Pax Minoica Revisited : New Research on Arthur Evans' Concept of the Political Expansion of Minoan Crete (Contributions to the Archaeology of Egypt, Nubia and the Levant, 19)

by: Marinatos, N. Blakolmer, F. Platon, L.

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Pax Minoica Revisited
New Research on Arthur Evans? Concept of the Political Expansion of Minoan Crete
Herausgeber: Marinatos, Nanno / Blakolmer, Fritz / Platon, Lefteris
Reihe:
Contributions to the Archaeology of Egypt, Nubia and the Levant
Bandnummer: 19
Umfang/Format: 254 pages, 124 ill., 13 maps

Pax Minoica Revisited centers on the question of the ?Minoan state? in the Aegean during the 17th–15th centuries BCE and includes interconnected subjects such as the exact definition of ?Pax Minoica? and the role of Minoan warfare, the meaning of ?Minoan Thalassocracy? (the military role of the Minoan navy, as outlined by Thucydides), models of colonisation, ethnicity and cultural transformation. It includes a variety of approaches ranging from theoretical models to more traditional art historical analysis and the reconstruction and consideration of historical processes. Its aim therefore is to present new evidence, research and ideas on the subjects associated with the ?Pax Minoica? that challenge (or justify) Arthur Evans? original concept of a Minoan expansion and colonization.
In 11 original articles by 12 international specialists active in the fields of Aegean archaeology and Egyptology, these subjects are of fundamental significance for our understanding of Neopalatial Crete and the Minoanised regions of the Aegean. They are re-examined under the impact of recent archaeological evidence, but also by the re-evaluation of old and inadequately published material. Regarding the geographical focus of the individual contributions, several of them shed light on the inner-Cretan political situation during the Neopalatial period, while others investigate the interconnections between Crete and the Aegean islands as well as those with Early Mycenaean mainland Greece. In addition, two contributions by Egyptologists focus on the relationship between Egypt and Minoan Crete during this crucial period.

Contributions to the Archaeology of Egypt, Nubia and the Levant CAENL Edited by Manfred Bietak, Robert Rollinger, Rahim Shayegan and Willeke Wendrich Volume 19

Pax Minoica Revisited New Research on Arthur Evans? Concept of the Political Expansion of Minoan Crete Edited by Nanno Marinatos, Fritz Blakolmer and Lefteris Platon

Table of Contents

Preface ....................................................................................................................................................7 by Nanno Marinatos, Fritz Blakolmer and Lefteris Platon Introduction ............................................................................................................................................9 by Nanno Marinatos, Fritz Blakolmer and Lefteris Platon Between the Eruption of Thera and the Helladic Conquest of Crete: Known Unknowns ..................13 by Malcolm H. Wiener War and Peace: Sir Arthur Evans, the Great War, and the Pax Minoica .............................................23 by Nicoletta Momigliano Sir Arthur Evans and Spyridon Marinatos on the Minoan Dominance of the Aegean .......................35 by Nanno Marinatos, with an Appendix “A Bull Seal from Routsi” by Nanno Marinatos and Giorgos Rethemiotakis Problematising Minoan Thalassocracy. A Theoretical Approach to a Longstanding Debate ............61 by Diamantis Panagiotopoulos The Uneven and Controversial Character of ?Minoan? Culture in the Central and Eastern Aegean: A Contextual Analysis .........................................................................................................................81 by Luca Girella War or Peace? The Cause of the Destructions of the Neopalatial Sites at the End of the Late Minoan IB Period: Once Again .................................................................................................105 by Lefteris Platon Offensive Weapons from the Grave of the Griffin Warrior at Pylos .................................................131 by Jack L. Davis and Sharon R. Stocker On the ?Minoanizing? Character of the Mural Iconography in the Cyclades in the Period of the ?Minoan Thalassocracy? ....................................................................................................................141 by Fritz Blakolmer The Minoan Hero-Warrior. War Scenes on Sealings from Agia Triada, Knossos and Zakros .........175 by Giorgos Rethemiotakis A Brief Assessment of Possible Egyptian Influences on Minoan Martial Representations ..............203 by Richard H. Wilkinson Why did the Relationship between Egypt and the Minoan World Reach its Zenith in the Era of Hatshepsut and Tuthmosis III? ..........................................................................................................213 by Manfred Bietak

Pax Minoica Revisited : New Research on Arthur Evans' Concept of the Political Expansion of Minoan Crete (Contributions to the Archaeology of Egypt, Nubia and the Levant, 19)

by: Marinatos, N. Blakolmer, F. Platon, L.

• ISBN-13: 9783447123273 / 978-3-447-12327-3
• ISBN-03: 3447123273 / 3-447-12327-3
• Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden, 2025

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• ISBN-13: 9783515083799
• ISBN-03: 3515083790
• Franz Steiner, Stuttgart, 2004