Solid items made to break, or breakable items made to last? The case of Minoan peak sanctuary figurines
The thousands of figurines found at peak sanctuaries across Crete have been widely understood as votive offerings. Owing to their fragmentary condition, it also has been suggested that they were broken as part of the rituals performed at these sites by being thrown into bonfires or to the ground. Th...
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Main Author: | Céline Murphy |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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ACoSt - Association for Coroplastic Studies
2018-04-01
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Series: | Les Carnets de l’ACoSt |
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Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/acost/1089 |
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