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Celebrations of death and divinity in the Bronze Age Argolid. Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium at the Swedish Institute at Athens, 11–13 June, 1988

By Robin Hägg & Gullög C. Nordquist, eds

Abstract

Twenty-four papers on various aspects of burial customs and religious cult practice in the region Argolis (Greece) during the Bronze Age, read at an international conference in Athens; the papers are followed by transcripts of the discussions of the symposium. The papers are arranged in six groups, discussing (1) ceremonial practices in the Early and Middle Helladic periods, (2) mortuary customs, state formation and Mycenaean society, (3) burial rites in tumuli, tholoi and chamber tombs, (4) symbols and symbolism in Mycenaean celebrations, (5) Mycenaean cults and cult practices, and (6) religious aspects of the post-Bronze-Age period.

Contents

Preface (p. 7)

Ceremonial practices in the Early and Middle Helladic periods

Daniel J. Pullen, ‘Early Helladic burials at Asine and Early Bronze Age mortuary practices’, pp. 9–12

Miriam Caskey, ‘Thoughts on Early Bronze Age hearths’, pp. 13–21

Carol Zerner, ‘Ceramics and ceremony: Pottery and burials from Lerna in the Middle and early Late Bronze Ages’, pp. 23–34

Gullög C. Nordquist, ‘Middle Helladic burial rites: Some speculations’, pp. 35–41

‘General discussion’, pp. 42–43

Mortuary customs, state formation and Mycenaean society

Mary K. Dabney & James C. Wright, ‘Mortuary customs, palatial society and state formation in the Aegean area: A comparative study’, pp. 45–53

W.G. Cavanagh & C. Mee, ‘The location of Mycenaean chamber tombs in the Argolid’, pp. 55–64

Birgitta L. Sjöberg, ‘The pottery frequency fluctuations in Late Helladic tombs. A case study of three LH III sites in the Argolid (poster)’. pp. 65–67

‘General discussion’, p. 68

Burial rites in tumuli, tholoi and chamber tombs

Evangelia Protonotariou-Deilaki, ‘Burial customs and funerary rites in the prehistoric Argolid’, pp. 69–83

Evangelia Protonotariou-Deilaki, ‘The tumuli of Mycenae and Dendra (poster). With an appendix by Sebastian Payne’, pp. 85–106

Olivier Pelon, ‘Les tombes à tholos d’Argolide : architecture et ritual funéraire’, pp. 107–112

Katie Demakopoulou, ‘The burial ritual in the tholos tomb at Kokla, Argolis’, pp. 113–123

Berit Wells, ‘Death at Dendra. On mortuary practices in a Mycenaean community’, pp. 125–140

‘General discussion’, pp. 141

Symbols and symbolism in Mycenaean celebrations

Nanno Marinatos, ‘Celebrations of death and the symbolism of the lion hunt’, pp. 143–148

Christine E. Morris, ‘In pursuit of the white tusked boar: Aspects of hunting in Mycenaean society’, pp. 149–156

Imma Kilian-Dirlmeier, ‘Remarks on the non-military functions of swords in the Mycenaean Argolid’, pp. 157–161

‘General discussion’, pp. 162–163

Mycenaean cults and cult practices

Wolf-Dietrich Niemeier, ‘Cult scenes on gold rings from the Argolid’, pp. 165–170

Hara Tzavella-Evjen, ‘The ring of the queen’, pp. 171–174

‘General discussion’, p. 175

Robin Hägg, ‘The role of libations in Mycenaean ceremony and cult’, pp. 177–184

Klaus Kilian, ‘Patterns in the cult activity in the Mycenaean Argolid: Haghia Triada (Klenies), the Profitis Elias cave (Haghios Hadrianos) and the citadel of Tiryns’, pp. 185–197

Christos Boulotis, ‘Synnaoi theoi: A cult phenomenon of the Aegean Late Bronze Age (summary)’, p. 199

‘General discussion’, p. 200

From the Mycenaean to the Hellenic world

Robert Laffineur, ‘Grave Circle A at Mycenaea: Further reflections on its history’, pp. 201­–206

Birgitta Eder, ‘The Dorian migration: Religious consequences in the Argolid’, pp. 207–211

Michael H. Jameson, ‘Perseus, the hero of Mykenai’, pp. 213–223

Birgitta Bergquist, ‘Primary or secondary temple function: The case of Halieis (extended abstract)’, pp. 225–228

‘General discussion’, pp. 229–232

‘Programme and participants of the symposium’, pp. 233–234

‘Abbreviations’, pp. 235–237

‘Index’, pp. 239–245

‘Map of the central Argolid’, p. 246

Bibliographical information

Robin Hägg & Gullög C. Nordquist (eds.), Celebrations of death and divinity in the Bronze Age Argolid. Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium at the Swedish Institute at Athens, 11–13 June, 1988 (Skrifter utgivna av Svenska Institutet i Athen, 4°, 40), Stockholm 1990. ISSN 0586-0539. ISBN 978-91-7916-021-0. Softcover: 246 pages.

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