midterm minoan

name, years, what did he do?

Heinrich Schliemann, 1822-1890, excavator of Troy, Mycenae, Tiryns

Name, years, what did he do?

Sir Arthur Evans, 1851-1941, excavator of Knossos

name, years, what did he do?

Christos Tsountas, 1857-1934, discovered the cultures of Neolithic Thessaly and the Cyclades

name, years, what did she do?

Harriet Boyd Hawes, 1871-1945, excavator of Gournia

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reconstruction of the LN site of Dimini, c. 3700-3300 BC, Christos Tsountas

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plan of the Neolithic settlement at Dimini, note the prominent position of the central building, c. 3700-3300 BC, Christos Tsountas

style of poetry, shape, date range, significance

LN handmade jar from Dimini (Thessaly), 4th millenium BC, c. 4000-3000 BC, note combination of spirals, curved lines, and polygons characteristic of Late Neolithi

style of poetry, shape, date range, significance

Cretan Neolithic pyxis with incised decoration, 4th millenium BC, c. 4000-3000 BC, three-legged, cylindrical 

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EN terracotta figurines from Nea Nikomedia in Macedonia, c. 6000 BC

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MN terracotta figurine from Pharsala, 5th millennium

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Myrtos, Fournou Koriphi, the only fully excavated Minoan village, built and destroyed in EM II, c. 2600-2300

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Early Minoan Ayios Onoufrios ware, EM I, c. 2700 B, very linear and geometric in concept, gourds

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Vasiliki ware, EM II, c. 2500 BC, beak-spouted jugs and teapots

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House of the Tiles at Lerna, EH II, c. 2900-2400 BC, mainland greece

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EH, Urfinis Sauceboats, c. 3000-2200/2000 BC, clay and metal

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EC II, frying pan, made of clay, with incised white-filled spirals and the profile of a ship, c. 2500 BC, from Syros, Chalandriani

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EC II vase in the shape of hedgehog decorated with dark paint on light ground, from the site of Chalandriani on the island of Syros, c. 2500 BC

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EC II marble figurine, folded arm variety

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EC I marble figurines, Louros type, 3000-2700 BC

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EC I marble figurines, violin-shaped variety, 3300-2700 BC, female

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EC II marble figurines, musicians, harp and auolos players from Keros

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EM gold pendant in the form of two bees with globe of honey from the Chrysolakkos cemetery at Mallia, filigree and fine granulation, 3rd millennium BC

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EM II tholos tomb at Kamilari in south-central Crete, c. 2500-2200 BC

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undeciphered Phaistos disk, dated to the MM IIIb period, c. 1700-1600 BC, signs arranged in spirals, repeated symbols

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west court of the First Palace at Phaistos of the early MM period, c. 2000-1800 BC, showing raised causeways and theatral area

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Mallia, Quartier Mu, showing the large administrative structure, Building A, dating to the First Palace period, c. 2000-1800 BC

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MM IA fortified building at Ayia Photia, c. 2000 BC, note the rounded projections or bastions

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MM IA free-standing house at Chamaizi in eastern Crete, c. 2000 BC

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MM Kamares-style pottery characteristic of Protopalatial or First Palace period characteristic light-on-dark decoration, jug from Phaistos, MM II

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MM Kamares-style pottery characteristic of Protopalatial or First Palace period characteristic light-on-dark decoration, storage jar, c. 2000-1600 BC

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MH wheelmade “Minyan”-ware goblet, c. 2100-1600 BC

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MH handmade matt-painted jar, c. 2100-1600 BC

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Palace at Knossos, Neopalatial or Second Palace period, c. 1725/1700-1380/75 BC

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Throne Room, Knossos, Second Palace period, c. 1725/1700-1370/60 BC

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Grandstand Fresco, Knossos, Second Palace period, after 1600 BC

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Master Impression sealing, Chania, LM I-II, c. 1500-1450 BC

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Priest-king fresco, knossos, second palace period, 1725/1700-1370/60 BC

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LM IA floral-style jug from Phaistos, 1550-1500 BC

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LM IB Marine-style stirrup jar from Gournia, c. 1500-1450 BC

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Palace at Mallia, Second Palace period, 1725/1700-1370/60 BC

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Gournia, Harriet Boyd Hawes, Second Palace Period, 1725/1700-1370/60 BC

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Gournia, Harriet Boyd Hawes, Second Palace period, 1725/1700-1370/60 BC

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Minoan town at Gournia

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palace at Kato Zakro, east Crete, Nikolaos Platon, Second Palace period, 1725/1700-1370/60 BC

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bull’s head rhyton from little palace at knossos, c. 1550-1500 BC

