Message #241529

[Phair]

A journey into the Cretan landscape

The next such course is entitled The Making of the Cretan Countryside. Ecological-historical in nature, it aims to demonstrate on the ground first the varying natural habitats that have emerged on Crete over the millennia, and then how they were exploited and thus altered by human activity – from Minoan to modern times. Field-trips and walking in field and on mountainside are combined with evening talks to provide one with the insights and knowledge by which to ‘read’ the landscape. An opportunity to visit the Palace is included, with the Knossos Curator in residence (as the Institute’s head is traditionally termed).