The Island of Santorini (location of one of the outposts) – Eruption ca 1470 BC Thera – Minoan colony. Eruption sent a massive tsunami to Crete (evidence of destruction on the sea-coast) Volcanic ash preserved a lot of the Minoan artifacts (houses, objects etc.) Minoan houses; rain led to collapse of the rooftops
The Palace of Knossos or… The Palace of Minos (ca. 1900-1100 BC) Social hierarchies develop which led to extravagant palaces The palace had places for ceremonial functions, manufacturing of products (metals); served as the political capital for these small states; had storage spaces (palace collected tax from surrounding country side) – comes in form of agricultural stuff The Central Courtyard at Knossos
Bull leaping took place in these courtyards (ceremonial event (?)) Bulls = important in a religious context (connection to religion) Emphasized on the community
Frescoes = painting on walls (individuals sitting watching people dance within these large places) Could be meeting places for events like dancing
Lavish building: well-cut stones; well-constructed buildings; highly decorated The Minoans like to depict scenes of nature in art; (marine fresco = dolphin fresco) In storage spaces: grain, wine, olive oil
Mount Juktas- A Minoan Peak Sanctuary
Minoans didn’t worship in temples but in shrines on high mountain peaks (Peak Sactuaries) Communicated with Gods (the peaks are higher to the Gods)
Large, open-air, high spaces
The Essay on Convocation Space High Guy
August 27, 2003 was the day that convocation was supposed to get everyone pumped and inspired for the beginning of the school year. To me the convocation was another assembly. It was held in the Thomas Field House Gymnasium, and almost all of the space was filled. Going into this assembly my expectations were high. I sort of imagined it as a pep rally or graduation speech, where it would get us ...
Each palace have a peak sanctuary and can be seen from the courtyard Minoan Writing
1) Pictographs- pictures representing various things (ex. The Phaistos Disk – in spirals) 2) Hieroglyphs- 1700-1600 BC- Minoans somehow adopted Egyptian idea 3) Linear A (syllabic + ideograms)- consists of various inscriptions all made by a line Undeciphered; therefore we have no idea what language they spoke Documented from what were in the storages
