The Palace of Minos
A Comparative Account of the Successive Stages of the Early Cretan Civilization as Illustrated by the Discoveries at Knossos

Published 1921–35, this highly illustrated multi-volume excavation report documents the discovery of Minoan civilisation on Crete.

Arthur Evans (Author)

9781108061025, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 29 August 2013

434 pages, 231 b/w illus. 2 colour illus. 5 maps
29.7 x 21 x 2.2 cm, 1.04 kg

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. Part 1 of Volume 2 first appeared in 1928.

33. Discovery of late Neolithic houses beneath central court
34. Impulse from the south - new lights on early Nilotic connexions
35. Transit road from Knossos across central Crete to port on Libyan Sea
36. The Minoan viaduct south of the palace
37. 'Caravanserai' by road-head
38. The stepped portico and south-western system of the palace
39. The transit road in relation to north and west
40. Reactions on Middle Kingdom Egypt
41. South-east polychrome deposit (M.M. IIa) at Knossos and parallel find at Harageh
42. The harbour town of Knossos
43. Reactions of coastal road east
44. Mallia and Niru Khani
45. Evidences of earthquake shock at Knossos
46. Knossos and Candia earthquake centres
47. South-east palace angle and adjacent shrine of the double axes
48. Restoration of palace after M.M.IIIb earthquake
49. Town of Knossos and the great rebuilding.

Subject Areas: Archaeology by period / region [HDD]