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Minoan

Minoan Double Axe: An experimental study of production and use
by Maria Lowe Fri
This study investigates the symbolically charged double axe as a tool in Crete during the Minoan period. Twenty three double axes are examined for traces of manufacturing methods and different use-wear in conjunction with experimental work to establish ...
Paperback. Price GB £31.00

Death Management and Virtual Pursuits: A Virtual Reconstruction of the Minoan Cemetery at Phourni, Archanes. Examining the use of tholos Tomb C and burial Building 19 and the role of illumination, in relation to mortuary practices and the perception of life and death by the Living
by Constantinos Papadopoulos
This volume embraces computer based research to provide a virtual reconstruction of Tholos Tomb C and Burial Building 19 at the cemetery at Phourni, using the resultant models to reassess the archaeological dataset, and in particular human interaction ...
Paperback. Price GB £46.00

Ornament und Bedeutung. Zur Motivik Mittelminoischer Feinkeramik
by Clemens Schmidlin
The subject of this study is middle-Minoan fine ware, also known as Kamares-ware. The author presents a catalogue of motifs according to the nature of their use on vessels. These include examples of vessel-specific (connecting the surface of the vessel ...
Paperback. Price GB £26.00

Corpus der Minoischen und Mykenischen Siegel VI 1 and 2
by Helen Hughes-Brock with John Boardman
These volumes publish the 516 Minoan and Mycenaean seals in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Although many have been previously published this publication is far more comprehensive than any which precede it and several artefacts previously considered ...
Hardback. Price GB £200.00

Raum und Ritus. Zur Rekonstruktion minoischer Kultpraxis
by Mara Zitti
In this study of Minoan cult practice, the author looks beyond the many vivid images from Cretan prehistory, focusing on the stratigraphy of the artefacts and buildings. Excavated rooms are analysed systematically for the relationship between their ...
Paperback. Price GB £34.00

Burning Bulls, Broken Bones: Sacrificial Ritual in the Context of Palace Period Minoan Religion
by Robert James Cromarty
This monograph aims to shed light on just one facet of the comparatively understudied field of Minoan religion - that of animal sacrifice. As such it is a detailed disucussion and analysis of faunal remains, and takes issue with much of the methodology of ...
Paperback. Price GB £31.00

Darstellungen von Kampf und Krieg in der Minoischen und Mykenischen Kultur
by Christian Vonhoff
A study of the Minoan and Mycenaean depiction of warriors and warfare. Vonhoff identifies four phases of artistic depictions, and discusses the implications of their form and frequency for our understanding of elite society in the mid-late Bronze Age ...
Hardback. Price GB £72.95

Minoan Kato Zakro: A Pastoral Economy
by Judith Reid
This study reinterprets the evidence from the well-known site of Kato Zakro in eastern Crete in the light of Darwinian evolutionary theory. Judith Reid employs a bottom-up approach linking the material evidence to its environmental setting and examining ...
Paperback. Price GB £40.00

The Minoan Pantheon: Towards an understanding of its nature and extent
by Marina L Moss
Religion and ritual were an important part of life on Minoan Crete although identifying and characterising the deities venerated is not an easy task. This study undertakes an examination of such deities through investigating religious activities and ...
Paperback. Price GB £52.00

Bronzeworking on Late Minoan Crete: A Diachronic Study
by Lena Hakulin
Bronzeworking was an important industry in the late Bronze Age Aegean and this thesis draws on a large database of material related to Late Minoan bronze objects, raw materials, evidence for workshops and so on. Lena Hakulin not only presents an overview ...
Paperback. Price GB £30.00