Continuity and change in Minoan palatial power

Antiquity

Volumn 74, Issue 284, 2000, Pages 365-371

  Knappett, Carl ^a   Schoep, Ilse ^b  

^a CHRIST S COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

First and Second Palace Periods; Knossos; Minoan Crete; Political economy

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLITICAL CHANGE; POLITICAL POWER; POWER RELATIONS;

CRETE; GREECE;

EID: 0034096334     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00059445     Document Type: Article

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