KLA_100 Archaeology of Crete

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Věra Klontza, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Michal Smíšek (lecturer)
Mgr. Lucia Ščasníková (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Věra Klontza, Ph.D.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 14:00–15:40 M11, except Wed 15. 11.
Prerequisites
Without prerequisites. Completion of the course KLA_003 Aegean Prehistory is recommended.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Students completing the course are given an overview of material culture, sources, topical questions and approaches to their solution regarding the archaeology of Crete.
Learning outcomes
Student who has completed the course:
- has a good factual overview
- understands and can explain the specifics of Cretan archaeology
- is able to implement partial research projects
Syllabus
  • 1. History and organisation of research
  • 2. Early prehistoric periods (Palaeolithic and Neolithic) - an overview of new projects
  • 3. Early Minoan Period: cemeteries, settlements, material culture
  • 4. Protopalatial period: palatial centres, their architecture and function, material culture
  • 5. Neopalatial period: palaces, hilltop sanctuaries
  • 6. Neopalatial period: material culture, interpretation issues
  • 7. Final palatial period: Knossos, material culture, Crete and Greek mainland
  • 8. End of the Bronze Age: LM IIIB-C - Early Protogeometric Period
  • 9. Early Iron Age
  • 10. Historical periods
  • 11. Cosmological beliefs and their development
Literature
    required literature
  • Labyrinth revisited : rethinking "Minoan" archaeology. Edited by Yannis Hamilakis. Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2002, ix, 237. ISBN 9781842170618. info
  • BETANCOURT, Philip P. The history of Minoan pottery. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1985, 226 pp. ISBN 978-0-691-03579-6. info
  • HITCHCOCK, Louise. Minoan Architecture: A Contextual Analysis. Jonsered: Paul Åströms Förlag, 2000, 267 pp. ISBN 978-91--7081192-0. info
  • BETANCOURT, Philip P. The Bronze Age begins : the ceramics revolution of early Minoan I and the new forms of wealth that transformed prehistoric society. Philadelphia: INSTAP Academic Press, 2008, xx, 136. ISBN 9781931534529. info
  • MARINATOS, Nanno. Minoan kingship and the solar goddess : a near Eastern Koine. 1st Illions pbk. Urbana, Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2013, x, 263. ISBN 9780252079672. info
    recommended literature
  • NOWICKI, Krzysztof. Final neolithic Crete and the Southeast Aegean. Boston: De Gruyter, 2014, xii, 496. ISBN 9781614510314. info
  • MURPHY, Joanne M. A. and Philip P. BETANCOURT. Prehistoric Crete : regional and diachronic studies on mortuary systems. Philadelphia: INSTAP Academic Press, 2011, xi, 214. ISBN 9781931534611. info
  • MCENROE, John C. Architecture of Minoan Crete: Constructing Identity in the Aegean Bronze Age. 1st. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2010, 202 pp. ISBN 978-0-292-72193-7. info
  • ERICKSON, Brice L. Crete in transition : pottery styles and island history in the archaic and classical periods. Princeton, N.J.: American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 2010, xxvi, 380. ISBN 9780876615454. info
  • CHRISTAKIS, Kostandinos S. The politics of storage : storage and sociopolitical complexity in neopalatial Crete. Philadelphia, Pa.: INSTAP Academic Press, 2008, xviii, 183. ISBN 9781931534505. info
  • SCHOEP, Ilse. Looking beyond the First Palaces : elites and the Agency of Power in EM III-MM II Crete. American Journal of Archeology. Boston, MA: Archeological Institute of America, 2006, Roč. 110, No 1, p. 37-64. ISSN 0002-9114. info
  • Cretan sanctuaries and cultscontinuity and change from Late Minoan IIIC to the Archaic period. Edited by Mieke Prent. Boston: Brill, 2005, xviii, 737. ISBN 9004142363. info
  • Crete beyond the palaces : proceedings of the Crete 2000 Conference. Edited by Leslie Preston Day - Margaret S. Mook - James David Muhly. Philadelphia: INSTAP Academic Press, 2004, xxvii, 317. ISBN 1931534098. info
  • The Function of the "Minoan villa" : proceedings of the Eighth International Symposium at the Swedish Institute at Athens, 6-8 June 1992. Edited by Robin Hägg. Stockholm: Svenska Institutet i Athen, 1997, 245 stran. ISBN 9179160344. info
  • MARINATOS, Nanno. Minoan sacrificial ritual : cult practice and symbolism. Stockholm: Paul Åström, 1986, 78 s. ISBN 9185086959. info
  • Minoan architectural designformation and signification. Edited by Donald Preziosi. New York: Mouton, 1983, xxxi, 522. ISBN 9783110824575. info
  • SPYRIDAKIS, Stylianos. Ptolemaic Itanos and Hellenistic Crete. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1970, 113 s. ISBN 0520091930. info
Teaching methods
Lecturing, individual study, discussion, creation of small projects and their presentation.
Assessment methods
Active attendance at lectures, final test and an essay.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
Teacher's information
https://elf.phil.muni.cz/elf3/course/view.php?id=3710
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2021.
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