General information on Crete

Prehistoric Archaeology of the Aegean
Dartmouth College
http://devlab.dartmouth.edu/history/bronze_age/

AEGEUM. Aegean Archaeology Annals.
University of Liege
http://www.ulg.ac.be/archgrec/10publications.html

The Synchronization of Civilizations in the Eastern Mediterranean in the Second Millenium BC.
Austrian Academy of Sciences
http://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/SCIEM2000/index.html

14C Dating for Absolute Chronology of the Eastern Mediterranean Cultures.
Austrian Academy of Sciences
http://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/SCIEM2000/Project8.html

Dendrochronology
The Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research - University of Arizona http://www.LTRR.Arizona.EDU/

Aegean and Near East Dendrochronology
The Malcom and Carolyn Wiener Laboratory at Cornell University.
http://www.arts.cornell.edu/dendro/

Aegeanet. Discussion and news site on Aegean Prehistory.
http://www.duke.edu/web/jyounger/aegeanet.html
Contents
http://cajun.rs.itd.umich.edu/~classics/archives/aegeanet/AEGEANETcontents.html

Aegean art glossary. 2/16: Cycladic and Minoan art.
Perseus Project. Tufts University http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/~acsmith/MAGlossary3.html

Crete today
http://www.interkriti.org/intro.htm

History and monuments of Crete.
University of Crete
http://www.uch.gr/crete/CRETE.html

Crete.
Perseus Project. Tufts University
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/text?lookup=encyclopedia+Crete

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Nestor. Bibliography of Aegean Prehistory. http://ucaswww.mcm.uc.edu/classics/nestor/nestor.html

Chloris. Bibliographic study by region.
University of Toronto
http://clvl.cla.umn.edu/chloris/srchCrete.html

 

ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES AND MUSEUMS IN CRETE

Archaeological sites and museums
Odysseus. Ministry of Culture
http://www.culture.gr/

Museums in Crete.
University of Crete
http://www.uch.gr/crete/archaio/museums.html

Herakleion Museum
Odysseus. Ministry of Culture
http://www.culture.gr/2/21/211/21123m/e211wm01.html

NATURAL ENVIRONMENT

Cretan landscapes.
Perseus Project. Tufts University
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/imbrow?type=encyc&query=name%3D%27Crete%27

The Story of Plate Tectonics.
United States Geological Survey
http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/dynamic.html http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/historical.html#anchor9490426

Mochlos coastline
University of North Carolina at Greensboro http://www.uncg.edu/~jssoles/Mochlos/bath.html

Volcanic activity
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vw.html

Volcano Mineral Deposits
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/minerals/ http://www.volcano.si.edu/gvp/volcano/region01/index.htm http://www.volcano.si.edu/gvp/index.htm

National Museum of Natural History - Smithsonian Institution:
The Global Volcanism Program
http://www.volcano.si.edu/gvp/index.htm

The Thera volcano http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/europe_west_asia/santorini.html

Thera Ashes.
Project of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
http://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/SCIEM2000/Project4.html

 

SETTLEMENT

Minoan sites
http://www.uk.digiserve.com/mentor/minoan/
http://www.interkriti.org/archeolo.htm

Palace Architecture http://devlab.dartmouth.edu/history/bronze_age/lessons/12.html

Settlement Architecture http://devlab.dartmouth.edu/history/bronze_age/lessons/13.html

The palace of Knossos.
Ministry of Culture
http://www.culture.gr/2/21/211/21123n/e211wn01.html

Knossos.
British School at Athens
http://www.bsa.gla.ac.uk/knossos/history.html

Knossos Palace Tour (Quick Time VR).
British School at Athens
http://www.bsa.gla.ac.uk/knossos/vrtour/index.html

New finds at Herakleio and Chania.
Periodical Archaeology
http://www.he.net/~archaeol/online/news/minoan.html

Palekastro.
British School at Athens
http://www.bsa.gla.ac.uk/archive/palekastro/index.html

Mochlos Archaeological excavations
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
http://www.uncg.edu/~jssoles/Mochlos/first.html

 

SOCIETY

SOCIAL ORGANIZATION

Politeia.
Aegaeum 12, Society and State in the Aegean Bronze Age, University of Liege.
http://www.ulg.ac.be/archgrec/23aegaeum12.html

