Knossos
Κνωσός
Osaliselt restaureeritud sissepääs
Asukoht	Kreeta, Kreeka
Piirkond	Kreeta põhjaranniku keskosa, Irákleiost 5 km kagus
Koordinaadid	35° 17′ 53″ N, 25° 9′ 47″ E
Tüüp	paleekompleks, halduskeskus, Kreeta ja Kreeta haldusalas olevate piirkondade pealinn
Pikkus	asustatud ala pikkus põhjast lõunasse 5 km^[1]
Laius	asustatud ala suurim laius idast läände 3 km
Pindala	asustatud ala kogupindala 10 km². Paleekompleksi pindala: 14 000 m²^[2]
Ajalugu
Rajatud	esimene asulapaik umbes aastal 7000 eKr, esimene palee aastal 1900 eKr
Maha jäetud	1380–1100 eKr
Perioodid	neoliitikum kuni hiline pronksiaeg
Kultuurid	Minose ja Mükeene kultuur
Uurimine ja seisund
Arheoloogilised kaevamised	1900–1931 1957–1960 1969–1970
Seisund	osaliselt restaureeritud ja külastajatele avatud^[3]

Knossos (kreeka keeles Κνωσός [knoˈsos], ladina keeles Cnossus) on suurim pronksiaja arheoloogiamälestis Kreetal.

Knossoses asus Minose kultuuri kesk- ja hilisjärgust pärinev suur palee (20. sajand – 1400 eKr).^[4]

Paikkonna avastas 1878. aastal Minos Kalokairinos (Μίνως Καλοκαιρινός). Esimesed arheoloogilised väljakaevamised algasid 1900. aastal ning kestsid Briti arheoloog Sir Arthur Evansi (1851–1941) juhtimisel 35 aastat.

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Neoliitikum

C. Broodbank, "The Neolithic Labyrinth: social change at Knossos before the Bronze Age" in Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology vol. 5 (1992) pp. 39–75
J. D. Evans, J. R. Cann, A. C. Renfrew, I. W. Cornwall, A. C. Western, "Excavations in the Neolithic Settlement of Knossos 1957-60. Part I" in Annual of the British School at Athens vol. 59 (1964) pp. 132-240 JSTOR
V. Isaakidou, "The Fauna and Economy of Neolithic Knossos Revisited" in V. Isaakidou, P. Tomkins, edd., Escaping the Labyrinth: the Cretan Neolithic in Context (Oxford: Oxbow, 2008. Sheffield Studies in Aegean Archaeology, vol. 8) pp. 90–114
Peter Tomkins, "Communality and Competition. The Social Life of Food and Containers at Aceramic and Early Neolithic Knossos, Crete" in Christopher Mee, Josette Renard, edd., Cooking Up the Past: Food and Culinary Practices in the Neolithic and Bronze Age Aegean (Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2007. ISBN 978-1842172278) pp. 174–199
Peter Warren, M. R. Jarman, H. N. Jarman, N. J. Shackleton, J. D. Evans, "Knossos Neolithic, Part II" in Annual of the British School at Athens vol. 63 (1968) pp. 239-276 JSTOR
T. Whitelaw, "Lost in the Labyrinth? Comments on Broodbank's 'social change at Knossos before the Bronze Age'" in Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology vol. 5 (1992) pp. 225-238

Pronksiaeg

Gerald Cadogan, Eleni Hatzaki, Adonis Vasilakis, edd., Knossos: palace, city, state. London: British School at Athens, 2004. ISBN 978-0904887457 (British School at Athens Studies, vol. 12)
Arthur Evans, The Palace of Minos: a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos. 5 voll. in 7. London: Macmillan, 1921-1936 Textus apud universitatem Heidelbergensem
Arthur Evans, "The prehistoric tombs of Knossos. I. The cemetery of Zafer Papoura. - II. The royal tomb of Isopata" in Archaeologia vol. 59 (1906)
Valasia Isaakidou, "Cooking in the Labyrinth: Exploring ‘cuisine’ at Bronze Age Knossos" in Christopher Mee, Josette Renard, edd., Cooking Up the Past: Food and Culinary Practices in the Neolithic and Bronze Age Aegean (Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2007. ISBN 978-1842172278) pp. 5-24

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↑ Papadopoulos, John K (1997), "Knossos", Delatorre, Marta (toim), The conservation of archaeological sites in the Mediterranean region : an international conference organized by the Getty Conservation Institute and the Paul Getty Museum, 6–12 May 1995, Los Angeles: The Paul Getty Trust, lk 93
↑ McEnroe, John C. (2010). Architecture of Minoan Crete: Constructing Identity in the Aegean Bronze Age. Austin: University of Texas Press. Lk 50.
↑ Stratis, James C. (oktoober 2005), Kommos Archaeological Site Conservation Report (PDF), kommosconservancy.org
↑ Antiigileksikon. Tallinn: Valgus, 1985.

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