Palace at Zakros
Code name (Unique Key)
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Site
Kato Zakros
Area
Palace at Zakros
Building
Palace at Zakros
General type of building
Elite building
General functions of the building
Administration
Residential
Storage
Craftsmanship
General description of the location
Minoan settlement located on the far eastern coast of Crete. The settlement lies on the slopes of the hills surrounding the valley where the palace was built. The palace is oriented on the NE-SW axis. The main entrance was from the East through a monumental gate leading via a stepped ramp to an interior court. Through that, the Central Court was accessible via a roofed corridor. The Central Court provided access to all four of the wings of the palace. Another entrance to the palace from South provided direct access to the Central Court through a long passage. The palace was built in the early LM IB period. At a later LM IB phase, the so-called "SW Expansion" of the palace (Rooms XVII-XXI) was added to the original palatial complex.
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Bibliography
Platon, Nikolaos. 1974. Ζάκρος. Το Νέον Μινωικόν Ανάκτορον, Athens.
Platon, Lefteris. 1999. “New Evidence for the Occupation at Zakros before the LM I Palace”, in P.P. Betancourt, V. Karageorgis, R. Laffineur & W.-D. Niemeier (eds.), Meletemata. Studies in Aegean Archaeology presented to Malcolm H. Wiener, Aegaeum 20, Liège, 671-683.
Platon, Lefteris. 2004. “Το Υστερομινωικό Ι ανάκτορο της Ζάκρου: Μία ‘Κνωσός’ έξω από την Κνωσό;”, in G. Cadogan, E. Hatzaki and A. Vasilakis (eds.), KNOSSOS: Palace, City, State, [British School at Athens Studies 12], London, 381-392.
Platon, Lefteris. 2020. (ed.), Ζάκρος Ι. Ιστορικά και μεθοδολογικά. Έρευνες στην ευρύτερη περιοχή της μινωικής εγκατάστασης, [Βιβλιοθήκη της εν Αθήναις Αρχαιολογικής Εταιρείας Αρ. 328], Athens.
Platon, Lefteris. 1999. “New Evidence for the Occupation at Zakros before the LM I Palace”, in P.P. Betancourt, V. Karageorgis, R. Laffineur & W.-D. Niemeier (eds.), Meletemata. Studies in Aegean Archaeology presented to Malcolm H. Wiener, Aegaeum 20, Liège, 671-683.
Platon, Lefteris. 2004. “Το Υστερομινωικό Ι ανάκτορο της Ζάκρου: Μία ‘Κνωσός’ έξω από την Κνωσό;”, in G. Cadogan, E. Hatzaki and A. Vasilakis (eds.), KNOSSOS: Palace, City, State, [British School at Athens Studies 12], London, 381-392.
Platon, Lefteris. 2020. (ed.), Ζάκρος Ι. Ιστορικά και μεθοδολογικά. Έρευνες στην ευρύτερη περιοχή της μινωικής εγκατάστασης, [Βιβλιοθήκη της εν Αθήναις Αρχαιολογικής Εταιρείας Αρ. 328], Athens.
