*tina goes to find minoan poster she did on social divisons*
Ahem.
Have some free historiography ppl:
John Pendlebury:
"it is impossible to say what kind of social order existed [in Minoan Crete]"
(utter total bs i might add)
J.S Soles and T.M Whitelaw:
They believe that the house tombs of Mochlos and other sites in Northern Crete can provide evidence for a hierarchial social structure. Tombs differ in sizes, proximity to settlements, architectural elaboration, and quality of grave goods.
Dr. Brian Brennan:
Theorised that since religion was primarily goddess based (eg Snake Goddess), the society could have been matrilineal rather than patrilineal.
Nicolas Platon:
He adds support to the theory of Minoan Crete being strongly influenced by women as it was a peaceful society. He speaks of "the influence of female sensitivity" and also believes Crete had a remarkably higher standard of living compared to other societies of that time.
Susan Evesdaughter:
Believes Minoan society was matriarchial.
(she uses a whole bunch of evidence here, mostly criticising Evans' work)
So yeah, that's all i can be bothered to put up atm. It's late....
