![]() Caves appear to have first been used as cult places early in the Middle Minoan (Protopalatial) period, at more or less the same time when the first Cretan palaces were being constructed. Toward the end of the Neolithic, they also began to be used extensively as cemeteries, and such usage continued throughout the Early Minoan period and in some areas even longer. Even if Linear A were deciphered, it is unlikely that much information regarding Minoan cult practices, much less Minoan religious ideology, would be forthcoming above and beyond the names of the divinities which the Minoans worshipped.Ĭaves were first used in Crete as dwellings or at least as habitation sites in the Neolithic period. Since Linear A is as yet undeciphered, there is effectively no contemporary textual evidence regarding Minoan religion. Garbled memories of Minoan cult practice preserved in later Greek myth and ritual.figurines, "horns of consecration", "baetylic pillars", "libation" jugs, altars, tripod "tables of offerings", etc.). Representations of cult activity in Minoan art on such items as seals, signet rings, mural paintings, sarcophagi (larnakes), and pottery. ![]() This consists of the following four broad classes, the last of which will not be dealt with in any detail in this course: Absolute Chronology of the Palaeolithic Era in the Aegean.Absolute Chronology of the Late Bronze Age in the Aegean.Absolute Chronology of the Early and Middle Bronze Age in the Aegean.Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, and Diet: General.Agriculture and Animal Husbandry: Specific.The Politics of Aegean Archaeological Fieldwork in Modern Aegean States and in Contemporary American Academe.Physical Reconstructions of Aegean Sites and Works of Art.Landscape Archaeology and the Archaeology of Memory.Surface Surveys Spanning Multiple Periods of Aegean Prehistory.Theoretical Approaches to Trade and Exchange. ![]() Modern Fictional Treatments of the Aegean Bronze Age. ![]()
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