Buch, Englisch, 608 Seiten, Format (B × H): 210 mm x 297 mm, Gewicht: 1554 g
A Comparative Account of the Successive Stages of the Early Cretan Civilization as Illustrated by the Discoveries at K
Buch, Englisch, 608 Seiten, Format (B × H): 210 mm x 297 mm, Gewicht: 1554 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Archaeology
ISBN: 978-1-108-06104-9
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Inspired by Schliemann's discoveries at Mycenae and Troy, Sir Arthur John Evans (1851–1941), keeper of Oxford's Ashmolean Museum from 1884 to 1908, trustee of the British Museum and fellow of the Royal Society, used his inherited wealth to purchase land in Crete at Knossos. From 1900 he commenced excavations there in co-operation with the British School at Athens. Work continued for eight full seasons, uncovering a Bronze Age palace and bringing to light further architectural and artefactual remains of Minoan civilisation, including numerous texts in Linear A and Linear B. Evans' speculative reconstruction of the site in reinforced concrete remains controversial, and some of his interpretations are disputed, but his pioneering work is painstakingly detailed in this highly illustrated multi-volume work, published between 1921 and 1935, with an index volume appearing in 1936. Volume 3 first appeared in 1930.
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68. 'North-West Insula' north of central court; 69. Discovery of 'spiral ceiling' and 'miniature frescoes' derived from corner sanctuary; 70. The miniature frescoes, 1; 71. The miniature frescoes, 2; 72. The miniature frescoes, 3; 73. Miniature painting on crystal; 74. Pictorial religious subjects on signet-rings; 75. Upper porticoes of N. entrance passage and their painted reliefs of bull-hunting scenes; 76. Parallels supplied by bull-reliefs in Elgin collection from the 'Atreus tomb' at Mycenae; 77. The 'taureador frescoes'; 78. The east postern and bastion; 79. Advanced Minoan water-system; 80. 'East Corridor'; 81. Further reconstitution of the 'domestic quarter'; 82. Grand staircase and loggia as further restored; 83. 'Hall of the Double Axes' as reconstituted; 84. The 'Queen's Megaron' as reconstituted; 85. East treasury (later, archives) and derivative relics; 86. Further relics derived from east treasury; 87. Chryselephantine figurines; 88. Great 'East Hall' resuscitated; 89. The painted high reliefs from 'East Hall'.
