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Viviers, Didier. "Les cités crétoises aux VIe et Ve siècles avant notre ère: contribution à l'étude de l'Etat en Grèce aux époques archaïque et classique." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/213061.
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Coutsinas, Nadia. "Défenses crétoises : fortifications urbaines et défense du territoire en Crète aux époques classique et hellénistique." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/210510.
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Le but de cette étude est de présenter un tableau des questions de défense en Crète aux époques classique et hellénistique. La cité grecque étant une entité double, la défense de la ville n’a pas été séparée de celle de son territoire.<p>Le point de départ de ce travail est le catalogue des fortifications crétoises, qui comprend 61 sites fortifiés (enceintes urbaines, forts et tours isolées).<p>À partir d’une étude qui fait une grande place aux questions de topographie, il a été possible d’une part, de dégager des dynamiques régionales et d’autre part, d’identifier certaines caractéristiques et certaines évolutions dans l’implantation des cités crétoises.<p>L’exemple de la Crète permet d’alimenter le débat sur la place de l’enceinte dans la définition de la cité. Les vestiges archéologiques ne semblent pas aller dans le sens des sources littéraires, selon lesquelles toute cité était nécessairement ceinte d’un rempart. Mais l’existence d’une enceinte semble bien être la marque du statut de cité./This study aims to raise various questions regarding defence in Crete during the classical and Hellenistic Periods. As the Greek city-state was a double entity, it seemed important to not separate the defence of the town from the defence of the territory.<p>The starting point of this work was the catalogue of Cretan fortifications, which contains 61 fortified sites (city walls, forts and watch-towers).<p>Topography plays a key role in the study therefore it is possible, on the one hand to separate regional dynamics of some cities and, on the other, to identify certain characteristics and evolutions in the settlement of Cretan cities.<p>The example of Crete encourages the debate on the role of the city-wall in the definition of the city-state. Archaeological remains do not seem not to agree with literary sources which declare that every town had a wall. However the existence of a city-wall appears to be indicative of the city-state.<br>Doctorat en Histoire, art et archéologie<br>info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished
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Kouremenos, Anna. "Houses and identity in Roman Knossos and Kissamos, Crete : a study in emulative acculturation." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.669880.
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Ellison, Travis S. "Preliminary Evaluation of Cool-crete." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1460388587.
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Karnava, Artemis. "The cretan hieroglyphic script of the second millennium BC: description, analysis, function and decipherment perspectives." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/211862.
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Muñoz, Sogas Judith. "Thirsty Seafarers at Temple B of Kommos: Commercial districts and the role of Crete in Phoenician trading networks in the Aegean." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/670972.
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The purpose of this PhD thesis is to understand the role of Crete in the economic exchange between Phoenicians and Greeks in the Aegean during the 1st millennium BC. An analysis of the materials found at the site of Kommos and its temple is conducted, as well as an examination of other Cretan sites such as Knossos, the Idaean Cave and Eleutherna. Moreover, the case of Kommos is compared to other Aegean cult structures of similar characteristics, such as the Sanctuary of Apollo in Eretria, the Heraion of Samos, the temple of Kition in Cyprus or the Temple of Vroulia in Southern Rhodes, among other temples. These appear to be not just religious spaces but also places of cultural and economic exchanges, integrated in networks of commercial districts connected by land and sea routes. This thesis aims to understand Phoenician presence and trade in Aegean temples, as well as how Crete shaped its role within the context of Mediterranean trade routes from the East to the West.<br>propósito de esta tesis doctoral es comprender el papel de Creta en el intercambio económico entre fenicios y griegos en el Egeo durante el primer milenio a.C. Se lleva a cabo un análisis de los materiales encontrados en el yacimiento de Kommos y su templo, así como un examen de otros yacimientos de Creta como Knossos, la cueva de Ida y Eleutherna. Además, el caso de Kommos se compara con otras estructuras de culto del Egeo de características similares, como el Santuario de Apolo en Eretria, el Heraion de Samos, el templo de Kition en Chipre o el Templo de Vroulia en Rodas, entre otros templos. Estos parecen no solamente ser espacios religiosos, sino también puntos de intercambio cultural y económico, integrados en redes de distritos comerciales conectados por rutas terrestres y marítimas. Esta tesis tiene como objetivo comprender la presencia fenicia y el comercio en los templos del Egeo, así como entender cuál fue el papel de Creta en el contexto de las rutas comerciales del Mediterráneo de este a oeste.<br>El propòsit d'aquesta tesi doctoral és comprendre el paper de Creta en l'intercanvi econòmic entre fenicis i grecs a l'Egeu durante el primer mil·lenni a.C. Es du a terme un anàlisi dels materials trobats al jaciment de Kommos i el seu temple, així com un examen d'altres jaciments de Creta com Knossos, la cova d'Ida i Eleutherna. A més, el cas de Kommos es compara amb altres estructures de culte de l'Egeu de característiques similars, com el Santuari d'Apol·lo a Eretria, l’Heraion de Samos, el temple de Kition a Xipre o el Temple de Vroulia a Rodes, entre altres. Aquests semben ser no només espais religiosos, sinó també punts d'intercanvi cultural i econòmic, integrats en xarxes de districtes comercials connectats per rutes terrestres i marítimes. Aquesta tesi té com a objectiu comprendre la presència fenícia i el comerç en els Temples de l'Egeu, així com entendre quina va ser el paper de Creta en el context de les rutes comercials del mar Mediterrani d'est a oest.
