Bronze Age Representations of Aegean Bull-Leaping

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ID4543104
AuthorsJohn G Younger (0000-0002-0820-0635, corresponding author)
Year1976
Volume80
Issue2
Pages125-137
Publication date1976-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-9114 • E-ISSN: 1939-828X
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2307/503408
OpenAlexW2063244819
LanguageEN
Citations received12

There were three main systems for depicting Aegean bull-leaping in the Late Bronze Age. Type I was described by Evans, Type II by Mrs. Sakellariou, while Type III is here presented for the first time. Though Types I and III seem to reflect several aesthetic considerations, Type II may illustrate the sport more accurately. All three types include several examples that come with known proveniences and from dated contexts. These examples suggest that Type I was a Cretan schema with a floruit in LM I, Type III a Mycenaean schema with a floruit in LH IIIB, and Type II a Cretan and Mycenaean schema dating primarily before the beginning of LB IIIB. If Type II depicts bull-leaping accurately then the sport may not have been practiced after LB IIIA:2

Ancient history · Art · Bronze · Bronze Age · Information retrieval · Schema (genetic algorithms · Ancient Near East History · Computer Science · History · Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts

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