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Hatzakis, Helen. "The Little Palace at Knossos : a re-examination." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.308808.

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MacGillivray, Joseph Alexander. "Knossos : pottery groups of the old palace period /." London : British school at Athens, 1998. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb37200456d.

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Kienzle, Peter. "Conservation and reconstruction at the Palace of Minos at Knossos." Thesis, University of York, 1998. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/9787/.

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MacGillivray, Joseph Alexander. "Pottery of the Old Palace at Knossos and its implications." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/19073.

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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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EGAN, EMILY CATHERINE. "The Stylistic Relationship Between Wall Painting and Vase Painting at the Palace at Knossos During the Neo- and Final Palatial Periods." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1213729817.

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Paterson, I. B. "The structures and stratigraphy of the so-called 'Reoccupation Period' at the Palace of Knossos, Crete, and the contexts of the Linear B archives." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/25061.

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On the basis of evidence contained in the excavation documents and revealed by a detailed examination of the archaeological remains of the Palace at Knossos, structures referable to three separate building phases can be recognised that date to the period after the conflagration of late LM III A date. The buildings of the first of these phases have floors that are paved with gypsum slabs and walls covered with painted plaster and might reasonably be taken to be ‘palatial’. It is considered that, in some cases, most notably in the West Wing of the palace, Evans mistakenly referred structures belonging to this phase to what he regarded as the ‘Last Palace’. Instead, the structures belong to the ‘palace’ that Palmer and Hallager considered was rebuilt after the destruction of LM IIIA date. Most probably the buildings of this constructional phase date to the earliest part of the LM III B period. Subsequently, the walls of the first phase were strengthened by structures of poor quality rubble masonry, rooms were partitioned, doors were blocked and earth floors were laid down in many parts of the palace site. It is possible that these works, many being of a remedial character, were a response to widespread damage to the buildings, possibly caused by an earthquake. Of an <i>ad hoc</i> nature, these works permitted a continuation of the administrative process at the palace. There is no evidence to suggest a change of regime. For the most part, the structures of this phase were removed in the course of the excavations and are known only from the excavation records and early photographs. A number of structures attributable to this phase were not recognised by the excavators but can be inferred from the evidence of burnmarks still visible on many walls. The fire that terminated this period of occupancy is of LM III B date. Afterwards, a number of rooms were constructed against the N Front of the palace but the excavators provided no evidence of their date.
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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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Forster, Gary. "Roman Knossos : the pottery in context : a presentation of ceramic evidence provided by the Knossos 2000 Project (1993-95)." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2009. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/437/.

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Although remains at Knossos have been reported to some extent throughout its history, archaeological research into the Roman city has traditionally been overshadowed by the exploration of the well-known ‘Minoan’ Bronze Age palace and its immediate surroundings. The Knossos 2000 Project, jointly established by the University of Birmingham and the British School at Athens, has provided the opportunity for the systematic investigation of an area in close proximity to the Roman forum, incorporating the partial excavation of a number of substantial buildings, both public and private. The large quantities of pottery recovered from a range of stratified deposits have enabled this specific study, designed to complement existing works which are, on the whole, dedicated to earlier periods. The objectives from the outset were to provide the chronological framework for the Knossos 2000 excavations, to concentrate on an investigation of the latest Roman pottery (to-date poorly represented by excavations carried out in areas away from the main foci of Roman activity) and, where possible, to present an extension to the existing ceramic sequence in order to help facilitate a better understanding of Knossos and its economic history during the Roman and Early Byzantine periods.
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Momigliano, Nicoletta. "MM 1A pottery from Evans' excavations at Knossos." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1989. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10048638/.

