Preface and Acknowledgements

Abstract

On March 23, 2011 – on the 111th anniversary of Arthur Evans’ first working day at Knossos – the international conference “Minoan Archaeology. Challenges and Perspectives for the 21st Century” was launched at the Institute of Classical Archaeology, University of Heidelberg. For five days, early career researchers shared their ideas and concepts with some leading scholars of the field and engaged in discussions revolving around the current character, potential and scopes of Minoan Archaeology...