Encounters with Mycenaean Figures and Figurines: Papers Presented at a Seminar at the Swedish Institute at Athens, 27-29 April 2001 Tapa blanda - 2009

Stockholm: Swedish Institute at Athens, 2009. In English. Soft cover, 8o, 196 pp. ISBN: 9789179160579.Presents fourteen articles which discuss Mycenaean figurines from various points of view. They focus on different aspects of the figurines, elaborating on their function, contextual characteristics, production, use-life, classification, topography, and history of scholarship. The articles are based on papers given at a workshop at the Swedish Institute at Athens in April 2001 entitled 'Cultic Space and Mycenaean Figurines'. The idea of having a workshop arose from the fact that several of the participants were involved at the time with the documentation of various figurine types from the so-called Potter's Workshop at Mastos in the Berbati Valley in the Argolid. The number and variety of the Mycenaean figurines from Mastos is impressive, particularly as the excavation bad covered only a small area. The excavator, Å. Åkerström, proposed that the site bad a cultic function in addition to its role as… Leer más

Trade Paperback. Publisher: Publikationsnämnden över de Svenska Instituten vid Rom och Athen | Utg. 2009 | Trade Paperback | 195 p. | This book is brand new. | Language: Engelska | We have this book in our store house - please allow for a couple of extra days for delivery.