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UNINA9910451039003321 |
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Autore |
Prent Mieke |
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Titolo |
Cretan sanctuaries and cults [[electronic resource] ] : continuity and change from Late Minoan IIIC to the Archaic period / / by Mieke Prent |
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Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, c2005 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-86755-8 |
9786610867554 |
1-4294-5267-6 |
90-474-0690-7 |
1-4337-0450-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (813 p.) |
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Collana |
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Religions in the Graeco-Roman world, , 0927-7633 ; ; v. 154 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Shrines - Greece - Crete |
Electronic books. |
Crete (Greece) Religion |
Crete (Greece) Antiquities |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 655-699) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preliminary material -- INTRODUCTION -- HISTORY OF RESEARCH -- SANCTUARIES AND CULTS OF THE LATE MINOAN IIIC-SUBMINOAN PERIOD -- SANCTUARIES AND CULTS OF THE PROTOGEOMETRIC, GEOMETRIC AND ORIENTALIZING PERIODS -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS: CONTINUITY AND CHANGE -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Tables -- MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS -- INDEX -- RELIGIONS IN THE GRAECO-ROMAN WORLD. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This volume documents the development of Cretan sanctuaries and associated cults from the end of the Late Bronze Age into the Archaic Period (c.1200–600 BC). The book supplies up-to-date site catalogues and discusses recurring types of sanctuaries, the history of their use and their religious and social functions, offering new insights into the period as a whole. Ancient Crete is known as an island whose religion displays a strong continuity with ‘Minoan’ traditions. The period of 1200–600 BC in general, however, is considered as one of profound socio-political and cultural change. This study explores the idea of |
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