On	IN	O
political	JJ	O
developments	NNS	O
on	IN	O
Crete	NP	O
in	IN	O
the	DT	O
Final	JJ	O
and	CC	O
Postpalatial	JJ	O
periods	NNS	O
(	(	O
the	DT	O
ceramic	JJ	O
phases	NNS	O
LM	NP	O
II	NP	O
to	TO	O
IIIB	NP	O
)	)	O
seen	VBN	O
through	IN	O
the	DT	O
lens	NN	O
of	IN	O
high-status	NN	O
mortuary	NN	O
practices	NNS	O
.	SENT	O

Patterns	NNS	O
in	IN	O
tomb	NN	O
architecture	NN	O
,	,	O
burial	NN	O
assemblages	NNS	O
,	,	O
and	CC	O
cemetery	NN	O
distributions	NNS	O
provide	VBP	O
insights	NNS	O
into	IN	O
changes	NNS	O
in	IN	O
elite	JJ	O
ideologies	NNS	O
and	CC	O
political	JJ	O
geography	NN	O
.	SENT	O

At	IN	O
the	DT	O
start	NN	O
of	IN	O
the	DT	O
Final	JJ	O
Palatial	NP	O
period	NN	O
,	,	O
new	JJ	O
burial	NN	O
customs	NNS	O
were	VBD	O
introduced	VBN	O
in	IN	O
Knossos	NP	O
that	WDT	O
functioned	VBD	O
as	IN	O
a	DT	O
medium	NN	O
for	IN	O
status	NN	O
competition	NN	O
.	SENT	O

Changes	NNS	O
in	IN	O
the	DT	O
later	RBR	O
Final	JJ	O
Palatial	NP	O
period	NN	O
suggest	VBP	O
a	DT	O
standardization	NN	O
in	IN	O
mortuary	JJ	O
self-representation	NN	O
.	SENT	O

Beyond	IN	O
Knossos	NP	O
,	,	O
similar	JJ	O
tomb	NN	O
practices	NNS	O
began	VBD	O
to	TO	O
occur	VB	O
,	,	O
but	CC	O
an	DT	O
increase	NN	O
in	IN	O
mortuary	JJ	O
display	NN	O
in	IN	O
the	DT	O
early	JJ	O
Postpalatial	NP	O
phase	NN	O
indicates	VBZ	O
resurgent	JJ	O
regional	JJ	O
elites	NNS	O
seizing	VBG	O
the	DT	O
political	JJ	O
opportunities	NNS	O
attendant	JJ	O
upon	IN	O
Knossos	NP	O
's	POS	O
collapse	NN	O
.	SENT	O

The	DT	O
Postpalatial	NP	O
phase	NN	O
also	RB	O
sees	VBZ	O
a	DT	O
shift	NN	O
in	IN	O
focus	NN	O
of	IN	O
mortuary	JJ	O
ostentation	NN	O
toward	IN	O
the	DT	O
far	RB	O
west	JJ	O
of	IN	O
the	DT	O
island	NN	O
.	SENT	O