CONTEXTUALISING THE LARNAX: TRADITION, INNOVATION AND REGIONALISM IN COFFIN USE ON LATE MINOAN II-IIIB CRETE

Autor:	Laura Preston
Rok vydání:	2004
Předmět:	Archeology History Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Bronze Age Geography Planning and Development Regionalism (international relations) Coffin Ancient history Archaeology
Zdroj:	Oxford Journal of Archaeology. 23:177-197
ISSN:	1468-0092 0262-5253
DOI:	10.1111/j.1468-0092.2004.00208.x
Popis:	Summary. This paper analyses coffin use in the tombs of Late Bronze Age Crete in terms of both mortuary traditions on the island and regional variations in cultural practices. It argues that the revival of coffin use in the Final and Post-palatial periods (in ceramic terms, Late Minoan II–IIIB) constituted a recourse to an earlier burial custom within negotiations of rapidly changing mortuary practices across the island. However, this ‘re-invention’ involved significant modifications to the form and significance of the coffin. The paper then explores spatial variations in choices of coffin types, as one potential window onto the issue of intra-island regionalism in social and cultural practices.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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