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EM I 3200?
pottery surprisingly specialized from the very beginning of the Bronze Age
The most significant EM I deposit at Knossos is from a deep well full of communal drinking chalices and serving vessels, possibly remnants of ceremonial drinking and feasting activity. Knossos for much of its Minoan history was arguably a center of ceremonial consumption very much rooted in the symbolic meaning of the site as one of ancestral origins, and for this reason as a source of social and political power.
Early Minoan tholos (circular) tombs, which have no antecedents on the island
In most cases the entrance faces east
EM II 2700
ancestor worship
food and drink left at tomb while body still intact
other offerings continued for centuries later
2200
pottery surprisingly specialized from the very beginning of the Bronze Age
The most significant EM I deposit at Knossos is from a deep well full of communal drinking chalices and serving vessels, possibly remnants of ceremonial drinking and feasting activity. Knossos for much of its Minoan history was arguably a center of ceremonial consumption very much rooted in the symbolic meaning of the site as one of ancestral origins, and for this reason as a source of social and political power.
Early Minoan tholos (circular) tombs, which have no antecedents on the island
In most cases the entrance faces east
EM II 2700
ancestor worship
food and drink left at tomb while body still intact
other offerings continued for centuries later
2200
