What are these queer stones? Baetyls : epistemology of a Minoan fetish /
"This monograph examines the aniconic cult stones, or baetyls, of the Aegean Bronze Age. Minoan baetyls are commonly understood by reference to the interpretive vocabularies of ancient Near Eastern traditions developed by comparative ethnographies popular in the early 20th century. This study p...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
British Archaeological Reports,
2013.
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| Series: | BAR international series ;
2511. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "This monograph examines the aniconic cult stones, or baetyls, of the Aegean Bronze Age. Minoan baetyls are commonly understood by reference to the interpretive vocabularies of ancient Near Eastern traditions developed by comparative ethnographies popular in the early 20th century. This study presents and interrogates the Aegean evidence for baetyl cult, providing a catalogue of archaeological evidence attesting to this cultic practice. Contextual analysis provides the basis for interpreting and (re)constructing aspects of the cult. It is argued that the ambiguity inherent in these aniconic stones renders them uniquely flexible in serving multiple cultic, ritual and ideological functions across different contexts." -- Abstract. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 79 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781407340982 1407340980 9781407311296 1407311298 |
| DOI: | 10.30861/9781407311296 |