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Panagiotaki, Marina. "The 'Central Palace Sanctuary' area in the Palace of Knossos : an investigation into its phasing and function." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.319384.
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This study concerns the central portion of the West wing at Knossos - Evans' Central Palace Sanctuary Area. The aim is to present a full account of the finds, and by their consideration, along with an appreciation of the architecture and stratigraphy, to assess the character and function of the area, in its several phases. The initial chapter largely sets the scene, outlining the course of events of the early excavations, and detailing the primary sources drawn upon here. In each of the following chapters, a separate group of material is presented - a chronological order is maintained in this. In the case of the final phase, the extant architecture is discussed separately from the finds - purely for ease of presentation. A full Catalogue of the Vat Room, Temple Repositories and Final phase funds is then presented; followed by some appendices. The plans, line drawings and plates are in the second volume. The earliest group (late First Palace - MM II essentially) is the Vat Room Deposit: vases and largely fragmentary objects of faience, shell and metals. Recovered from a pit below the gypsum floor, the nature of the finds can reasonably be associated with some cult/ritual activity, but of uncertain nature and position. The abundant material yielded by the Temple Repositories (MM lllb - ?LM la) was stowed away deliberately after some destruction: it includes vases, many faience items, bone and ivory, stone, metal and natural objects. Individually and taken together, their character is incontrovertibly to do with a shrine - the location again being uncertain. Much of the finer details of the architecture is ambiguous, though the overall succession of phases is established. The finds associated with the last are mundane - vases; but there is still some hint of ritual interest there. Thus, a thread of continuity may be observed - though the nature of the overall pattern remains debateable. More excavation will be required to proceed further.
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Aigbomian, Eboziegbe Patrick. "Development of wood-crete building material." Thesis, Brunel University, 2013. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/13445.
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Main concerns in the building industry includes the development of alternative building materials that reduces the amount of energy spent during manufacturing process and easier to work with. Wood-crete is a composite material developed in this study, made up of wood waste (sawdust), paper, tradical lime and water. Wood-crete is developed to provide an alternative material in construction solving problems associated with the delivery of low-cost housing across all income earners, reducing the amount of energy spent during manufacturing process of construction materials and the ease with which these construction materials are developed and solve issues related to waste management. This thesis presents the processing technologies, factors which affect the performance and properties of wood-crete. Wood-crete properties were found to be closely related to the composition of the constituent elements though compressive strength and modulus of elasticity were low when compared to other building materials like concrete and steel. In a bid to improve the strength of the developed wood-crete, the properties were investigated based on the modification of sawdust by hot water boiling and alkaline treatments which help to modify cellulose fibre surface to reduce the hydrophilic nature of sawdust thereby improving the sawdust-matrix bonding. It was found that the surface modification, processing of cellulosic fibril and the extraction of lignin and hemi-cellulosic compounds with alkali had an effect on the compressive strength of wood-crete, with treating sawdust with 4% NaOH at 140mins of boiling time achieving the highest compressive strength and boiling sawdust from 100mins to 140mins had a gradual increase in compressive strength but reduced at higher boiling time. Furthermore, treating sawdust with NaOH more than 4% weakened the individual wood particles thus leading to poor strength of wood-crete. Additionally, the properties of wood-crete were investigated based on the type of wood sawdust – hardwood (beech and oak) and softwood (pine and cedar). Apart from individual wood density having a significant effect on the density of wood-crete, other factors such as lignin, cellulose, hemicellulose contents including fibre length of individual wood species affect the strength properties of wood-crete. The compressive strength of wood-crete was closely related to the wood species, with highest compressive strength of 3.93MPa recorded for hardwood wood-crete compared to 1.37MPa and 0.26MPa of wood-crete from softwood and mixed wood respectively. Results from thermal conductivity tests on wood-crete also show that wood-crete blocks can be produced with good insulating properties for building construction. Addition of different types of paper fibres to reduce the density of wood-crete and improve the insulating properties of composite developed also had a dominant influence on both strength and thermal conductivity, reflecting its effect on the structure of composite and contribution of self strength of paper fibres. The addition of various percentages of waste paper (de-fibred) had a significant influence on the thermal conductivity of wood-crete with 75% addition of waste paper achieving a thermal conductivity value of 0.046W/mK performed with the TCi thermal conductivity analyser. Thermal conductivity results for wood-crete made from hardwood and softwood sawdust was closely related to the chemical composition of various wood species, with softwood wood-crete having about 20% lower thermal conductivity compared to hardwood wood-crete. The developed wood-crete was able to withstand impact load and considered, like hempcrete, most suitable for wall panelling or other non- and semi-structural applications with good thermal insulating properties. Findings of this study provides an alternative new material for the construction industry and an important background for achieving better strength of wood-crete, choosing what type of sawdust to be used for development of wood-crete and for directing a better use of this potential material with very small embodied energy and carbon negative.
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Peatfield, Alan Alfred Demetrious. "The peak sanctuaries of Minoan Crete." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.541462.
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Carrier, Caroline. "Cnossos de l’époque classique à l’époque impériale (Ve siècle avant J.-C.-Ier siècle après J.-C.) : étude de numismatique et d’histoire." Thesis, Sorbonne université, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018SORUL034.
