Hello everyone,
Just wanted to have some recommendations about some books about the Minoan people. If possible more broad to start with and then if possible more information about the social aspects of this "civilisation".
Also, I would really appreciate to have them as e-books if possible, would make it a lot easier to take away.
Many thanks,
Andro
Many years ago I read this one in an undergraduate history class:
Castleden, Rodney (1993). Minoans: Life in Bronze Age Crete. Routledge. ISBN 0415040701.
I remember finding it informative and a good read. It is used as one of many sources in the Wikipedia article about Minoan civilization. However, considering this book is now 22 years old there are probably more up-to-date sources available as well.
J. Lesley Fitton's Minoans (Peoples of the Past) (2002) is highly readable, well set-out and reasonably up-to-date. As well as including the more recently found Minoan sites in her study, she gives an authoritative chronology in the first section, while making clear that this timeline will likely be improved upon when scientific dating techniques catch up.
She then sequentially goes through the Minoan period from Neolithic Period to Iron Age. Fitton finishes up with approaching the legends associated with Minoan Crete, as well as looking at its legacy through the ages and examines recent archaeological discoveries that point to some more sinister facets of Minoan civilization.
Sorry its not an ebook though!