Archaeology and Fertility Cult in the Ancient Mediterranean : First International Conference on Archaeology of the Ancient Mediterranean. University of Malta, 2-5 September 1985.

Archaeology and Fertility Cult in the Ancient Mediterranean : First International Conference on Archaeology of the Ancient Mediterranean. University of Malta, 2-5 September 1985.

The papers in this volume derive from the First International Conference on Archaeology of the Ancient Mediterranean (Malta, 1985). The field remains divided between the view supporting the existence of a universal belief in an all-pervading and all-embracing Mother Goddess - of which the fertility...

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Main Author: Bonanno, Anthony
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1986.
Subjects:
Archaeology > Mediterranean Region > Congresses.
Fertility cults > Mediterranean Region > Congresses.
Antiquities
Archaeology
Fertility cults
Mediterranean Region > Antiquities > Congresses.
Mediterranean Region
Conference papers and proceedings
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Table of Contents:
  • Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; PREFACE; LIST OF MEMBERS, WITH ADDRESSES; OPENING ADDRESSES; SECTION I: PREHISTORY; THE QUESTION OF FERTILITY CULTS; I. USES AND ABUSES OF THE TERM; II. THE ART OF HUNTERS AND ITS CONTENTS; III. EARLY POST-PALAEOLITHIC EVIDENCE; IV. THE BIRTH OF AGRICULTURE AND CONNECTED IDEOLOGIES; V. ARCHETYPES AND PARADIGMS; Summary; Bibliography; OLD EUROPE: SACRED MATRIARCHY OR COMPLEMENTARY OPPOSITION?; THE DOMINANCE OF GODDESSES; ANDROGYNYOUS PARTHENOGENESIS OF THE GREAT GODDESS; OLD EUROPE: A MATRIARCHAL UTOPIA?; Summary; Résumé; Bibliography
  • PHILOSOPHICAL PARADIGMS OF FERTILITYCULT INTERPRETATIONS:PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES ON SEASONAL GODDESSESTHE DATA; Palaeolithic cultures; Neolithic cultures; THEORY; Summary; Bibliography; ANCIENT RELIGIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF CULTURAL TYPES; THE THEORY; THE TYPES; CONCLUSIONS; Summary; Résumé; Bibliography; PROBLÈMES DINTERPRÉTATION DES OBJETS MINIATURES DE DIKILI TASH(NÉOLITHIQUE RÉCENT); Summary; Résumé; Bibliographie; SEATED CLAY FIGURINES FROM THE NEOLITHIC PERIOD, ISRAEL; Notes; Bibliography; CULTIC FINDS FROM THE MIDDLE COPPER AGE OF WESTERN HUNGARY -CONNECTIONS WITH SOUTH EAST EUROPE
  • NotesSummary; Resumé; Bibliography; FÉCONDITÉ ET PRATIQUES FUNÉRAIRES EN ÉGÉE A L'ÂGE DU BRONZE; Notes; Summary; Résumé; Bibliographie; OF EARRINGS, SWALLOWS AND THERAN LADIES; Summary; Resume; Bibliograph; UNE INFLUENCE DES RELIGIONS MÉDITERRANÉENNES?ANTHROPOMORPHES, ZOOMORPHES ET PICTOGRAMMES DANS LA MOITIÉ SUD DE LA FRANCE AU 8eme S. AV. J.C.; LES DECORS SUR CÉRAMIQUE:; LE DEBUT DU MESSAGE ECRIT:; LES MODELAGES EN ARGILE, LES BRONZES:; LES CHARS, LEUR FIGURATION ET LE CULTE SOLAIRE:; REMARQUES GENERALES:; Résumé; Bibliographie; SECTION II: PREHISTORY, MALTA
  • THE PREHISTORIC MALTESE ACHIEVEMENT AND ITS INTERPRETATIONFOUR KINDS OF CONTEXT; THE STUDY OF EARLY RELIGIONS; TRANSFORMATIONS; THE MALTESE CASE; Bibliography; THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE NUDITY,OBESITY AND SEXUALITY OF THE MALTESE GODDESS FIGURES; Summary; Résumé; Bibliograph; THE MEGALITHIC TEMPLES OF MALTAAn Anthropological Perspective; Summary; Resume; Bibliography; NEW VIEWS ON THE HYPOGEUM AND TARXIEN; ""THE FAT LADY; II. THE HYPOGEUM: BURIALS; III. THE SLEEPING LADY; IV. THE HYPOGEUM: CONTEXT FOR INCUBATION; V. REINCARNATION; Summary; Resumé; Bibliography
  • TWO RELIEF-CARVINGS OF CHALCOLITHIC MALTASummary; Bibliography; SECTION III: PHOENICIAN AND NEAR EASTERN RELIGIONS; UNI-ASHTARTE AND TANIT-IUNO CAELESTIS TWO PHOENICIAN GODDESSES OF FERTILITY RECONSIDERED FROM RECENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES; Notes; Summary; Résumé; Abbreviations; Bibliography; EGYPTIAN FERTILITY MAGIC WITHIN PHOENICIAN AND PUNIC CULTURE; Notes; Summary.; Bibliography; FERTILITY CULT IN ANCIENT UGARIT; Notes; Summary; Résumé; AN UGARITIC TEXT RELATED TO THE FERTILITY CULT (KTU 1.23); Summary; Résumé; Bibliography

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