Table of contents : Cover Title Page Copyright Page Contents Abbreviations Contributors Chapter 1: Introduction: Escaping the Labyrinth Chapter 2: Approaching the Labyrinth Chapter 3: Time, Space and the Reinvention of the Cretan Neolithic Chapter 4: A Sea of Agency: Crete in the Context of the Earliest Neolithic in Greece Chapter 5: The Knapped Stone Technology of the First Occupants at Knossos Chapter 6: ‘The Fauna and Economy of Neolithic Knossos’ Revisited Chapter 7: Figurin’ Out Cretan Neolithic Society: Anthropomorphic Figurines, Symbolism and Gender Dialectics Chapter 8: Living with the Dead: a Re-Consideration of Mortuary Practices in the Greek Neolithic Chapter 9: Stones of Contention: Regional Axe Production and Hidden Landscapes on Neolithic Crete Chapter 10: Neolithic Katsambas Revisited: the Evidence from the House Chapter 11: The Neolithic Settlement of Phaistos Revisited: Evidence for Ceremonial Activity on the Eve of the Bronze Age Chapter 12: Obsidian in Transition: the Technological Reorganization of the Obsidian Industry from Petras Kephala (Siteia) between Final Neolithic IV and Early Minoan I Chapter 13: The Final Neolithic (Late Chalcolithic) to Early Bronze Age Transition in Crete and the Southeast Aegean Islands: Changes in Settlement Patterns and Pottery Chapter 14: Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Coping with Marginal Colonisation in the Later Neolithic and Early Bronze Age of Crete and the Aegean Chapter 15: The Neolithic-Early Bronze Age Transition in Crete: New Evidence from the Settlement at Petras Kephala, Siteia Chapter 16: Long After Hippos, Well Before Palaces: A Commentary on the Cultures and Contexts of Neolithic Crete Chapter 17: The Neolithic of Crete, as Seen from Outside