Minoan chronology Evans uncovered most of the site's within 6 seasons. By 1905 he had named the civilization whose traces he found there "Minoan", after the legendary king Minos, and had created a detailed chronology of the serial phases of the pottery styles in Minoan Crete, based on what he found at Knossos. Subsequently he concerned himself mainly with restoration, an activity frowned upon by archaeologists of today. He continued to excavate there and elsewhere and to restore until 1935. Evans was knighted in 1911 for his work. In 1921, the first edition of his monumental work, "Palace of Minos", was released,
Civilisation (TV series) Civilisation (TV series) Civilisation—in full, Civilisation: A Personal View by Kenneth Clark—is a television documentary series written and presented by the art historian Kenneth Clark. The thirteen programmes in the series outline the history of Western art, architecture and philosophy since the Dark Ages. The series was produced by the BBC and aired in 1969 on BBC2. Then, and in later transmissions in Britain, the US and other countries it reached an unprecedented number of viewers for an art series. Clark's book of the same title, based on the series, was published in 1969. In recent times the series has