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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Knossos
    sub title: the house of the frescoes
  name:
    name part: Oddo, Emilia
    name part: 1980-
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Fotou, Vasso
    role:
      role term: contributor.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 2022
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xviii, 296 pages, 13 pages of plans (2 folded), 23 pages of plates : illustrations (some color), plans ; 31 cm. + 3 folded plans.
  abstract: This volume presents a complete study of the architecture and finds from the House of the Frescoes at Knossos, a Neopalatial building uncovered by Sir Arthur Evans and Duncan Mackenzie in 1923 and 1926. Located in a prominent position, a few meters south of the Royal Road and close to both the Theatral Area and the northwest corner of the Palace, the House of the Frescoes owes its name to the large deposit of painted plaster discovered within its ruins. Reinvestigation of the House took place in 2016-2019 and included on-site cleaning of the remains in 2018, detailed analysis of the pottery and other finds and study of archival material from the original excavations (excerpts presented in this volume). The results offer new insights into the architecture and finds' contexts, as well as fresh perspectives on the building's occupation, purpose and abandonment. They suggest that the House of the Frescoes was a non-residential building, and instead had a public role with strong ritual connotations. Its memory survived for a while after its abandonment, as demonstrated by the structured depositions, including the frescoes, found within. Finally, this analysis highlights the urban context of the House of the Frescoes and its connections with the Royal Road area, where much archaeological work has been carried out after Evans. The emerging picture helps to shed further light on the character of Knossos, pre-eminent center of Minoan Crete at the height of the Bronze Age.
  note: by Emilia Oddo ; with contributions by Vasso Fotou.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-290) and index.
  subject:
    geographic code: e-gr---
  subject:
    topic: Excavations (Archaeology)
    geographic: Greece
    geographic: Knossos (Extinct city)
  subject:
    topic: Architecture, Minoan
    geographic: Greece
    geographic: Knossos (Extinct city)
  subject:
    topic: Mural painting and decoration
    geographic: Greece
    geographic: Knossos (Extinct city)
  subject:
    geographic: Knossos (Extinct city)
    topic: Antiquities
  classification: 939/.18
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Supplementary volume (British School at Athens) ; no. 51
  identifier: 9780904887730
  identifier: 0904887731
  identifier: 2020479332
  record info:
    record content source: YDX
    record creation date: 220223
    record change date: 20230501154603.5
    record identifier: in00004674270