HIST 231 Lecture Notes - Bull-Leaping, Amphora, Zakros
7 Nov 2011
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Announcements: research paper due this friday during class. Domestic spaces: knossos: king"s chamber / hall of the double axes, double axe motif (perceived by evans to be very masculine) Names stuck to better understand what room they were talking about. Can"t really say gender-wise what was really going on. Large-scale storage: knossos, phaistos, and malia, large storage containers, hold food storage of the island knossos. Malia: channels that lead to a sunken vat. Industrial areas: knossos, lapidary workshop (basalt from egypt, pottery kiln, phaistos, oil/wine press, pretty self-sufficient. Presumably they had workers/slaves employed by the palace to make stone objects or pottery. Unknown of relationship btwn workers and people hiring them (salary, conditions, etc. ) Drainage systems: knossos, took the water and waste away, u-shaped terracotta, u-shaped stone cut drained channel, ppl are living a very nice lifestyle. Light wells: knossos, if rooms used are central court or outside then you can open window to outside.
