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Cretan sanctuaries and cults : continuity and change from Late Minoan IIIC to the Archaic period

This volume offers a contextual study of sanctuaries and cults in Crete in the transitional period from the end of the Late Bronze Age into the Archaic period (c.1200 to 600 BC). It provides a dynamic picture of the interplay of religious tradition and societal change in a period long considered a &...

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Main Author: Prent, Mieke (Author)
Document Type: Online Resource Book
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill , c2005
Series:Religions in the Graeco-Roman world v. 154
Religions in the Graeco-Roman World Ser.
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Online Access:Volltext
Author Notes:by Mieke Prent
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Summary:This volume offers a contextual study of sanctuaries and cults in Crete in the transitional period from the end of the Late Bronze Age into the Archaic period (c.1200 to 600 BC). It provides a dynamic picture of the interplay of religious tradition and societal change in a period long considered a 'Dark Age' by Classical scholarship
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 655-699) and index
Physical Description:Online-Ressource (xviii, 737 p., [53] p. of plates) ill., maps 25 cm
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:9004142363