Author: Victor HardbattlePublisher: New Line Publishing
ISBN: 1844810518
Category : Crete (Greece)
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Western Crete
Author: Jonnie GodfreyPublisher: Hunter Pub Incorporated
ISBN: 9781856913355
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
This guide is aimed at visitors who want to explore the countryside, whether by private or public transport or on foot. It gives details of car tours, picnics and walks for all ages and abilities, as well as public transport timetables.
Landscapes of Western Crete
Author: Jonnie GodfreyPublisher: Hunter Publishing, Inc
ISBN: 9781856911887
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
This guide to Malta, Gozo and Comina includes: topographical walking maps; fold-out touring maps; many short walks and picnic suggestions - suitable for hot summer days and for those with young children; and an update service with specific route-change information.
Hikes Walks and Rambles in Western Crete
Author: Angelos AssariotakisPublisher: David Brown Book Company
ISBN: 9789602186442
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Crete is a unique place, full of contrasts. Due to its position in the Aegean Sea, its long history and the magnificent natural surroundings, the island attracts people of different interests and taste. In this very informative walking guide you will find everything you need to discover the island's hidden treasures. The authors, raised in Crete, have put their long experience of hiking onto paper giving detailed descriptions of the most important and most beautiful hikes, walks and rambles in Western Crete (with trails covering the regions of Chania and Rethymnon). The 51 routes are meticulously described and include all the necessary information (difficulty, duration, accommodation, access etc). You will also find interesting facts about the villages, the traditional cuisine and the sites of Western Crete, as well as the customs of the local people and their way of life. Most descriptions are accompanied by appendices with information that is less practical but will put the finishing touch to the Crete mosaic.
Eastern Crete
Author: Jonnie GodfreyPublisher: Hunter Publishing, Inc
ISBN: 9781856911979
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
This guide to Malta, Gozo and Comina includes: topographical walking maps; fold-out touring maps; many short walks and picnic suggestions - suitable for hot summer days and for those with young children; and an update service with specific route-change information.
The Mosaics of Roman Crete
Author: Rebecca J. SweetmanPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107018404
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
This book examines the rich corpus of mosaics created in Crete during the Roman and Late Antique eras. It provides essential information on the style, iconography, and chronology of the material, as well as discussion of the craftspeople who created them and the technologies they used. The contextualized mosaic evidence also reveals a new understanding of Roman and Late Antique Crete. It helps shed light on the processes by which Crete became part of the Roman Empire, its subsequent Christianization, and the pivotal role the island played in the Mediterranean network of societies during these periods. This book provides an original approach to the study of mosaics and an innovative method of presenting a diachronic view of provincial Cretan society.
Prehistoric Crete
Author: Joanne M. MurphyPublisher: INSTAP Academic Press
ISBN: 1623031176
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Since the inception of Minoan archaeology, studies pertaining to tombs and tomb deposits have played seminal roles in our understanding of Minoan culture and the reconstruction of Bronze Age society. For several geographical areas and chronological periods of Cretan history, tombs are the most abundant source of data. Each author in this volume takes a clear and distinct approach to the data, including some that emphasize political geography on multi-regional and multi-scalar levels, some that examine the commemoration of the dead and of the community for legitimizing purposes but also for maintaining and/or creating elite positions in social systems, and others that underline the overlap between mortuary rituals and religion. The aim of this volume is not to present all tombs in all periods on Crete comprehensively, but the breadth of these papers is intended generate a discourse not just among archaeologists working in different areas and time periods on Crete but also among archaeologists in Greece and a broader anthropological audience.
Final Neolithic Crete and the Southeast Aegean
Author: Krzysztof NowickiPublisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 161451982X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
This book presents an archaeological study of Crete in transition from the Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age (c. 4000 to 3000 BC) within the broader South Aegean context. The study, based on the author’s own fieldwork, contains a gazetteer of over 170 sites. The material from these sites will prompt archaeologists in Greece, Turkey, and the Middle East to reconsider their understanding of the foundation of Bronze Age civilization in the Aegean.
Author: University of Pennsylvania. Museum of Archaeology and AnthropologyA History of Crete
Author: Chris MooreyPublisher: Haus Publishing
ISBN: 1912208547
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 425
Book Description
Known by the Greeks as ‘Megalónisos,’ or the ‘Great Island,’ the island of Crete has a long and varied history. Steeped in historical and cultural heritage, Crete is the most visited of the Greek islands. It has also been of paramount strategic importance for thousands of years, thanks to its location close to the junction of three continents and at the heart of the eastern Mediterranean Sea. For much of its long history, the island has been ruled by foreign invaders. Under the rule of the Mycenaeans, Dorians, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Venetians, Ottoman Turks and, briefly, the Third Reich, Cretans, who are fierce lovers of freedom, have adapted to living with their conquerors and to the influence of foreign rule on their culture. In a dazzling contrast to these three thousand years of domination, we see two periods of the island’s independence: the vibrant apogee of the Minoan civilization and the brief period of autonomy before union with Greece at the beginning of the twentieth century. To guide us through this spectacular history, Chris Moorey, who has lived in Crete for over twenty years, provides an engaging and lively account of the island spanning from the Stone Age to the present day. A History of Crete steps in to fill a gap in scholarship on this fascinating island, providing the first complete history of Crete to be published for over twenty years, and the first ever that is written with a wide readership in mind.
