles et sondages 1915-1992 ; du 17 janvier au 19 février 2022), et d’autre part sur la finalisation ..

Minoan Archaeology

Minoan Archaeology has been at the centre of Aegean Studies from its beginning as a discipline. Several studies have focused on its use as a defining aspect of the Greek identity and its impact on the broader cultural spectrum of Mediterranean studies. In this paper the author would like to view Minoan Archaeology through the eyes of a specialized archaeologist, who is dealing with the field on a more practical level. Through studying Knossian pottery with experts the author realized how impo..

Κνωσιακή επίδραση και τοπική συμβολή στην κεραμεική και την αρχιτεκτονική του ανακτόρου των Μαλίων: προκαταρκτικές σκέψεις

The preliminary results of an ongoing study aimed at better defining the architectural, stratigraphic and ceramic sequence of the Neopalatial palace at Malia, shed light on the marked impact of the material culture from Knossos on the edifice and its contents. The assessment of local building practices and Knossian architectural influences underlines the possibility of a joint participation of various, local and foreign, agents in the Neopalatial reconstruction of the Malia Palace. In this paper we will highlight Knossian features observed throughout the Middle Minoan IIIA, Middle Minoan IIIB and Late Minoan IA phases. Such an input is usually considered an important agent of social and political change on Minoan sites during the Neopalatial period, and it is believed to operate under the resistance of local traditions. But this view is quite simplistic. In the Palace at Malia both architecture and pottery demonstrate a mixture of local elements and entirely new features, which not only shaped stylistic and aesthetic trends but also defined technological choices, which occurred at varying pace and through different mechanisms during the Neopalatial period

Excavations at Sissi V. Preliminary Report on the 2017-2019 Campaigns

This book present the preliminary reports from the excavation campaigns 2017-2019

Minoan Archaeology

More than 100 years ago Sir Arthur Evans' spade made the first cut into the earth above the now well-known Palace at Knossos. His research at the Kephala hill as well as contemporary fieldwork at further sites on Crete saw the birth of a new discipline: Minoan Archaeology. Since these beginnings in the first decades of the 20th century, the investigation of Bronze Age Crete has experienced fundamental progress. The impressive wealth of new data relating to the sites and material culture of this Bronze Age society and its impact beyond the island's shores, the refinement of its chronology, the constant development of hermeneutical approaches to social, religious or political issues, and new methods and instruments employed for the exploration and conservation of the archaeological remains have shaped the dynamic trajectory of this discipline for more than a century. In March 2011 - exactly 111 years after the beginning of Evans' work at Knossos - a conference on Minoan Archaeology took place at Heidelberg with the aim to outline current trends and prospects of this scientific field, by setting up an open dialogue between renowned scholars and the young generation of researchers. The present volume brings together most of the papers presented during the conference. They are subsumed under six chapters highlighting current key issues in the study of Bronze Age Crete with a pronounced focus on the broad subject of society

Minoan Archaeology

More than 100 years ago Sir Arthur Evans' spade made the first cut into the earth above the now well-known Palace at Knossos. His research at the Kephala hill as well as contemporary fieldwork at further sites on Crete saw the birth of a new discipline: Minoan Archaeology. Since these beginnings in the first decades of the 20th century, the investigation of Bronze Age Crete has experienced fundamental progress. The impressive wealth of new data relating to the sites and material culture of this Bronze Age society and its impact beyond the island's shores, the refinement of its chronology, the constant development of hermeneutical approaches to social, religious or political issues, and new methods and instruments employed for the exploration and conservation of the archaeological remains have shaped the dynamic trajectory of this discipline for more than a century. In March 2011 - exactly 111 years after the beginning of Evans' work at Knossos - a conference on Minoan Archaeology took place at Heidelberg with the aim to outline current trends and prospects of this scientific field, by setting up an open dialogue between renowned scholars and the young generation of researchers. The present volume brings together most of the papers presented during the conference. They are subsumed under six chapters highlighting current key issues in the study of Bronze Age Crete with a pronounced focus on the broad subject of society