Hypothetical reconstruction of the elevation of a house - Able to have more than one story because reinforced base of stone 17.

The town site of Gournia, dating to 1750-1500 BCE, provides us with many examples of Minoan houses. My research explores the ways in which we can understand the ordering of Minoan house space by what has been left behind, namely the architecture and material culture.

The town site of Gournia, dating to 1750 -1500 BCE, provides us with many examples of Minoan houses. My research explores the ways in which we can understand the ordering of Minoan house space by what has been left behind, namely the architecture and material culture. I ask: What patterns can be seen in these houses at the Minoan site of Gournia?

The ancient town at Gournia prospered in the early Late Minoan period (1600 BC) when it had a population of about 4.000. It is probably the most thoroughly excavated Neopalatial residential complex of the Minoan era, in the whole of Crete. It was destroyed by fire and was looted shortly before the end of the Minoan era, never to be rebuilt.

The excavation of Gournia was accomplished during three campaigns, in 1901, 1903, and 1904. The work, led by Boyd and employing a crew of 100 local men as excavators and 10 women to wash artifacts, revealed a settlement that thrived from about 1800 B.C. to 1600 B.C. with occupation from as early as the third millennium B.C. and as late as 1000 B.C.

Gournia (Greek: Γουρνιά) is the site of a Minoan palace complex in the Lasithi regional unit on the island of Crete, Greece. Its modern name originated from the many stone troughs that are at the site and its original name for the site is unknown. [1]

General view of the minoan city at Gournia The first inhabitants settled here in the Early Minoan III period (2300 B.C.). Remains of the Middle Minoan period (2000-1600 B.C.) are also preserved; in c. 1600 B.C., the palace was erected but was destroyed along with the surrounding town in 1450 B.C., at the same time with all the other palatial ...

2023年9月6日 · Key Works Gournia, plan (1600 BCE) • Knossos, Palace (1450 BCE) • Gournia, plan (1600 BCE) The streets are not straight, very organic/curved and thinner streets than previous plans • Often clearings in the city • For houses, lower registers made of stone with reinforced mud brick for the second floor • Plaster walls features colorful ...

New construction (especially structures of industrial function), expansion, and reorganization occurred in MM IB; in fact, the site may have been at its largest during MM IB–II. Elite house tombs associated with this phase of settlement were found at the northern end of the hill (the “North Cemetery”).

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