Nikolaos Platon
Appearance
Nikolaos Platon Νικόλαος Πλάτων | |
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Born | |
Died | 28 March 1992 | (aged 83)
Citizenship | Greece |
Alma mater | University of Athens |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Archaeology |
Nikolaos Platon (Greek Νικόλαος Πλάτων, Anglicised Nicolas Platon; 8 January 1909 – 28 March 1992) was a renowned Greek archaeologist. He discovered the Minoan palace of Zakros on Crete.
He put forward one of the two systems of relative Minoan chronology used by archaeologists for Minoan archaeology. It is based on the development of the architectural complexes known as "palaces" at Knossos, Phaistos, Malia, and Kato Zakros, and divides the Minoan period into Prepalatial, Protopalatial, Neopalatial, and Post-palatial periods. The other system is based on pottery styles, as suggested by Arthur Evans.
Categories:
- 1909 births
- 1992 deaths
- Greek archaeologists
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens alumni
- People from Cephalonia
- Minoan archaeologists
- Archaeologists of the Bronze Age Aegean
- École pratique des hautes études alumni
- Academic staff of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
- 20th-century archaeologists
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