Cretan Cylindrical Models
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4540029 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rebecca Mersereau (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 97 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-47 |
| Publication date | 1993-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9114 • E-ISSN: 1939-828X |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/505838 |
| OpenAlex | W2326903550 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 2 |
This paper is a study of cylindrical architectural models produced on Crete between Late Minoan IIIA2 and the Orientalizing period. In previous literature these models have been associated with the Italic hut urn tradition, similar models from Syria, representations on Minoan sealstones, ephemeral shrines, granaries, and tholos tombs. After analyzing their physical characteristics and establishing their chronological range, I argue that these cylindrical models were creations of native Cretan inspiration and that their form is derived from the contemporary ceramic repertoire, not from architecture. Such an abstract form of model was acceptable because the intention of the representation was to symbolize an architectural space rather than to depict any specific architectural type. For reasons of contextual associations and distinctions, expectations based on cross-cultural studies of religious behavior, and the remarkable chronological correspondence between the rise, floruit, and decline of these cylindrical models and that of the cult of the so-called Minoan goddess with upraised arms (MGUA), it is suggested that in LM III these models were used in the worship of the MGUA at the level of the household unit
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2025 (25) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |