1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452538303321

Titolo

Prehistoric Crete [[electronic resource] ] : regional and diachronic studies on mortuary systems / / edited by Joanne M.A. Murphy ; contributions by Philip P. Betancourt ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : INSTAP Academic Press, 2011

ISBN

1-62303-117-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (229 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MurphyJoanne M. A. <1971->

BetancourtPhilip B

Disciplina

939/.18

Soggetti

Tombs - Greece - Crete

Funeral rites and ceremonies - Greece - Crete

Antiquities, Prehistoric - Greece - Crete

Excavations (Archaeology) - Greece - Crete

Electronic books.

Crete (Greece) Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction / Joanne M.A. Murphy -- Landscape and social narratives : a study of regional social structures in prepalatial Crete / Joanne M.A. Murphy -- The secret lives of the early and middle Minoan Tholos cemeteries : Koumasa and Platanos / Borja Legarra Herrero -- Tomb 4 at Pseira : evidence for Minoan social practices / Philip B. Betancourt -- A power house of the dead : the functions and long life of the tomb at Myrtos Pyrgos / Gerald Cadogan -- The LM IIIC burial culture in Crete : a socioeconomic perspective / Katia Perna -- Regionalism in early Iron Age Cretan burials / Melissa Eaby.

Sommario/riassunto

Since the inception of Minoan archaeology, studies pertaining to tombs and tomb deposits have played seminal roles in our understanding of Minoan culture and the reconstruction of Bronze Age society. For several geographical areas and chronological periods of Cretan history, tombs are the most abundant source of data. Each author in this volume takes a clear and distinct approach to the data, including some that emphasise political geography on multi-regional and multi-scalar



levels, some that examine the commemoration of the dead and of the community for legitimising purposes but also for mai

2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996385039803316

Autore

Killigrew William, Sir, <1606-1695.>

Titolo

The artless midnight thoughts of a gentleman at court [[electronic resource] ] : who for many years built on sand, which every blast of cross fortune has defaced, but now he has laid new foundations on the rock of his salvation, which no storms can shake, and will out-last the conflagration of the world when time shall melt into eternity

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed for Thomas Howkins ..., 1684 [i.e. 1688]

Edizione

[The second edition with additions.]

Descrizione fisica

[8], 240 p

Soggetti

Meditations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"To His Most Excellent Majesty, King James the Second" (p. [4]) signed: William Killigrew.

Attributed to William Killigrew. Cf. Halkett & Laing (2nd ed.).

Second date of publication from colophon.

Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0113