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Minoan is the name given to the palaces built c.1900-1400 BC on the Aegean Island of Crete. Characteristic features are columns tapering downwards, simple capitals and richly-coloured surfaces, including notable frescos. The Mycenaeans of mainland Greece were influenced by the Minoans from about 1600 BC and appear to have taken control of Crete c.1400 BC. Their kings built citadels and beehive tombs. They were overthrown by Doric invasions c.1100 BC.

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Minoan Crete Ian Swindale provides photographs and concise descriptions of all the major Minoan sites in Crete. A chronology is available in a separate box for ease of reference. www.uk.digiserve.com/mentor/minoan/index.html

Iraklion Archaeological Museum The largest collection of Minoan artefacts in the world exhibited in over 20 rooms. Corpus includes material from the most important archaeological sites in Crete: Knossos, Phaestos, Malia, Tylissos, Gortys, Agia Triada, Mohlos, Gournia, Zakros, and other www.dilos.com/region/crete/ir_mus.html

Cretan Minoan Finds Archaeology magazine reports on a newly discovered Minoan palace 20 miles south of Heraklion, Crete. Includes illustrations. www.archaeology.org/online/news/minoan.html

The Many Faces of Colonization: 12th Century Aegean Settlements in Cyprus and the Levant Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry 3(1). An often neglected aspect of migration is the acceptance that every migration event is unique. (PDF) www.rhodes.aegean.gr/../docs/volume3%20No1%20Jun2003/landau.pdf

Attic Pottery Production, Imports, and Exports During the Mycenaean Period by Neutron Activation Analysis Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry 3(1). A set of 224 Mycenaean pottery samples from different sites in Attica was analysed by Neutron Activation to determine the locally produced from the imported ware. (PDF) www.rhodes.aegean.gr/../../volume3%20No1%20Jun2003/mommsen.pdf

The Final Neolithic-Early Minoan I/IIA Settlement History of the Vrokastro Area, Mirabello, Eastern Crete Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry 3(1). This paper discusses the FN-EM I/IIA settlement pattern along the west-central coast of the Gulf of Mirabello. (PDF) www.rhodes.aegean.gr/../docs/volume3%20No1%20Jun2003/hayden.pdf

The Impact of Cycladic Settlers on Early Minoan Crete Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry 3(1). Substantial evidence exists for Cycladic influence in Early Bronze Age Crete. (PDF) www.rhodes.aegean.gr/../../../betancourt.pdf

New Late Bronze Age Chronology From the Lalysos Region, Rhodes Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry 1(1). The prehistoric settlement at Ialysos is inhabited uninterruptedly From the Middle Bronze Age Untel the Late Halladic III A2 Period. (PDF) www.rhodes.aegean.gr/../../volume1%20No1%20Nov2001/Marketou.pdf

The Prehistoric Archaeology of the Aegean Dartmouth College provides searchable text, galleries of expandable thumbnail photographs and bibliographies on topics including Minoan and Mycenean architecture. projectsx.dartmouth.edu/history/bronze_age