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Cnossos est principalement connue pour ses vestiges minoens et peu de travaux ont été menés sur les périodes postérieures malgré la multiplication des études sur la Crète historique depuis une vingtaine d’années. La période antique est pourtant fondamentale dans son histoire. En effet, entre le Ve siècle av. J.-C. et le milieu du Ier siècle ap. J.-C., c’est l’histoire d’une cité puissante politiquement en Crète puis d’une colonie romaine prospère qui se dessine grâce aux sources archéologiques et textuelles publiées, ainsi qu’à un corpus monétaire inédit. La première partie de la thèse est une étude des monnaies produites à Cnossos pendant toute l’histoire de l’atelier ; elle présente d’abord un catalogue de 2970 monnaies cnossiennes, les contextes de découverte des monnaies cnossiennes dans le monde grec et les monnaies de fouilles de Cnossos, puis une étude de chaque série (typologie, étude de coins, métrologie et datation). La seconde partie est une étude de l’histoire de Cnossos divisée en trois sections correspondant aux périodes classique, hellénistique et impériale. Pour chacune, sont examinés les frontières, l’aménagement du territoire et les événements historiques en prenant en compte la totalité des sources disponibles, numismatiques bien sûr mais aussi les autres vestiges archéologiques et les textes épigraphiques et littéraires. Ces deux parties sont accompagnées d’un volume d’annexes et de planches (volume 2) qui comprend notamment une liste des vestiges mis au jour sur le site entre les premières fouilles de la fin du XIXe siècle à aujourd’hui, le détail des tombes fouillées et les textes épigraphiques découverts à Cnossos et/ou relatifs à la cité<br>Knossos is mainly known for its Minoans remains and little work has been undertaken on the later periods in spite of the many studies on historic Crete published in the last twenty years. Antiquity is nevertheless fundamental in its history. Indeed, between the 5th century BC and the middle of the 1st century AD, it is the story of a city politically powerful in Crete and then a prosperous Roman colony which can be seen because of the published archaeological and textual sources, and an unpublished coin corpus. The first part of the thesis is a study of the coins struck at Knossos during the entire operational period of the mint; it shows first a catalogue of 2970 Knossian coins, the archaeological contexts of the Knossian coins in the Greek world and the coins found during excavations of the site. Then, each series is studied (typology, die study, metrology and dating). The second part is a study of Knossos divided into three sections corresponding to the Classical, Hellenistic and Roman periods. For each, the borders, the spatial organisation and historical events are studied with all available sources: numismatics, archaeological remains and epigraphic and literary texts. These two parts work with an annexe and illustrations volume (volume 2) which is composed mainly of a remains list dug between the end of the 19th century and today, the tombs and the epigraphic texts discovered at/or about the city
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Stavroulakis, Stavros. "Crete the Church of Crete and her relations to the Ecumenical Patriarchate from the period of her autonomy to the present /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2006. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p016-0029.
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Oikonomou, Sophia. "The life of Ioannes Xenos : critical edition and commentary." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 1999. https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/the-life-of-ioannes-xenos--critical-edition-and-commentary(7aaa26f9-c478-45c7-be20-f47d5cff5eec).html.
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Hamilakis, Yannis. "Strategies for survival and strategies for domination : wine, oil and #social complexity' in Bronze Age Crete." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.284301.
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Day, Peter Martin. "A petrographic approach to the study of pottery in neopalatial East Crete." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1991. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/273143.
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Erickson, Brice Lindell. "Late archaic and classical Crete : island pottery styles in an age of historical transition, ca. 600--400 B.C. /." Full text (PDF) from UMI/Dissertation Abstracts International, 2000. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p3004260.
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LOPEZ, ERIC. "Les neurocristopathies : travaux fondamentaux et aspects de la pathologie humaine." Toulouse 3, 1993. http://www.theses.fr/1993TOU31545.
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Livingston, Kathryn Jane. "Regional variation in protopalatial Crete? a comparison of Minoan domestic and funerary architecture in Eastern and Central Crete /." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/6268.
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Thesis (M.A.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007.<br>The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on January 15, 2007) Includes bibliographical references.
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Zouzoula, Evgenia. "The fantastic creatures of Bronze Age Crete." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2007. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/11787/.
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This thesis studies the imaginary beings of Minoan iconography with the aim of understanding their functions and meaning within the iconography of Bronze Age Crete. Two broad categories of Minoan fantastic creatures can be discerned, namely the imported and the locally created hybrids. With the exception of investigations of the genius, previous studies have focused mainly on matters of typology and style and, more importantly, have detached the illustrations of imaginary beings from their context of creation and use. Consequently, griffins and sphinxes are vaguely classified as "royal monsters", the dragon is merely considered as the transporter of deities, the reasons behind the creation of the bird-lady and the "Minotaur" are still unfathomable and the demonic creations of the Zakros workshop have not been explained at all and are simply viewed as meaningless. On the other hand, conjoined animals and less popular monsters, like the winged goats, have been more or less overlooked. In an attempt to remedy this, this study places the fantastic creatures of the Minoans within their context. The iconography of the Prepalatial, Protopalatial, Neopalatial and Final Palatial periods is examined sequentially so as to determine the degree to which the functions of demons and monsters changed through time in the Minoan repertoire. Variations in the choice of media for their depictions, the consideration of their find contexts, of religious and socio-political developments in each period and of the development of monstrous iconography in the mainland, the Aegean islands, the Near East and Egypt, all help towards a better appreciation of the fantastic world of the "Minoans". As a result, generic characterisations of the Minoan imaginary beings are rejected and the multiplicity of their roles, their ability to evolve and their significant role in the expression of the Minoan mindset are established. In short, the demons and monsters of the Minoans are revealed as reflections of the multifaceted, complex society of Bronze Age Crete and articulate the fears, concerns and beliefs of its different members.
