The significant few. Miniature pottery from the Sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3918760 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Signe Barfoed (0000-0002-5482-2806, University of Kent, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 170-188 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | World Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-8243 • E-ISSN: 1470-1375 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00438243.2014.992077 |
| OpenAlex | W1986983469 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 26 |
Miniature pottery is omnipresent in the ancient Greek world, especially in sanctuaries, from the Prehistoric to the Hellenistic period. This article will present and discuss a significant absence of miniature pottery in one of the best-known sanctuaries in Greece, the Sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia during the Archaic period. The reasons behind this scarcity are at one level clearly related to the pan-Hellenic character of the sanctuary. However, by comparing the assemblages at Olympia with other sanctuaries, largely in the Peloponnese, it becomes clear that the roles of miniature pottery may be quite complex. This absence in at least some pan-Hellenic contexts, in combination with the kinds of shapes that are most common in particular assemblages, suggests that miniature pottery has significance that goes beyond the ‘votive’, as traditionally construed by Classical archaeologists, to include commemorative and possibly ritual roles
Aesthetics · Ancient Greek · Ancient history · Archaeology · Archaic period · Art · Hellenistic Period · JAR · Period (music · Pottery · Prehistory · ZEUS (particle detector · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · Engineering · History
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 0,88 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2025 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |