AAP238   Minoans: Crete in the Bronze Age   (20 credits)

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This module explores the social, cultural and economic transformations that occurred over the course of the Bronze Age on Crete, usually referred to as the Minoan civilisation (from late 4th to late 2nd millennium BC). A series of paired lectures and seminars examines topics including topography, environment, material culture and identity, the rise of state organisation, funerary practice, religion and performance, urbanisation, the Linear scripts and power and the collapse of complex systems. This contemplation of Minoan Crete addresses issues of iconography, architecture, material culture studies and landscape archaeology. It also takes advantage of a variety of evidence from'scientific' approaches, including human osteology, archaeozoology, metallurgy, ceramic analysis, GIS, and organic residue analysis.

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