Minoan is the name given to the palaces built c.1900-1400 BC on the Aegean Island of Crete. Characteristic features are columns tapering downwards, simple capitals and richly-coloured surfaces, including notable frescos. The Mycenaeans of mainland Greece were influenced by the Minoans from about 1600 BC and appear to have taken control of Crete c.1400 BC. Their kings built citadels and beehive ... [MORE] Evans, Sir Arthur@ (3) Linear B@ (6) 1. Archaeological Museum of Herakleion - The largest collection of Minoan artefacts in the world exhibited in 20 rooms. Corpus includes material from the most important archaeological sites in Crete: Knossos, Phaestos, Malia, Tylissos, Gortys, Agia Triada, Mohlos, Gournia, and Zakros. 2. The Prehistoric Archaeology of the Aegean - Dartmouth College provides searchable text, galleries of expandable thumbnail photographs and bibliographies on topics including Minoan and Mycenean architecture. 3. Attic Pottery Production, Imports, and Exports During the Mycenaean Period by Neutron Activation Analysis - Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry 3(1). A set of 224 Mycenaean pottery samples from different sites in Attica was analysed by Neutron Activation to determine the locally produced from the imported ware. (PDF) 4. Cretan Minoan Finds - Archaeology magazine reports on a newly discovered Minoan palace 20 miles south of Heraklion, Crete. Includes illustrations. 5. Minoan Crete - Ian Swindale provides photographs and concise descriptions of all the major Minoan sites in Crete. A chronology is available in a separate box for ease of reference. 6. New Late Bronze Age Chronology From the Lalysos Region, Rhodes - Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry 1(1). The prehistoric settlement at Ialysos is inhabited uninterruptedly From the Middle Bronze Age Untel the Late Halladic III A2 Period. (PDF) 7. The Ancient City of Aptera - History, photographs, description of recent archaeological excavations, topographical map, and related links provided. 8. The Final Neolithic-Early Minoan I/IIA Settlement History of the Vrokastro Area, Mirabello, Eastern Crete - Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry 3(1). This paper discusses the FN-EM I/IIA settlement pattern along the west-central coast of the Gulf of Mirabello. (PDF) 9. The Impact of Cycladic Settlers on Early Minoan Crete - Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry 3(1). Substantial evidence exists for Cycladic influence in Early Bronze Age Crete. (PDF) 10. The Many Faces of Colonization: 12th Century Aegean Settlements in Cyprus and the Levant - Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry 3(1). An often neglected aspect of migration is the acceptance that every migration event is unique. (PDF)

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