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The famous excavations of Sir Arthur Evans at Knossos produced vast quantities of ceramic material. This thesis presents a new analysis of the most important Knossian deposits assigned by Evans to the Middle Minoan IA (MM IA) phase in his system of classification of the Minoan Bronze Age. These deposits have never been systematically studied and are largely unpublished or inadequately published. The first, introductory chapter of the thesis is a short discussion of the previous studies and current definitions of Knossian MM IA pottery, of the sources of information, and of the problems involved in the study of Evans' material. Chapter 2 deals with the deposits located in the West Court, such as Houses A, B and C, etc. Chapter 3 deals with the deposits located in the area of the Palace, such as the Vat Room, the Upper East Well, etc.. Chapter 4 deals with the North Quarter of the City, a deposit from outside the area of the Palace. Chapters 2-4 present a detailed analysis of the pottery, based upon a re-examination of the relevant documentary sources (excavation notebooks etc.) and a first-hand knowledge of the ceramic material. Chapter 5 presents a typology of Knossian MM IA pottery and briefly discusses its production and decoration. The picture of Knossian MM IA pottery presented in this study is remarkably different from that of Evans. Chapter 6 discusses vases of foreign origin (and/or local imitations) found in Knossian MM IA deposits, Knossian MM IA vases Land/or local imitations) found outside the Knossos region, and the implications for relative chronology. Chapter 7 summarizes the main results obtained by this study. There is a Catalogue of the complete and restorable vases from the various deposits discussed in the text, and Appendix 1 lists various Knossian MM IA deposits, including those which could not be included in the present study.
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Alberti, Ben. "Archaeology and masculinity in Late Bronze Age Knossos." Thesis, University of Southampton, 1997. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/365591/.

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This thesis critically examines the applicability of the concept of masculinity as a descriptive or analytical category in archaeological analyses. Central to this project is the recognition that the concept of gender employed by the majority of archaeologists has limited practical application. Such a concept of gender relies upon a radical separation between sex and gender, where gender is understood to be the cultural elaboration of a natural body. Following recent feminist theorising on the body, it is argued that the categories of sex and the body are equally culturally constructed. Consequently, gender is reformulated to encompass the means by which particular ideas of the body and sex are made to appear 'natural'. Masculinity is complicit with the formulation of a binary model to sex based on the normative categories male/female. The status of the body as produced through discourse is highlighted by men's experiences of their bodies which differ from the ideals perpetuated through theory and representation. Furthermore, cross-cultural evidence indicates that bodies can be conceptualised and valorised on the basis of criteria other than the genitalia visible at birth. The analysis of figurative imagery from Late Bronze Age Knossos reveals a representational ideal of bodies largely undifferentiated by physical sexual characteristics. Rather, a single body shape is presented which is differentiated through the details of clothing, body position and gesture. The material upsets the binaries sex/gender and nature/culture. An alternative idea of bodies is operative in the imagery in which genital differences are not the primary means of categorisation, nor the defining feature of bodies. This approach to bodies has important implications for analyses of gender in archaeology. Gender can no longer be projected unproblematically onto a male/female template in the past. Furthermore, masculinity is not necessarily an appropriate basis for an archaeological inquiry. Rather, the evidence of gender can be understood as both generative and expressive of different ontologies of the body, including such concepts as masculinity.
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Tomkins, Peter. "The production, circulation and consumption of ceramic vessels at Early Neolithic Knossos, Crete." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2002. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/15074/.

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Neolithic ceramics in the Aegean have had a history of interpretation, which has seen them employed to address a series of questions, including chronology, cultural origins, technology, production, circulation and consumption. This study critically reexamines this history of interpretation and explores how it has contributed to current understanding of the production, circulation and consumption of ceramic vessels during the earlier Neolithic (c.6500-4500BC). More specifically it is argued that recent advances in the methods used to characterise variation in Neolithic ceramic assemblages have generally not been matched by increased sophistication in the ways such variation is interpreted. In this study macroscopic and microscopic (petrography, scanning electron microscopy) analyses of Early Neolithic ceramics from Knossos have been combined in order to explore the potential limits of ceramic variation. In the methodology used, the production process is viewed as a series of necessary stages, at each of which the potter exercises choices. From clay choice and processing to vessel forming, finishing and firing, these choices may be revealed through the macroscopic examination of fabric, form and forming and finishing methods, followed by selective sampling for microscopic analysis. Thereby the pottery assemblage may be characterised in terms of its mineralogy, paste preparation and its decorative and firing technology. Additional studies of chronology and changes in site-size have also been produced. This broad analytical program has generated a considerable amount of new data, which forms the basis for individual studies of ceramic technology, production organisation, ceramic exchange and ceramic consumption. In the final analysis the main conclusions arising from each of these studies are compared and contrasted. In this way detailed macroscopic and microscopic analyses of ceramics are ultimately used to explore the changing ways in which the inhabitants of Knossos materially constructed their social world during the seventh, sixth and fifth millennia BC.
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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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Barron, Aleese. "The Value of the Past: Minoan and Minoanizing Larnakes at the Knossos North Cemetery." Thesis, Department of Archaeology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/10174.

