9780415040709 - Minoans: Life in Bronze Age Crete von Castleden, Rodney (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First Edition. London & New York: Routledge, (1990). First Edition. 8vo. xi,210pp, Index, References. Hardcover. Book in fine condition, dj near fine (minor brief wear to edge). With illustrations, 58 figures, and 7 headpieces. From dj: "comprehensive new vision of the people of Minoan Crete". ISBN 0415040701; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 210 pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. Writing in red pen to rear endpaper. Text is clean. ; In this companion to The Knossos Labyrinth (Routledge, 1990) , Castleden gives us an outline of the Minoan culture that, he alleges, is more consistent with recent archaeological evidence: that Knossos was a temple, not a palace, in which occurred not only athletic games and graceful rites, but also human sacrifice and other behaviors pointing to a previously unsuspected dark side to the Minoan personality; and that the Minoan world view and distinctive artistic vision were stimulated by the widespread eating of opium. His revision is not implausible. In early cultures the line between church and state tended to be hazy; so with its architecture. On the other hand, in his zeal to reexamine all traditional theories Castleden frequently proposes scenarios drawn more from psychosocial inference than evidence, yielding arguments less compelling than the originals. A nation of addicts could scarcely have had the energy to execute drug-induced creativity, much less to develop the commercial empire that was ancient Crete under the Minoans. Thought-provoking nonetheless. ; 210 pages.

Routledge, London / New York, 1990. 210p. ills.(B&W photographs and line drawings, maps and plans). Cloth wrps. 'The book is to be commended as a well-researched and well-argued study of a fascinating but enigmatic people. Castleden misses little of significance in a wide field, and presents his conclusions with clarity and confidence.' (J.V. LUCE in Hermathena, 1991, p. 65). From the library of Prof. Carl Deroux.