Greek Art and Archaeology

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Greek Art and Archaeology Lecture 5: Minoan Crete and Santorini

Kamares and Barbotine wares (Old Palace); Minoan Crete

Rock crystal rhyton decorated with gold and faience and stone pyxis from Zakros (Biers 58); stone jug from Mochlos (EM); Gold Bee Pendant from Chrysolakkos, Malia (MM)

Prepalatial EM I to MMIA 3500-1900 Old Palace MMIB to MMII/IIIA Chronology of Minoan Crete Prepalatial EM I to MMIA 3500-1900 Old Palace MMIB to MMII/IIIA 1900-1700 New Palace MMIII to LMIIIA1 1700-1350 Postpalatial LMIIIA2 to Sub-Minoan 1350-950

EM phases at Fournou Koriphi, Myrtos Vasiliki

Old Palace plans; Knossos reconstruction; Phaistos plan; House model from Arkhanes (New Palace) (Biers, 57)

Phaistos, W court from North

Recreation of Stoa 7 of the palace building at Archanes Phaistos, North Residential Quarters, Pier-and-Door Partition between Rooms 79 and 85 from E; Mudbrick storage bins in North Wing

Knossos, “Lustral Basin” http://nonahyytinen.com/crete-and-santorini-the-rise-and-fall-of-minoan-civilization-andante-travels-part-ii Knossos, “Lustral Basin”

Mt Juktas, Peak Sanctuary; restored view of shrine based on rhyton from Kato Zakro; figurine Rhyton from Wikipedia: chlorite with traces of gilding. Depicts open-air sanctuary in a rocky landscape with wild goats. Palace of Zakros, 1500-1450 BC

Faience fig from Wikipedia New Palace faience figure from Knossos (Biers, 60), Temple Repositories; post-palatial Gazi figurine

Knossos; Horns of Consecration

Platanos, Tholos tomb; Reconstruction of tholos tomb at Arkhanes; Khrysolakkos; Pithos burials at Arkhanes; larnax from Gazi

Knossos (Biers, 30-42)

Knossos: Magazines; “Queen’s Megaron”; bathroom (Biers 30-42)

Knossos: W side of central court; throne room; the Phaistos disk (Biers 30-42)

Gournia (Biers, 42, 44); faience town mosaic, Knossos (Biers 61)

La Parisienne from Knossos; frescoes from Santorini (Biers, 46-55)

Ayia Triadha Sarcophagus, early XIV (Biers, 49-51)