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The main focus of this thesis is the collection of at least seventeen larnakes or clay coffins found at the Knossos North Cemetery site on Crete. The site was uncovered as a result of one period of salvage excavations in 1978 that revealed an expansive necropolis of material dating from all periods between the Subminoan and Late Orientalising periods or approximately 1100BC to 600BC. The presence of larnakes was of particular interest as they have historically been considered a prototypical Minoan shape restricted to the Bronze Age on Crete. Sixteen of the larnakes proved to be examples of Early Iron Age people reusing and recontextualising Bronze Age larnakes at least two hundred years after their manufacture while the other is the only known example of a Geometric style copy of a larnax shape. This thesis, by a comparison of the intended contexts for the larnakes in Late Bronze Age burials, with their burial contexts at the Knossos North Cemetery shows that the use of the larnakes differed greatly between the two and therefore it would seem likely that their meaning did as well. On closer inspection larnakes were most popular on Crete between 1500-1200BC when the evidence suggests that Crete was undergoing a period of political and social turmoil, possibly as the result of an influx of outsiders. The iconography on larnakes suggests a mixture of both new and old techniques and images on the same vessels to signify links to both tradition and innovation all at once. The KNC larnakes, along with a small number of other Minoan finds and influences at the site, suggest the people of later generations were once again using the larnakes to suggest strong links to the local past alongside more contemporary burial practices. In both cases, larnakes were used to strengthen and legitimate status, for the small, possibly family, groups represented in the tombs.
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Tenner, Jana. "Die frühgriechische Linear B-Schrift System, Verwendung und Entzifferung /." [S.l. : s.n.], 2003. http://www.bsz-bw.de/cgi-bin/xvms.cgi?SWB11675543.

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Günkel-Maschek, Ute [Verfasser]. "Minoische Bild-Räume : Neue Untersuchungen zu den Wandbildern des spätbronzezeitlichen Palastes von Knossos / Ute Günkel-Maschek." Heidelberg : Heidelberg University Publishing, 2020. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heiup-book-497-2.

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Crowe, Alice M. "The Minoan Past in the Past: Bronze Age Objects in Early Iron Age Burials at Knossos, Crete." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1479809467543763.

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Antoniadis, Vyron. "Early Iron Age Cementeries at Knossos: The Appreciation of Oriental Imports and their Imitations by Knossian Society." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/85060.

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The contextual study of the oriental imports and their local imitations discovered in the Early Iron Age cemeteries at Knossos is of great importance, as it reveals the attitude of the Knossian society towards imports coming from the Near East during a period that lasted more than four centuries. Another important part of this study is a coherent analysis of the distribution of the fully published tombs and cemeteries. The main argument of this thesis is that there were different elite groups at Knossos which were in competition with each other and, for this reason, used different clusters of tombs and/or cemeteries. It is argued that the oriental imports and their close copies were used by those different elite groups in order to mark political and ideologies differences.<br>El estudio contextual de las importaciones orientales y sus imitaciones producidas en Creta, descubiertas en los cementerios de la Edad del Hierro temprana de Cnosós, es de gran importancia porque nos revela cómo la sociedad de Cnosós reaccionó a las importaciones procedentes de Oriente Próximo durante un período que duró más de cuatro siglos. Otra parte importante de este estudio es un análisis coherente de la distribución de las tumbas y los cementerios cuyos datos han sido publicados en su totalidad y su asociación con las importaciones. El argumento principal de esta tesis es que hubo distintos grupos de élite que competían unos con otros y por eso utilizaron tumbas y cementerios distintos. Estos grupos también utilizaron las importaciones orientales y sus imitaciones con el fin de marcar sus diferencias, políticas e ideológicas.
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Isaakidou, Valasia. "Bones from the labyrinth : faunal evidence for management and consumption of animals at Neolithic and Bronze Age Knossos, Crete." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2005. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1444427/.