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Lowe, Fri Maria. "The double axe in Minoan Crete : a functional analysis of production and use /." Stockholm : Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies, Stockholm University [distributör], 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-7039.
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Soderberg, Nick. "The emergence of Cretan palatial society : an architectural perspective." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2014. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.648870.
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Platon, E. M. "The workshops and working areas of Minoan Crete : the evidence of the palace and town of Zakros for a comparative study." Thesis, University of Bristol, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/1983/074ee146-9860-4d06-b056-57780a60975d.
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This dissertation attempts to approach the problem of function and organization of Minoan work places. The study and detailed presentation of the relevant material originating from the palatial complex of Zakros aims at presenting as clear a picture as possible of the work areas in one of the most important Minoan centres during the Late Bronze Age. In the Introduction, a short definition of the term 'Minoan workshops' is given and the object of this study is presented. The method of approach of the material from Zakros is selected and the limits of the present study are set. Chapter II contains a short criticism on the existing bibliography and criteria for identifying work places are sought and classified on the basis of the type of production. Chapter III presents the Zakros workshops. Part I presents the material, Part II contains descriptions and evaluations of each work place. Chapter IV contains comparative material - other Minoan workshops more or less contemporary as well as some Mycenaean and Aegean ones. The last chapter consists of a discussion of the workmen's socio-economic position, the work places' features and their organization as shown by their location, architectural form and their contents.
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Karafotias, A. "Crete and international relationships in the Hellenistic period." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.264015.
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Sweetman, Rebecca J. "The mosaics of Roman and early Christian Crete." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.311720.
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Damilati, Krystalli. "Dealing with inequality in Early Bronze Age Crete." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2005. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/14870/.
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This study seeks to shed light on problems associated with current views of social inequality as they have been applied to the Early Bronze Age in Crete. The aim is to elucidate the epistemological status of the concept of inequality in Aegean archaeological discourse and to disclose the tacit assumptions that have made problematic our dealings with the phenomenon of inequality. My critique of classic approaches to inequality stems from two facts: first, from their inclination to treat inequality as a phenomenon limited in time and space and second, from their largely untheorised treatment of the relationship between wealth and relational inequalities when it is exactly this relationship that needs to be brought into the open. Wishing to deal with critique in a constructive manner, I suggest a few ways in which one may go beyond current approaches to inequality, toward a new and more rewarding way of inquiring into the matter. This is supported with an archeological example from the Early Bronze Age cemetery at the site of Mochlos. The central argument is that inequality is a universal social fact and that by continuing to pursue its origins we perpetuate the arbitrary and misleading ethnocentric constructions of modernity. There is no such thing as a division between egalitarian and hierarchical social formations but rather societies as moral communities. Being is not fixed but is recursively formed through processes of valuation always presenced within the realm of social practice and interaction. Both power and what we call 'status' are transactional affairs as well as practical accomplishments. People do not simply find themselves in relations of power; they achieve, perpetuate, reinvent or resist debts and structures of influence. The value of different resources, the efficacy of debt obligations and structures of influence are realised in usage. In the case of resources this is achieved in the manner of their employment, in that of debts and influence this is attained as lived commitments among agents. Drawing upon the concept of performance, I suggest that an alternative approach can enable us both to rethink inequality along more productive lines and to answer questions that previous accounts have been proved incapable of dealing with.
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Hubálek, Tomáš. "Konstrukce jednoúčelového stroje pro broušení cihel LI CRETE." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta strojního inženýrství, 2017. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-318783.
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The aim of this thesis is to design a one-purpose machine for grinding concrete light-permeable bricks LiCrete. The bricks LiCrete are a new interior design component. The final step of manufacturing is wet grinding with high quality and accuracy. At the same time it is grinded the concrete and light-permeable parts made by polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA). It is important to keep size and quality appearance of the bricks. The research part contains description of the problems related to the grinding of the bricks LiCrete. The next part is about conceptual variants of the solution. The construction contains the complex solution of one-purpose machine with technical drawings. The last part include a conceptual design of continuous high-productive machine for grinding LiCrete bricks.
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Diener, Ann-Sofie. "The orientalising phenomenon on Crete, 9th-7th centuries BC." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2016. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:3cbcc025-c862-4d14-8bf1-3254458ae0a7.
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This thesis compiles and assesses orientalising artefacts from EIA Crete, which by definition are those that emulate Near Eastern models in design, style or technique. While oriental imports discovered on Crete have been the subject of several recent publications, there are currently no studies that deal with orientalising finds from the island in a similarly comprehensive manner. The aim of the present work is to fill this gap in scholarship and to provide a solid basis for interpretation. Following a multifaceted approach, the thesis offers an in-depth investigation of relevant pottery, terracottas, sculpture and metal finds. These classes of objects are investigated in terms of types, contexts and iconographies; they are then compared to potential Near Eastern models, which are examined in equal detail where appropriate. Based on this evidence, presumed connections to the Near East are challenged or substantiated while novel links are added, offering fresh insights into the meaning of the Cretan material. A critical revaluation of Cretan contacts with the Near East puts gained findings into a larger perspective of socio-political relations. The final part of the thesis suggests a new interpretation of the material, stressing the importance of Cretan agency, cultural self-definition and the multivalent nature of the orientalising phenomenon on the island.
