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Ritual in the Bronze Age Aegean : The Minoan Peak Sanctuaries

by: Kyriakidis, E.

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Category: Minoan / Mycenaean / Aegean / Mediterranean Bronze Age
Code: 887
ISBN-13: 9780715632482 / 978-0-7156-3248-2
ISBN-10: 0715632485 / 0-7156-3248-5
Publisher: Duckworth
Publication Date: 2005
Publication Place: London
Binding: Cloth
Pages: 201
Book Condition: New

Ritual in the Bronze Age Aegean : the Minoan Peak sanctuaries
Author:Evangelos Kyriakidis

ix, 201 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
 

 

Ritual is a fascinating subject, with a tendency to set the imagination racing and raise expectations for exciting treatment. Minoan archaeology and more particularly the so-called "peak sanctuaries" have been the object of much such interest and speculation, but also of considerable creative research. In this book Evangelos Kyriakidis rigorously assesses old and new ideas about these sanctuaries, testing and enriching such ideas by connecting them with the extant material and underpinning them with a solid theoretical basis. General theoretical issues such as the attribution of ritual value to a prehistoric activity, the assessment of degrees of ritual establishment and the creation of ritual institutions are developed with the peak sanctuary material in mind. The results are then compared and contrasted to other studies on the social and political dynamics of Minoan Crete, providing a new insight into ritual in the area as a whole.

 

Contents:
Ritual and Minoan archaeology
What's in a name? : the "peak sanctuaries"
Attributing ritual value
The archaeology of ritual
Evidence of ritual value : the "peak sanctuaries"
Going further with ritual : Praxis and belief
The establishment of ritual
The establishment of the Minoan Peak sanctuary rituals
More established rituals : evidence for institutions
The rise and fall of the Minoan Peak sanctuaries
Appendix : analysis of find types

 
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Ritual in the Bronze Age Aegean : The Minoan Peak Sanctuaries

by: Kyriakidis, E.

  • ISBN-13: 9780715632482 / 978-0-7156-3248-2
  • ISBN-03: 0715632485 / 0-7156-3248-5
  • Duckworth, London, 2005

Price: 86,00 EURO

(in stock)