Religion and Society in Middle Bronze Age Greece

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ID19909008
AuthorsHelène Whittaker (0000-0002-6310-7839, University of Gothenburg, corresponding author)
Year2014
Publication date2014-05-12
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueReligion and Society in Middle Bronze Age Greece (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9781107279261
OpenAlexW4293020896
ISBN9781107279261
Open LibraryOL34558824M
LanguageEN
Citations received9

The Middle Helladic period has received little attention, partially because of scholars' view of it as merely the prelude to the Mycenaean period and partially because of the dearth of archaeological evidence from the period. In this book, Helène Whittaker demonstrates that Middle Helladic Greece is far more interesting than its material culture might at first suggest. Whittaker comprehensively reviews and discusses the archaeological evidence for religion on the Greek mainland, focusing on the relationship between religious expression and ideology. The book argues that religious beliefs and rituals played a significant role in the social changes that were occurring at the time. The arguments and conclusions of this book will be relevant beyond the Greek Bronze Age and will contribute to the general archaeological debate on prehistoric religion

Aesthetics · Ancient history · Archaeological evidence · Archaeology · Art · Bronze · Bronze Age · Ideology · Mainland · Middle Ages · Period (music) · Political science · Politics · Prehistory · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Classical Antiquity Studies · History · Law

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