Cultural Identity in Minoan Crete: Social Dynamics in the Neopalatial Period

Adams, Ellen

ISBN 10: 110719752X / ISBN 13: 9781107197527

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2017

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cultural Identity in Minoan Crete: Social Dynamics in the Neopalatial Period
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 110719752X
• ISBN 13: 9781107197527
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Weight: 33 ounces
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Synopsis

Neopalatial Crete - the 'Golden Age' of the Minoan Civilization - possessed palaces, exquisite artefacts, and iconography with pre-eminent females. While lacking in fortifications, ritual symbolism cloaked the island, an elaborate bureaucracy logged transactions, and massive storage areas enabled the redistribution of goods. We cannot read the Linear A script, but the libation formulae suggest an island-wide koine. Within this cultural identity, there is considerable variation in how the Minoan elites organized themselves and others on an intra-site and regional basis. This book explores and celebrates this rich, diverse and dynamic culture through analyses of important sites, as well as Minoan administration, writing, economy and ritual. Key themes include the role of Knossos in wider Minoan culture and politics, the variable modes of centralization and power relations detectable across the island, and the role of ritual and cult in defining and articulating elite control.

About the Author

Ellen Adams is Lecturer in Classical Art and Archaeology at King's College London. She has conducted research based at the University of Cambridge (Ph.D.), the British School at Athens (Ph.D. and Leverhulme Study Abroad Award), and Trinity College, Dublin (Irish Research Council for Humanities and Social Postdoctoral Award). She has been involved in fieldwork in Britain, Greece, Bulgaria and Cyprus.