A Minoan Experimental House – Paying Tribute to Middle Bronze Age Cretan Vernacular Architecture

Abstract

In the mountains south of Agios Nikolaos, north-east Crete, the Minoans of the Middle Bronze Age (2000-1650 B.C.) left behind several kinds of ruins, which were studied in my PhD thesis (Beckmann 2012a). The 337 ancient sites discovered during this investigation were arranged in a loose settlement pattern, with dwellings ca. 150 m from each other, composed of manifold field- enclosures and animal pen walls surrounding variably sized houses and connected by an extensive network of paths.

Keywords

• reconstruction
• construction of building
• bronze age
• greece