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Animals feature extensively in the iconography and written records of Bronze Age Crete, and in archaeological debates ranging from initial colonisation in the 7th millennium BC, through expansion of settlement across the island in the 4th-3rd millennia, to surplus mobilisation and feasting by the 2nd millennium palaces. To date, however, faunal remains---the most widely available evidence for human use of animals---have been neglected: detailed reports of large assemblages are non-existent and faunal evidence features rarely in works of synthesis. This thesis undertakes a diachronic study of a large faunal assemblage from Knossos---the largest and longest-lived site on Crete. The faunal assemblage derives from different excavations and areas, enforcing careful evaluation of retrieval, modification by previous analysts, survival and, where archaeological information permits, contextual variation in discard behaviour. Attrition is lower in built-up than open areas through the 7-3 millennia, and very low in the suggested 'public/elite' core area of 2nd millennium Knossos. Butchery into big 'parcels' and subsequent dispersal of bones in the former period suggests reciprocal sharing, while intensive butchery and structured deposition in the latter suggest assymetrical feasts emphasising distribution of meat to participants. Butchery evidence also indicates rapid, wholesale adoption of metal in the 3rd millennium. Feral populations of pigs and perhaps goats may have caused introductions of deer to fail. Domesticates, predominant throughout, were managed for diverse products in the 7-4 millennia, including traction with cows. Increased adult and male survivorship in the 3rd millennium indicates potential specialisation in traction, wool and hair, but persistence of this pattern in the 2nd millennium 'public/elite core' also suggests demand for impressively large carcasses. Results of broad significance include reciprocal sharing, early traction with cows, rapid adoption of metal and linkage between feasting and secondary products management.
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Paizi, Eirini. "Overseas Connections of Knossos and Crete in the Archaic and Classical Periods: A Reassessment Based on Imports from the Unexplored Mansion." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1571061518912931.

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Karagianni, Angeliki. "Time in the late bronze age aegean : examining temporarily in Knossos and Pylos on the basis of the Linear B documents and the archaeological record." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.543296.

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Whitley, A. J. M. "Style, burial and society in Dark Age Greece : social, stylistic and mortuary change in the two communities of Athens and Knossos between 1100 and 700 B.C." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1986. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/272700.

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Henrysson, Desirée. "”Du går in i ett rum sen är det precis som en jävla labyrint ifrån Knossos” : En kvalitativ studie om IT-stödet edWise användbarhet gentemot vårdnadshavare i Kristianstads kommun." Thesis, Högskolan Kristianstad, Sektionen för hälsa och samhälle, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-17502.

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Syftet med den här studien var att undersöka hur ett IT-stöd bör designas som ett kommunikationsverktyg mellan skola och hemmet för att stödja brukaren i användandet av dem. Genom att intervjua och observera vårdnadshavare under interaktion med IT-stödet edWise, belyser uppsatsen problem som uppstår i användandet av det befintliga kommunikationsverktyget för skolor inom Kristianstads kommun. En av de teoretiska utgångspunkterna berör hur människor skapar motstånd mot digitala artefakter genom förutbestämda förhållningssätt. Ett annat hur vi inte vill känna oss begränsade genom artefakterna. Dessa bekräftas i studien, vilken visar brist på användbarhet av edWise så som systemet är designat idag samt att vårdnadshavare inte vill vara bundna utan känna flexibiliteten som ett mer artikulerat och mobilt användande av verktyget skulle kunna ge dem.<br>The purpose of this article is to study how to design information systems, as a tool for communication between the school and parents, supports the parents while using it. The study is based on interviews and observations during usability tests with parents and indicate problems that occur while using this information system procured by Kristianstads municipality. One of the theoretical starting points of the article is how people build up a resitance against digital artifacts through a predetermined approach against them. A second theoretical point argues how people experiencing them self to be limited by the artifacts. This is also confirmed in this study which, shows that edWise, as designed today, is lacking usability and that parents dont want to feel tied up to the system. Instead they want to have a flexibility that a mobile and well articulated information system could provide them with.
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Knappett, Carl. "Warification and minoanisation." Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2014. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/113519.

