文档介绍：Bronze Age Mediterranean Island Cultures and the Ancient Near East
A. Bernard Knapp
The Biblical Archaeologist, Vol. 55, No. 3. (Sep., 1992), pp. 112-128.
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Wed May 23 07:18:44 2007
The "West Courtnseenin the foreground is The Neo-Palatial Period
traversed by the raised "Processional Way"
Behind that is the West Wing (upper floor re- About 1700 ., an earthquake (or
stored), which contained what are believed Bronze Age series of quakes) destroyed Crete's
to be several shrines or sanctuaries, as well first palaces. During the Neo-Palatial
as rows of storage "magazines."Beyond the
West Wing is the Central Court, where vari- Mediterranean period that followed, these palaces
ous activities-like bull-leaping- would were elaborately reconstructed: the
have taken place, and finally the East Wing, magnificent frescos widely recog-
which probably served as the domestic quar-
ter of the palace. The palace of Kno