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Minoan Crete

An Introduction

L Vance Watrous author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:18th Mar '21

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Aimed at undergraduate and graduate students, this book can be used in courses on the ancient Mediterranean world and classical archaeology.Along with Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Levant, Minoan Crete was one of the primary cultures of the prehistoric Mediterranean world. In this book, L. Vance Watrous offers an up-to-date overview of this important ancient society. Using archaeological evidence from palaces, houses, surveys,  caves, and mountain shrines, he describes and traces the development of Minoan Crete from the Neolithic era through the Late Bronze Age. Watrous also presents and interprets Minoan art works in a range of media, including fresco paintings, pottery, and seals, and explains how Minoan Crete affected the culture of classical Greece. Aimed at undergraduate and graduate students, this book can be used in courses on the ancient Mediterranean world and classical archaeology.

ISBN: 9781108440493

Dimensions: 255mm x 178mm x 12mm

Weight: 530g

240 pages