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Though distant in space and time, there are certain similarities between the processes of Warification and Minoanisation, the latter describing the uptake of Cretan (Minoan) materials and technologies across the Bronze Age southern Aegean. In both cases, recent scholarship challenges the assumption of an active core and passive periphery. Crucial to this challenge in the Minoan case is the recognition of the considerable variability concealed within the single term ‘Minoanisation’, with many regional and temporal differences in the degree of influence. In the Wari case, it appears that more work is needed to establish exactly if and how Warification was a complex, multi-stranded set of processes rather than a single, monolithic radiating influence. I argue that in both cases, regardless of the state of the evidence, we badly need new ways of tackling regional interaction and cultural transmission, and suggest that networks, learning, and communities of practice represent promising ways forward.<br>A pesar de estar distante en tiempo y espacio, existen ciertas similitudes entre los procesos de warificación y de minoanización, el último describe el consumo de material y tecnología cretense a través de la Edad de Bronce del sur del Egeo. En ambos casos, recientes investigaciones desafían la suposición de un núcleo activo y una periferia pasiva. Crucial para este desafío en el caso de Minoa, es el reconocimiento de una considerable variabilidad oculta dentro del único término «minoanización», con muchas diferencias regionales y temporales en el grado de influencia. En el caso de los wari, parece que es necesario más exploración para establecer exactamente, si y como, la warificación fue un conjunto de procesos complicados y aislados en vez de una única influencia monolítica irradiada. Sostengo que en ambos casos, independiente del estado de la evidencia, es necesario nuevas maneras deabordar la interacción regional y la transmisión cultural. Sugiero también que redes de trabajo, aprendizaje y comunidades de prácticas representan auspiciosas maneras de seguir avanzando.
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Baklouti, Faouzi. "β+-Thalassémies dûes à une mutation structurale de la chaîne β-globine : l'Hb Knossos, ou à l'apparition d'une mutation du promoteur en cis d'un variant structural : le gène βS-thal". Lyon 1, 1989. http://www.theses.fr/1989LYO1T007.

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Gulizio, Joann. "Mycenaean religion at Knossos." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2011-08-4006.

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This dissertation examines the archaeological and textual evidence for religion at the site of Knossos during the Mycenaean phases of administration (LM II-LM IIIB1). Several methodological issues in the nature of the evidence are addressed. The Linear B documents, due to their economic nature, offer limited information about religion. Moreover, the tablets from Knossos belong to at least two different phases of administration. The archaeological evidence for the different phases of cult use is often difficult to assess given the continued use of the palace over an extended period of time. To address these issues, the evidence from Knossos is divided into two temporal phases so that the textual evidence can be closely examined alongside its contemporary archaeological evidence for cult. This process has allowed for a more accurate view of the religion at Knossos in the Late Bronze Age. An evolution in the religious beliefs and practices are evident in the material culture. The presence of Indo-European divinities into the Knossian pantheon by the newly-installed Greek-speaking elite population is apparent from the outset, while previous Minoan style shrines continue to be used. In the later phase, numerous Minoan divinities are included in ritual offerings, while some Greek divinities are now given local epithets. Also at this time, Minoan shrine types gradually go out of use, whereas bench sanctuaries (a shrine type common to both Minoans and Mycenaeans) become the norm. The overall nature of Mycenaean religious assemblages at Knossos represents a unique blend of both Minoan and Mycenaean religious beliefs and practices.<br>text
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Arvanitakis, Jan Alexandros. "The Neopalatial-Final Palatial transition at Kommos in southcentral Crete : evidence for connections with Knossos and for the extent of Mycenaean influence in the LM II-IIIA1 ceramic record." 2005. http://link.library.utoronto.ca/eir/EIRdetail.cfm?Resources__ID=232540&T=F.

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