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Faience plaques, palace at Knossos, 15th century BC

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burnt clay tablets preserving the three different types of script of Minoan Crete (Minoan hieroglyphic, Linear A, Linear B)

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dolphin fresco from Queen’s Megaron, Knossos, neopalatial or second palace period, 1725/1700-1370/60 BC

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Michael Ventris, 1922-1956, deciphered Linear B in 1952, early form of Greek

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cup-bearer fresco, modern reconstruction as set up in the South Propylon by Sir Arthur Evans

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Piet de Jong’s reconstruction of the west side of the central courtyard of Knossos

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North Lustral Basin at Knossos, Second Palace Period, 1725/1700-1370/60 BC

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faience statuettes of the snake goddess, Temple Repositories at Knossos, c. 1600 BC

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La Parisienne, part of the Camp-Stool Fresco, c. 1400 BC

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bull-leaping or toreador fresco, east wing of knossos, 15th century BC

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seal stones of Neopalatial period, Knossos (goddess standing between two griffins (Potnia Theron), pair of bulls, lioness attacking a bull), 1725/1700-1370/60

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Central Court and north end of Phaistos, oriented toward Mt. Ida

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gold earrings, necropolis of Mavro Spelio, near Knossos, granulation, after 1400 BC

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gold signet ring, Minoan tomb at Isopata, near Knossos, c. 1500 BC

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Ayia Triada sarcophagus, limestone, decorated with religious scenes in fresco tecnique, 14th century BC, found near the villa at Ayia Triada

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flying fish fresco, Phylakopi, island of Melos, MC, c. 18th-17th century BC

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fragments from Camp-stool fresco, Knossos, c. 1400 BC

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ring of minos, new palace period, c. 1450-1400 BC, maybe a forgery

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miniature gold votive double axes, Arkalochori Cave, Crete, Second Palace Period, 1725/1700-1370/60 BC

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Peak Sanctuary rhyton, made of chlorite, from Palace at Kato Zakro, Second Palace Period, 1725/1700-1370/60 BC

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shrine on the Peak Sanctuary rhyton from Kato Zakro

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tripartite shrine at Archanes — Anemospilia, MM

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Harvester Vase, Ayia Triada Villa A, made of black steatite

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Chryselephantine, gold and ivory, statuette from Palaikastro, LM IB, 1500-1450 BC

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creatan bronze figurines cast by the cire perdue (lost wax) technique in the typical “worshipping” pose, both wearing normal costume for their sex, c. 1500 BC

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Thera volcano

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bronze age, LC, site of Akrotiri

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Antelopes Fresco, Akrotiri, west wall of Room Beta I

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Boxing Boys Fresco, Akrotiri, south wall of Room Beta I

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Ikria, Akrotiri

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detail of miniature frescos, Akrotiri

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Sea Battle Fresco, Akrotiri

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Akrotiri, young girl fathering crocus flowers fresco, based on shaved head and locks of hair she is believed to be an adolescent

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west house, Akrotiri

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Xeste 3, Akrotiri

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Akrotiri, Room 3 and upper floor of Xeste 3

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Akrotiri, Blue Money Fresco

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Akrotiri, bare-breasted female figur

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fresco of a bull leaper from Tell el’Dab’a in the Nile Delta, Egypt, c. 17th century BC

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houses A and F at Ayia Irini, isand of Kea, Second palace period, 1725/1700-1370/60 BC

When is second palace period?

1725/1700-1370/60 BC

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Temple at Ayia Irini, Kea, in use from second palace period through the 8th century BC

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large terracotta female figurine, Temple at Ayia Irini, Kea

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Captain of the Blacks, Mycenaean or Third Palace period, 1450-1375 BC

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palace-style storage jar, Knossos, Third palace period, 1450-1375 BC

when is Third Palace Period?

1450-1375 BC

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western magazines of storage areas, knossos, third palace period, 1450-1375 BC

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ship-sheds at the port of Kommos near Ayia Triada, third palace period, c. 1450-1375

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Villa complex at Ayia Triada, which is second palace period, what appears to be a megaron was built over the villa in the third palace period

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Mycenaean Palace at Pylos, LH IIIA, c. 1300-1200 BC

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Lyre-player fresco from central hall of throne room at Pylos, 13th century BC, Piet de Jong

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Citadel at Mycenae with Grave Circle A, Heinrich Schliemann

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bronze daggers with inlaid decoration of gold, silver, and niello from Shaft Graves IV and V of Grave Circle A, c. 1550 BC

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five gold masks from graves IV and V of grave circle A, 16th century BC

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limestone stele (tomb stone) from grave V of Grave Circle A decorated with running spirals and a chariot scene, 16th century BC