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Prehistoric Crete: Minoan Palatial Society

(75301) -  Giorgos Vavouranakis, Ioannis Voskos

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This course is devoted to the archaeology of Prehistoric Crete during the time of the palaces, namely the first half of the 2nd millennium BC. It examines the form, function and social significance of the great palatial compounds, as well as of the so-called “villas”. Other topics of this course include the main characteristics of pottery styles, the repertory of the wall-paintings and the vast range of seal engraving, metal, ivory and faience work. Special attention is paid to the organization of society, the exploitation of economic resources and the palatial administration system, the external/commercial contacts and the cult and other ceremonial practices on Crete during the period in question.

Ημερομηνία δημιουργίας

Τετάρτη 28 Απριλίου 2021

  • Instructors

    Giorgos Vavouranakis, Ioannis Voskos

    Prerequisites/Prior Knowledge

    No prerequisites

    Target Group

    Undergraduate students

    Course Syllabus

    • Introduction
    • Crete from the Palaeolithic to the Neolithic
    • Early Minoan Crete
    • The First Palaces (emergence, features, social organisation)
    • The New Palaces
    • Minoan burial customs
    • Minoan cult
    • Field trip to Crete
    • Relations between Crete, the Aegean and the East Mediterranean
    • Arts and crafts
    • Mycenaean Crete
    • Revision

    Instructional Methods

    9  weekly lectures, 3-hours each

    1 Museum pottery handling session

    1 fieldtrip to Crete with on-site instruction - 4 days

     

    Assessment Methods

    Activity in Perusall (20%)

    Material relating to the next lecture will be uploaded on the Prusall platform in advance. The material will be drawn from the titles in each lecture’s bibliography. Students must study the material and discuss it on the platform in anticipation of each lesson.  Participation in Perusall is mandatory and comprises 20% of the final grade.

     Midterm Exam (30%)

    Halfway through this course a written* midterm exam takes place in order to monitor and assess the level of understanding of the classroom on the topics presented. Minimum reading material for the exam corresponds to the pages indicated under each lecture’s description from the following books:

    • Shelmerdine, C. W., ed. 2008. The Cambridge Companion to the Aegean Bronze Age, Cambridge.
    • Wattrous, L. V. 2020. Minoan Crete: An introduction, Cambridge.

    The midterm exam is mandatory, lasts maximum 1h and 30 mins and comprises 30% of the final grade.

     Final Exam (50%)

    This is the end of semester exam, on all the course material presented in classes 1 to 12. The minimum reading material for the exam corresponds to the pages indicated under each lecture’s description from the following books:

    • Shelmerdine, C. W., ed. 2008. The Cambridge Companion to the Aegean Bronze Age, Cambridge.
    • Watrous, L. V. 2020. Minoan Crete: An introduction, Cambridge.

    The test will have the form of written exam and will comprise 50% of the final grade.

     

    Bibliography

    Andreadaki-Vlazaki, M, G. Rethemiotakis, N. Dimopoulou-Rethemiotaki (eds.) 2008. From the Land of the Labyrinth (2 volumes: Exhibition catalogue and Essays). New York: Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation (USA), Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Archaeological Museums of Crete.

    Betancourt, P. P. 1985. The History of Minoan Pottery. Princeton: Princeton University Press.

    Cadogan, G. 1976. Palaces of Minoan Crete. London: Barrie and Jenkins.

    Cline, E. (ed.) 2010. The Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean. Oxford: Oxford University Press (select chapters).

    Corpus of Minoan and Mycenaean Seals (https://arachne.uni-koeln.de/drupal/?q=en/node/196).

    Immerwahr S. A. 1990, Aegean Painting in the Bronze Age. Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State University Press (select chapters).

    Legarra-Herrero, B. 2014. Mortuary Behavior and Social Trajectories in Pre- and Protopalatial Crete (Prehistory monographs 44). Philadelphia: INSTAP Academic Press.

    Marinatos, N. 1993. Minoan Religion. Ritual, Image, Symbol. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press.

    Shelmerdine, C. W.  (ed.) 2008. The Cambridge Companion to the Aegean Bronze Age. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (p. 77-229, 310-326).

    Watrous, L. V. 2021. Minoan Crete. an introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.