The role of the Ruler in the Prehistoric Aegean.
Aegaeum 11, University of Liege
http://www.ulg.ac.be/archgrec/22aegaeum11.html

BURIAL CUSTOMS

Burial customs and funerary architecture.
Dartmouth College
http://devlab.dartmouth.edu/history/bronze_age/lessons/6.html
http://devlab.dartmouth.edu/history/bronze_age/lessons/10.html#12
http://devlab.dartmouth.edu/history/bronze_age/lessons/13.html#10

CEMETERIES

Mochlos cemetery
http://www.uncg.edu/~jssoles/Mochlos/cemetery.html

Phourni Archanes cemetery http://www.culture.gr/nm/presveis/Pages/References/infobar.htm

Thanatos -
Aegaeum 1, University of Liege
http://www.ulg.ac.be/archgrec/12aegaeum1.html

THE MINOAN COSTUME

4000 years of Hellenic Costume
http://w38.fhw.gr/exhibitions/hellenic_costume/#

The Minoan Costume http://www.firstnethou.com/annam/costhist.html/minoan.html/index.html

 

RELIGION

Minoan Religion.
Dartmouth College
http://devlab.dartmouth.edu/history/bronze_age/lessons/15.html

The temple of Anemospilia http://www.uk.digiserve.com/mentor/minoan/anemospilia.htm

 

ECONOMY

Palatial Economy
http://members.tripod.com/~sondmor/index-html#G.

Economic Systems in the Bronze Age.
WSN (World System Network). University of Colorado
http://csf.colorado.edu/wsystems/jwsr/vol2/v2_nb.htm

The shipwreck at Cape Gelidonya. Institute of Nautical Archaeology http://nautarch.tamu.edu/ina/vm.htm

Finds from the shipwreck at Ulu Burun. Institute of Nautical Archaeology http://nautarch.tamu.edu/ina/vm.htm

Seals
http://www.ulg.ac.be/archgrec/16aegaeum5.html

Late Bronze Age Imports from the Near East and Egypt.
The C.L.I.N.E Database (Corpus of Late Bronze Age Imports from the Near East and Egypt).
http://oz.uc.edu/~clinee/CLINEDB.htm

The Aegean and the Orient in the Second millenium.
Aegaeum 18, University of Liege.
http://www.ulg.ac.be/archgrec/245aegaeum18.html

Special Bibliography
http://classics.uc.edu:591/cline/sailing_the_wine-dark_sea_.htm

 

TECHNOLOGY AND ARTS

Late Minoan Art.
Dartmouth College
http://devlab.dartmouth.edu/history/bronze_age/lessons/14.html

Art.
AEGEUM 16. University of Temple and University of Liege.
http://www.ulg.ac.be/archgrec/243aegaeum16.html http://www.ulg.ac.be/archgrec/19aegaeum8.html

Summaries J. Younger
http://www.ulg.ac.be/archgrec/32texnhsummary.html

Goldsmithing
The Hellenic Jewellery. 6000 Years of Tradition.
Ministry of Culture.
http://www.culture.gr/2/22/225/22501/e2250100.html

Faience
Early faience samples from the Indus valley Harappa
Harappa 1995-99.
http://www.harappa.com/indus2/174.html

 

ACHIEVEMENTS

Program in Aegean Scripts and Prehistory (PASP).
University of Texas.
http://www.utexas.edu/research/pasp/

Institute of Mycenaean and Aegean-Eastern Studies.
Istituto per gli Studi Micenei ed Egeo-Anatolici (ISMEA)
http://www.utexas.edu/research/pasp/ismea.html

International revue of Minoan, Mycenaean and Cypriote Studies Minos
http://www.utexas.edu/research/pasp/minos.html

The Phaistos disk
http://www.estrie.com/macphi/portaldisk/index.html
http://www.crl.com/~gcwelch/phaistos.html http://alumni.eecs.berkeley.edu/~lorentz/Ancient_Scripts/phaistos.shtml http://home.t-online.de/home/bernd.schomburg/

Linear B script
http://devlab.dartmouth.edu/history/bronze_age/lessons/25.html

Linear B tablets from Knossos
http://members.tripod.com/~sondmor/index-3.html

Early writings Cuneiform Writing
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
http://www.upenn.edu/museum/Games/cuneiform.html

Examples of early writings from the Indus valley
Harappa 1995-99
http://www.harappa.com/indus2/