Knossos, Mycenae, Troy by Natale Barca;

Author:Natale Barca;
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781789259483
Publisher: Casemate Publishers & Book Distributors, LLC
Published: 2023-03-15T00:00:00+00:00

A(nother) new beginning

Once again, the initial daze gives way to a new beginning. Before long, the Minoan civilization heals its wounds and regains its vigor. It will start to grow in wealth, power, and splendor again and to develop profitable external relationships. The damage is repaired, and new works are started. In Knossos, access roads lead to the Palace from the west and south. A villa is built in Zominthos. Kommos is rebuilt higher up, spanning an area of 3.5 ha, with the houses placed apart to reduce the impact of earthquakes. A villa rises in the upper part of the settlement. Construction activity around this structure will continue in the Late Minoan II and III. The primitive architectural complex becomes a country house with dozens of rooms, distributed over several floors, connected by internal stairs, an internal courtyard, a small sanctuary in the form of niches, and workshops. Some rooms are plastered, painted with bright colors, and equipped with stone lamps and bronze cauldrons. There is also a bronze idol, gold leaves, and stone seals. Some rooms, with stone paving slabs and pillars, can be used as an olive press;4 they contain a stone basin for washing the olives, a press for crushing the olives, and large receptacles for storing the oil produced. In other rooms, there are weaver’s looms. There is also a pottery workshop with a kiln.

A small town grows and expands to the south of Mochlos and some graves from the old cemetery are reused. It is much smaller than Knossos and Malia, but is comparable to Phaistos and is undoubtedly much larger than Myrtos and Vasiliki. Before long, it is one of the largest inhabited settlements on Crete of its time. Judging by the profusion of jewels that accompany members of wealthy families in their tombs, it is also one of the most prosperous. However, it will never reach the importance of the prepalatial settlement. The urban area also includes two artisanal districts. One is utilized for the manufacture of bronze vases and for the processing of ivory and stone. The other is used for the production of ceramics. Each district also contains a sanctuary. Another building can be found at Chalinmouri, at the eastern end of the coastal plain.

Psira is a small and arid islet in the Gulf of Mirabello. In the Late Minoan IB and II, it is the seat of a prosperous inhabited settlement that consists of 60 buildings and overlooks a landing point, to which it is connected by a staircase that descends to it from the top of a cliff. Most of the buildings are arranged around an open, square space, on one side of which stands a single large building, perhaps a “civic sanctuary,” adorned with painted stucco bas-reliefs and frescoes, one of which depicts two women in Minoan dress facing each other. In some houses, cult practices take place, which require the use of ritual pottery: rhyta, drinking vessels, a bull-shaped vase, triton shells, goblets, and cups.

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