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Machado, Paulo de Castro Marcondes. "Estados primitivos em Creta: a administração neopalacial e as unidades sócio-políticas minóicas." Universidade de São Paulo, 2009. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/71/71131/tde-13082009-170044/.
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A civilização minóica da Creta da Idade do Bronze foi uma das poucas civilizações européias a organizar a sociedade através de um sistema palacial. Os estudos sobre a formação dos estados minóicos devem analisar em profundidade o sistema administrativo palacial e as mudanças no mesmo ao longo de seus seis séculos de funcionamento - neste trabalho pretende-se analisar a evolução da complexidade das unidades sócio-políticas minóicas através da análise de suas formas administrativas. A definição de categorias de sítios administrativos - pela análise funcional dos vestígios arquiteturais e dos achados arqueológicos dos mesmos - e o estudo dos padrões hierárquicos entre os diversos sítios, serão o cerne do trabalho. O uso de metodologias apropriadas para a análise de processos de mudança e formação de instituições político-administrativas, como a Teoria de Sistemas e os conceitos de peer polity interaction de Colin Renfrew, serão as ferramentas básicas deste projeto. Esse trabalho é um desdobramento de pesquisa desenvolvida em Mestrado realizado no MAE/USP sobre as interações entre os estados primitivos de Creta e as práticas de culto minóicas.<br>The Minoan Civilization of the Bronze Age Crete was one of the few european civilizations that organized its society through a palatial system. The studies about the development of the Minoan States must analyse thoroughness the administrative palatial system and the changes that have occured on it during its six centuries of functioning. In this thesis we intend to analyse the complexity evolution of the Minoan polities through the analysis of its administrative configurations. The definition of administrative sites - through the function analysis of the architectural vestiges and of its archaeological discoveries - and the study of the hierarchic patterns among the sites, will be the main point of this research. The use of usefull methodologies for the analysis of early state formation and culture change, like systems theory and the concepts of peer polity interaction, will be the basis tools of this project. This research follows research developed in the mastership done in MAE/USP about the interaction between the early states of Crete and the Minoan ritual practices.
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Vassilakis-Mavrakakis, Maria. "The church of the Virgin Gouverniotissa at Potamies, Crete." Thesis, Courtauld Institute of Art (University of London), 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.312857.
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Pavlopoulou, Argyro. "Musical tradition and change on the island of Crete." Thesis, Goldsmiths College (University of London), 2012. http://research.gold.ac.uk/6962/.
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This thesis examines the changes in the traditional music of Crete that have transpired in the twentieth century, particularly since the 1950's. Chapter One reviews the ethnomusicological, and to a lesser extent the anthropological, literature on the music of the island; it also presents a history of Cretan music over the centuries, with special reference to the impact of the long Turkish occupation. In addition, it describes what Cretan music is consisted of and also focuses on the 'mantinades', the musical instruments associated with the Cretan tradition and dance. Chapter Two discusses the particular difficulties encountered by the researcher in conducting fieldwork in Crete. It highlights issues such as ethnomusicology "at home", pre-fieldwork and fieldwork period. Chapter Three deals with the nature and structure of musical 'glendia' events which are of central importance in the musical life of the island. It also considers the ethnographer's practice of learning to perform Cretan dances as a research technique in ethnomusicology. Chapter Four surveys the music profession Crete, and the networks of Cretan musicians. Chapter Five examines the complexities of how Cretans understand the concept of "tradition" with respect to current music performance in Crete and the new genres that have emerged. Chapter Six provides the conclusions to the research.
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Sinha, Bijon. "The Crete and Cretans of Euripides : perceptions and representations." Thesis, Open University, 2017. http://oro.open.ac.uk/48912/.
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This thesis focuses on Euripides’ dramatic representations of Crete, famous from myth, geography, art, literature and philosophy. This thesis will attempt to address the following key questions: how is Crete represented in the extant Euripidean plays and fragments? How consistent are such representations between themselves? How are the Cretan mythological characters deployed? How are previous representations of Crete re-stated or adapted? What questions of association and identity appear to be raised? What kinds of multiple identities and their potential for interpretation are to be found in the plays? How do these relate to paradigms found in other sources? And finally, do Euripides’ representations of Crete as an island as constructed in these works contribute to a wider understanding of the relationship between the islands and Athens? Various themes emerge from detailed textual analyses which stress Crete’s distinct, isolated nature, including the portrayals of Minos, Cretan women, the Minotaur, Cretan gods and spirits and the location of Crete itself. Many of these themes are also deployed paradoxically to stress, instead, Crete’s links with the mainland. Overall, common themes emerge that can be usefully considered in terms of two contemporary, theoretical models - insularity and interconnectivity-, which offer insights into the complex relationships of difference and similarity between islands and the mainland. In terms of insularity, Crete is viewed as an ‘island’, distant and distinct from Athens. The model of interconnectivity, conversely, stresses links between Crete and other regions as suggested by the many travels undertaken by protagonists in these works. Insularity and interconnectivity, then, can be used to consider Euripides’ Crete as part of a continuum between complete independence from and complete integration with the outside world. By considering models of insularity and interconnectivity specifically in relation to drama, this thesis departs in new directions from previous studies. Chapter 1 outlines the research questions raised in the study of Cretanism and explains the structure of the thesis. Chapter 2 entails textual analyses of the references to Crete in Hippolytus. Chapter 3 involves textual analyses of the fragmentary The Cretans, illustrating how Cretans on Crete are represented. Chapter 4 considers emerging themes used to emphasize Cretanism, which, in turn, reinforce Crete’s distinctive, insular nature. Chapter 5 considers the evidence in terms of insularity and interconnectivity. These models highlight difference and separation, as well as similarity and interconnectivity between Crete, Athens and the rest of the Greek world. Chapter 6 reflects on the findings of previous chapters, arguing that certain models of insularity and interconnectivity can be usefully drawn out of Euripides’ representations of Crete to offer insights into the perceptions of islands in drama.
