Bronze Age acrobats
Denmark, Egypt, Crete
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 3919340 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Rune Iversen (0000-0001-7618-625X, University of Copenhagen, autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 2014 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Fascículo | 2 |
| Páginas | 242-255 |
| Data de publicação | 2014-03-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Não |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | World Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 0043-8243 • E-ISSN: 1470-1375 |
| Editora | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00438243.2014.886526 |
| OpenAlex | W2114357557 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 7 |
| Referências citadas | 6 |
A Danish eighteenth-century find of some bronze figurines tells the story of the practising of similar ritual performances across Bronze Age Europe from Egypt to Scandinavia. The Danish figurines, as well as Swedish rock carvings, show backwards-bending female acrobats doing backward handsprings. The exact same appearance is found on Egyptian depictions related to ceremonies and festivals.OnMinoan Crete backwards-bent acrobats are related to bull leaping and bull ceremonies. Despite local variations, backwards-bent acrobatic performances carried out by topless female actorswere part of the immaterial, ritual and cosmological exchange that characterized the second and early firstmillennium BC.Beliefs and ritual practices went hand in hand with the adoption of a series of elite items and an aristocratic lifestyle, thereby creating a unique and fascinating European Bronze Age
Ancient history · Archaeology · Bronze · Bronze Age · Geography · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · History
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| Obras citantes distintas | 7 |
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| Citações por ano | 0,78 |
| Intervalo de citações | 2017 - 2025 (9) |
| Velocidade de citação | recent |
| Altamente citado | Não |
| Tipos de citação | Neutras: 7 |