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Continuity and change in Minoan palatial power

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Carl Knappett and
Ilse Schoep
Carl Knappett
Affiliation:
Christ's College, Cambridge CB2 3BU, England cjk14@hermes.cam.ac.uk
Ilse Schoep
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, K.U. Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium ilse.schoep@arts.kuleuven.ac.be
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Abstract

The relationship between economic power and political centralization during the First and Second Palace Periods of Bronze Age Crete is a topical theme in Aegean studies. Here, two scholars argue the case for continuity in the economic base of palatial political authority.

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Minoan CreteKnossospolitical economyFirst and Second Palace Periods

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Antiquity , Volume 74 , Issue 284 , June 2000, pp. 365 - 371
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2000

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