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CONTOUZOCLU, PSAROUDAKIS GEORGETTE. "L'ecole en crete sous la domination ottomane - 1669-1898 -." Université Louis Pasteur (Strasbourg) (1971-2008), 1996. http://www.theses.fr/1996STR20014.
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La these etudie a l'evolution de l'ecole grecque en crete sous la domination ottomane. Ses limites chronoogiques sont 1669, date de la prise de candie, et 1898 date de l' autonomie de l'ile. La premiere des trois parties (16691821) presente le cadre social, la structure et les liens avec l'eglise orthodoxe des premieres ecoles de xviie et xviiie siecles. La deuxieme partie 1821-1866 montre l'interaction entre economie et education, les reformes administratives (loi organique) et les retombees de la question monastique. La derniere partie 1866-1898 etudie l'education en crete face a l'inserrection cretoise de 1866, l'oeuvre de l'assemblee generale de 1869 et l'administration des ecoles sous le pression des conseils des deleques. Les manuels, les programmes d'etudes, et la structure interne des ecoles se presentant au fur et a mesure que la recherche se developpe<br>The thesis examine the evolution of the greek school of crete, under the domination of the ottomanic empire. The chronological boundaries date back to 1669, at which time candie was seized, and 1898, at xwhich time the island acquired its autonomy of the three parts of the study, the first one 1669 - 1821 deals with the presentation of the social framework, as well as with the structure and ties of the weventheenth and eightheenth centuries' first schools with the orthodox church. The second part 1821-1866 establishes the interaction between the sectors of economy and education, shows the administrative regforme (organic law) as well as the repercussions of the monastic issue. The last part, 1866 1898, studies the education in crete when confronted with the cretan insurrection of 1866, the work of the general assembly of 1869, and shcool's administration under the pressure of the delegates counsil. Books, studies programmes ans schools interne structure figures as well
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Newall, Diana. "Art, artist, patron, community in Venetian Crete, 1200-1450." Thesis, Courtauld Institute of Art (University of London), 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.527483.
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Hsu, Sheng-Chieh. "Bronze-Age Crete and Art Nouveau: A Diachronic Dialog." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2017. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/450833.
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Art History<br>Ph.D.<br>This dissertation examines the relationship between Minoan art and Art Nouveau. The Minoan civilization was rediscovered at the turn of the twentieth century when the Art Nouveau movement reached its peak. Due to this coincidental timing, their artistic resemblance has raised questions about whether Minoan art had inspired Art Nouveau and whether Art Nouveau played a role in the restoration of Minoan art. The possibility of a Minoan influence on Art Nouveau is considered through a number of aspects, which include news reports on the excavations, Minoan collections acquired by museums, reference to the Minoans in various fields, application of Minoan motifs, and the attractiveness of the Minoans to Art Nouveau artists. As for the reversed influence, the research analyzes how archaeologists came to see the Minoans as a “modern” civilization, investigates the background of the restorers of Minoan objects, and provides examples of fresco restorations that illustrate an Art Nouveau preference of the early archaeologists and restorers. With the evidence and the discussion, I argue that the existing connection between Minoan art and Art Nouveau is beyond doubt.<br>Temple University--Theses
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Lorenzon, Marta. "Earthen architecture in Bronze Age Crete : from raw materials to construction." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/25931.
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Earthen architecture is a widespread phenomenon, both in the present day and the past. It is one of the most impressive expressions of the human ability to create a unique built environment from modest natural resources. Archaeological research has shown that mud brick manufacturing techniques can inform on community practices in relation to architecture. New geoarchaeological and microarchaeological approaches provide information on the source of raw materials in conjunction with the mode of manufacture and construction. The aim of this study is to investigate Minoan earthen architecture using mud bricks as an integral part of material culture in order to reconstruct the technological process of mud brick manufacture and to provide fresh insights about architectural craft specialisation in Bronze Age Crete. In order to fulfil this goal, more than 10,000 mud bricks are studied both macroscopically, by investigating broad trends in manufacture and construction form, and microscopically, by considering the finer details of raw material procurement and building performance through XRF, XRD and thin section petrography. This research places the geoarchaeological analysis of mud brick architecture within a specific multidisciplinary theoretical framework that combines archaeological data, architectural analysis and ethnoarchaeology. The analyses clarify how raw materials were selected and used within and between buildings. They also shed light on broader temporal changes, such as increasing technological sophistication, the type of labour force, if centrally organised or household based, and its impact on architecture. Earthen building forms and materials are the result of assimilation between the natural and built environment. Therefore the exploitation of specific raw materials sheds light on community strategies of adaptation to natural resources and their transformation into material culture. Research results indicate that mud brick manufacture was a standardised activity during the Minoan period with evidence of craft specialisation in raw source material selection, production and construction.
