Understanding Urbanism through Continuity and Change at the West Court and Theatral Area of Knossos

根据提出的研究主题，即通过对克诺索斯城市中心的研究，通过对以前未被充分开发的挖掘记录和发现的探索，有助于理解城市化，我建议将重点放在西庭和剧院区（WC和TA）上。我对这一研究重点的热情源于：希望提供从新石器时代到罗马时代整个时期的城市生活概况；将100多年的挖掘工作整合在一起的潜力，其中大部分尚未得到充分开发；该区域提供了通过城市空间编排来讨论权力理论概念的机会。由于位于克诺索斯的“宫殿”和更广泛的城市定居点之间，西庭和剧院区在研究潜力方面具有令人兴奋的独特之处。作为堤道和道路的交叉点，坐落在米诺斯宫殿的城墙外，西庭和剧院区对建筑环境的不同操作的概述为了解克诺索斯的城镇生活提供了一个令人兴奋和独特的机会，既可以在外面导航，也可以在中心精英的范围内。

Developing from the proposed subject of study - that is, to contribute to an understanding ofurbanism through research into the urban centre of Knossos, through an exploration intopreviously under-explored excavation records and finds - I propose to focus on the WestCourt and Theatral Area (WC and TA). My passion for this proposed focus of researchsprings from: the desire to provide an overview of urban life across the whole period, fromthe Neolithic to Roman times; the potential to bring together over 100 years of excavationwork, much of which has been underexplored; and the opportunity which the area providesto discuss theoretical concepts of power through the choreography of urban space. TheWest Court and Theatral Area is excitingly unique in its research potential due to its positionbetween the 'Palace' of Knossos and the wider urban settlement. As the meeting point ofcauseways and roads, and sitting just outside the Minoan palace walls, an overview of thedifferent manipulations of the built environment of the West Court and Theatral Areaprovides an exciting and unique opportunity to understand town life in Knossos as navigatedoutside, but within the sphere of, the central elite.