Main entry:

Castleden, Rodney.

Title & Author:

The Knossos labyrinth : a new view of the "Palace of Minos" at Knosos / Rodney Castleden ; illustrated by the author.

Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1990.

Description:

xi, 205 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-196) and index.
The Legendary Knossos -- The discovery of the labyrinth -- Arthur Evans and the 1900 dig at Knossos -- The neolithic and pre-palace periods at knossos -- The bronze age palace: Sir Arthur Evans' interpretation -- Wunderlich's 'Palace of the dead' -- The temple of the goddesses -- Beyond the labyrinth walls -- The lady of the labyrinth -- The bull dance -- The Thera eruption -- The fall of the labyrinth -- The journey of the soul -- Appendix A: Chronological table -- Appendix B: Selected linear B tablets.

Summary:

Castleden presents the Knossos Labyrinth as the key to an understanding of Minoan civilization. He argues that the Knossos Labyrinth was a temple or necropolis, and not a bronze age royal palace as it is more generally supposed.

Resources:
Table of contents
Publisher description

ISBN:

0415033152
9780415033152

Subject:

Palace of Knossos (Knossos)
Palais de Cnossos (Cnossos)
Antiquities.
Paleizen.
Minoïsche cultuur.
Minoans.
Knossos (Extinct city)
Crete (Greece) Antiquities.
Greece Antiquities.
Cnossos (Ville ancienne)
Crète (Grèce) Antiquités.
Grèce Antiquités.
Greece Knossos (Extinct city)
Greece.
Greece Crete.
Knossos (Extinct city) Palaces.
Knossos (Extinct city) Antiquities.
Cnossos (ville ancienne) Palais.
01030 Greece p1030 Crete p1030 Knossos 11030 palaces Minoan 10420

Holdings:

Location: Library main 53374
Call No.: ID:90-B2119
Status: Available