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Bennet, Donald John Logan. "Aspects of the administrative organization of LM II-IIIB Crete : a study based on archaeological and textual data." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1986. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/250889.
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Vernon-Hunt, S. "Minoan religion : a comparative analysis of the cult material from a sample of shrine sites in Bronze Age Crete." Thesis, University of Bristol, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/1983/ccef3ca2-e339-4404-8e3f-7914c7a9d0e5.
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Legarra, Herrero Borja. "Mortuary behaviour and social organisation in Pre- and Protopalatial Crete." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2007. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1445176/.
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The mortuary record of Pre- and Protopalatial Crete comprises the main corpus of data available for the study of these periods on the island. Although the evidence from funerary contexts has been the object of study for over a century, most of the work produced so far has not been founded upon clear methodological and theoretical approaches. This has resulted in an underachievement in the extraction of information from the record, and a failure to take the intricate relationship between the study of the mortuary record and the understanding of the social organisation of living communities into proper consideration. The aim of this work is to produce a new, comprehensive study of the entire mortuary record of Pre- and Protopalatial Crete. It revises the published data in accordance with a new methodology that applies a bottom-up, comprehensive approach to the record. Combining monographic studies of Cretan material culture with newly published data into the context of the tomb and the cemetery allows a more accurate and rich understanding of the archaeological evidence from burial sites. Consequently, the detailed picture of spatial and temporal variations and patterns in mortuary behaviour that this study produces can be used to create a more complex model for the use and role of cemeteries for Cretan communities. A clear new theoretical and methodological approach permits to use the new fluid and complex model of the mortuary behaviour for re-examining Cretan communities during the Pre- and Protopalatial periods and understanding them both in terms of both horizontal and vertical organisation and within a complex spatial and temporal framework.
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McKenzie-Young, Rebecca. "The role of women in Minoan Crete : a historiographic approach." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.417687.
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Dawe, Kevin. "Performance and entrepreneurialism : the work of professional musicians in Crete." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.261882.
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Shapland, A. J. "Over the horizon : human-animal relations in Bronze Age Crete." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2009. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/17579/.
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The iconography of Bronze Age Crete has long been noted for the abundance of animal imagery. The excavator of Knossos, Sir Arthur Evans, explained these depictions in terms of ‘nature-loving Minoans’: as part of the reassessment of long-held concepts in ‘Minoan’ archaeology this thesis offers a different framework for considering animals in Bronze Age Cretan material culture. Drawing on the interdisciplinary field of ‘animal studies’ it provides a perspective which foregrounds human-animal relationships, rather than the prevailing onesided view in which humans impose meanings on animals. The affordance concept, in which meanings arise from interaction, offers a balanced way to consider the relations between humans, animals and material culture. Sealstones, frescoes, zoomorphic figures, ceramic decoration, animal bones and written documents are all regarded as material traces of human-animal relations, each medium potentially implicated in different types of human-animal relationships or ‘animal practices’. Iconographic and statistical analysis are used to establish the potential significance of these traces: different types of animals are depicted in different ways and occur in varying frequencies in each medium. This demonstrates that they were used actively to convey information about animals rather than reflecting a passive interest in the natural world. The implications of this approach for an understanding of Bronze Age Cretan society are considered.
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Mantzourani, Eleni. "Pictorial pottery of the LMIA period on Crete and Thera." Thesis, Royal Holloway, University of London, 1985. http://repository.royalholloway.ac.uk/items/7d1f0181-591e-4778-89ee-0482fc7b890d/1/.
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The present study examines the pictorial style of pottery made in Thera and Crete in the LCI/LMIA period. The work is in two volumes. Volume I is divided into three parts. Part I comprises the introductory chapter in which there is a summary of previous research on the subject and the aims of the thesis are set out. Chapter II the context of the pictorial style of pottery is examined. Chapter III contains analysis of the forms of vases with pictorial decoration. Part II includes three chapters dealing with the Analysis of Motifs. The plants are analysed in Chapter IV, the living creatures in Chapter V and the sacred symbols in Chapter VI. Part III comprises the Synthesis. In Chapter VII an attempt is made to identify pottery workshops specializing in different vase forms and decoration. Chapter VIII examines the origin and character of the pictorial style of pottery in the Cyclades and Crete. Finally in the last Chapter IX, conclusions regarding the character, context, forms and motifs, workshops and development of the pictorial style pottery are presented. A possible ritual function of the pottery is discussed. Interrelations and influences between the cultures Of Thera and Crete on various Levels are demonstrated. Volume II contains a Catalogue Of the available pottery, presented in two groups: the first from Thera and the second from Crete. The illustrations — figures and photographic plates — come at the end of Volume II.
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Lax, Elliott Martin 1959. "A Gazetteer of Pleistocene Paleontological Sites on Crete Island, Greece." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/558152.
