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West House

a Pleiades name resource

Creators: Diane Chau

Contributors: David Letourneau, Courtney Pham, Hunter Carline, Adam Rabinowitz

Last modified Jul 17, 2015 01:26 AM — History

tags: House, Minoans

Romanized Name(s):
West House

Name as attested:

West House

Language:
English

Name type:
geographic name

Accuracy of transcription:
accurate

Level of transcription completeness:
complete

Level of certainty in association between name and the place:
Certain

Temporal attestations:

Modern (AD 1700-Present) (confident)

References:

Evidence:

J.C. McEnroe. 2010. Architecture of Minoan Crete: Constructing identity in the Aegean Bronze Age. Austin: University of Texas Press, 23.

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

During early excavations that started in 1903, the West House and the Red House were both thought to be parts of one large complex, known collectively as "The House on the Hilltop." Subsequent excavations showed that the wings of the complex were actually constructed during different phases, which prompted the separation of the entity into separate houses with different names.

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