Most knowledge ofthem comes from excavations by Arthur Evans.
This civilization's religious practice included worship at open air temples called "peaksanctuaries," which were stocked with clay representations of humans and animals. The mostcommonly depicted goddess of these people was a bare breasted female holding a cat on her head anda snake in each hand. They also originated the worship of the goddess Britomartis, and frequentlyused the symbolic "horns of consecration" in their art. The existence of sites like Mallia, Gournia,and Zakros has led historians to divide their history into four (*) "palatial" periods. A massivevolcanic eruption on Thera has been postulated as the cause of this civilization's decline in the 15thcentury BCE, when they were occupied by Myceneans and maintained only Knossos. Most knowledge ofthem comes from excavations by Arthur Evans. For 10 points, name this early Linear A using Greekcivilization on Crete.
This civilization's religious practice included worship at open air temples called "peaksanctuaries," which were stocked with clay representations of humans and animals.
Minoan civilization