03222nam 2200637 a 450 991045253830332120200520144314.01-62303-117-6(CKB)2550000001100262(EBL)1274574(OCoLC)852759412(SSID)ssj0000917057(PQKBManifestationID)11576120(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000917057(PQKBWorkID)10878330(PQKB)10026980(MiAaPQ)EBC1274574(Au-PeEL)EBL1274574(CaPaEBR)ebr10733982(CaONFJC)MIL504688(EXLCZ)99255000000110026220110509d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPrehistoric Crete[electronic resource] regional and diachronic studies on mortuary systems /edited by Joanne M.A. Murphy ; contributions by Philip P. Betancourt ... [et al.]Philadelphia INSTAP Academic Press20111 online resource (229 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-931534-61-6 1-299-73437-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 maiTombsGreeceCreteFuneral rites and ceremoniesGreeceCreteAntiquities, PrehistoricGreeceCreteExcavations (Archaeology)GreeceCreteCrete (Greece)AntiquitiesElectronic books.TombsFuneral rites and ceremoniesAntiquities, PrehistoricExcavations (Archaeology)939/.18Murphy Joanne M. A.1971-891198Betancourt Philip B208786MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452538303321Prehistoric Crete1990521UNINA