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Parry-Jones, Alison. "The development and application of novel analytical techniques in the determination of geographical origin and adulteration of vegetable oils." Thesis, University of South Wales, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.364875.
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Moffett, Patricia. "Saphira, the snake priestess : a novel, and; Minoan is not Greek : an essay." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2011. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/457.
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The creative project of the novel, Saphira, the Snake Priestess, embodied two goals. The first was to write a novel to appeal to what I have termed the sub Young Adult reader, the reader of around fourteen years of age. The second was to introduce this age group to the remarkable Minoan civilisation of around 1600BC. The novel aims to stimulate interest in the subjects of Ancient History and Mythology that inform studies in English and Literature in the later years of secondary school. The essay, Minoan is not Greek, explains some of the reasons for the distinction between the Minoan and the later Mycenaean and Greek civilisations. As explained in the essay, the creative project is an historical novel, not a work of history. The first section of the essay discusses some of the novels that have appeal for the student of around fourteen years of age. The second section of the essay explores the way in which a novel may be written about a civilisation, from which there is no deciphered writing, based on archaeology, artefacts and mythology. In the last section of the essay on the relevant mythology, there is a brief indication of the psychological basis for the archetypal motifs that have persisted in the western tradition. Both novel and essay show the reader that Minoan achievements were distinct from later developments on the Greek mainland and represent the first efflorescence of western civilisation.
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Protonotarios, Dimitrios-Anargyros. "Study for the development of a railway network in Crete, Greece." Thesis, KTH, Väg- och banteknik, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-101818.
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This thesis deals with a preliminary proposal for the development of a railway network in Crete which is the biggest of the Greek islands. The study includes the feasibility, operational, economical and constructional aspects. The ambition of the study is to cover as many aspects of the project as possible and therefore the analysis of each section had to be limited. The results show that the proposal could be done in the future under several conditions though. The general goal of this thesis is to add another hint to the idea of the construction of the ambitious project titled ‘Cretan Railways’.
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Lazaridis, Gabriella. "Agriculture, handicrafts and women's associations in two villages in western Crete." Thesis, University of Bristol, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.318363.
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Maarschalk, Rebekah L. "Continuity and change : identity in LM IIIC to Hellenistic East Crete." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2011. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/2394/.
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Archaeology is in the privileged position of being able to examine identities through the long time periods often called upon by advocates of essentialist identities, such as those working in the modern political sphere, using theory, methodology and evidence developed by scholars. The influence of the contemporary context within which archaeology is practised is clear in the types of identities, particularly ethnic and cultural identities, which have dominated research on this topic, including on Crete where much attention has focused on identities such as the 'Eteocretans'. I suggest that the archaeological and textual evidence from Crete offers considerable scope for exploring other types of group identity, both in themselves and in intersection with each other, and the ways in which these may have changed and/or continued to be salient through long periods of time. The theoretical and methodological basis of my study posits that one significant way in which group identities are negotiated and communicated is through social practices, and it is therefore possible to access at least some of the group identities that were salient in the past by examining the material and textual residues of past social practices. On this basis, evidence for social practices and the identities established and signified through these practices is examined for East Crete from Late Minoan IIIC to the Hellenistic period (c. 1200 – 67 BC). The results of my study highlight patterns of both continuity and change in group identities, including a move from relatively small community identities to large, formalised polis identities. Cutting across these were a number of other identities, including those associated with religious practices, and informal identities, many not easily visible in the available evidence, such as identities linked to social status, family, kin and lineage groups, gender, age, occupation and cultural/ethnic groupings such as the 'Eteocretans'.
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Kieser, Deanne. "Minoan trade: aspects and ambiguities." Diss., [S.l. : s.n.], 2005. http://etd.unisa.ac.za/ETD-db/ETD-desc/describe?urn=etd-08192005-084633.
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Dagli, Korinna. "Aménagement régional et développement touristique de la partie occidentale de la Crète." Université Joseph Fourier (Grenoble), 1989. http://www.theses.fr/1989GRE19025.
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Amenagement regional et developpement touristique de la partie occidentale de la crete : apres une presentation generale de l'ile de crete notre etude tend a cerner les conditions et les modalites d'amenagement d' une region-test : le departement de la canee. Une region qui souffre d'handicaps, lies a l'insularite, a l'environnement montagnard, a l'isolement y compris en crete. Au travers d'une analyse precisant la situation socio-economique et son evolution ayant contribue a l'exode des populations, l'etude propose des solutions d'amelioration, dont le tourisme est une des clefs sans etre pour autant l'unique facteur dynamisant envisage. Cette composante touristique devant s'inscrire dans une politique d'amenagement adapte qui est seule capable de palier au retard de developpement de la region<br>After a general presentation of the island of creete our study going to surround the conditions and the modalities of the management of one region-test. The department of canee, one region which suffers from handicaps becomes acquainted to the insularity, to the mountaineer environment, to the separately including in creete. Through an analysis which specifies the socio-economical situation, and its evolution that has contributed to the populations exode, the study proposes solutions of amelioration, out of which tourism is one of the keys without being nevertheless the only factor to consider. This tourist composing to have to enter one's name adapted in a management politics who is the only competent to bring a remedy to the delay of the region development
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Evely, R. D. G. "Minoan crafts tools and techniques, an introduction /." Göteborg : P. Aström, 1993. http://books.google.com/books?id=7zJoAAAAMAAJ.
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