Unit:
Department of History and ArchaeologyLibrary of the School of Philosophy
Dissertation committee:
Κωνσταντίνος Κοπανιάς, Αναπληρωτής Καθηγητής Αρχαιολογίας Ανατολικής Μεσογείου, Ε.Κ.Π.Α.
Ελευθέριος Πλάτων, Αναπληρωτής Καθηγητής Προϊστορικής Αρχαιολογίας, Ε.Κ.Π.Α.
Ιωάννης Παπαδάτος, Αναπληρωτής Καθηγητής Προϊστορικής Αρχαιολογίας, Ε.Κ.Π.Α.
Γεώργιος Βαβουρανάκης, Αναπληρωτής Καθηγητής Προϊστορικής Αρχαιολογίας, Ε.Κ.Π.Α.
Βασίλειος Πετράκης, Επίκουρος Καθηγητής Προϊστορικής Αρχαιολογίας, Ε.Κ.Π.Α.
Παναγιώτης Κουσούλης, Αναπληρωτής Καθηγητής Αιγυπτιολογίας του Τμήματος Μεσογειακών Σπουδών στο Πανεπιστήμιο Αιγαίου.
Διαμαντής Παναγιωτόπουλος, Καθηγητής Κλασικής Αρχαιολογίας, Universität Heidelberg.
Original Title:
Το σύστημα ανακτορικής οργάνωσης στην Εγγύς Ανατολή και το Αιγαίο κατά την ύστερη Πρώιμη και τη Μέση Εποχή του Χαλκού
Translated title:
The system of palatial organization in the Near East and the Aegean in the late Early and Middle Bronze Age
Summary:
Since the first discovery of the palatial complexes of Crete and the Near East, similarities have been noted among them, concerning their architectural design, the function of their rooms, their decorative art, their common concepts (political, religious, social) that were expressed through the buildings and the role that they performed in their societies. For years there had been a constant shift between the theories that supported the influence of the Near East on the creation of the Cretan palaces and those which, thanks to the continued discoveries on the island, prioritized the search for local development points. Moreover, unlike the palaces of the Near East, whose status and function are unquestionable, information about Crete is not so clear. For this reason, research has gone through several stages in trying to identify the nature of the political organization of Crete and, by extension, the origin and operation of the palaces. This thesis seeks to identify the similarities and differences in the general operation of the palatial centers of the Aegean and the Near East during the late Early and the Middle Bronze Age, in order to attempt a new overview of the phenomenon of the, still mostly enigmatic, Aegean Palatial System, combining written references with archaeological finds. The subject is approached mainly by the comparative study of two contemporary palaces of Knossos in Crete and Mari in Northern Syria.
Main subject category:
Archaeology
Keywords:
Palaces, Aegean, Near East, Crete, Syria, Bronze Age
Number of references:
748
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