Our Cups Are Full: Pottery and Society in the Aegean Bronze Age. Papers Presented to Jeremy B. Rutter on the Occasion of his 65th Birthday

2011 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
65Th Birthday ◽  
Aegean Bronze Age

Topshell Rings in the Aegean Bronze Age

1984 ◽  
Vol 79 ◽  
pp. 237-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
David S. Resse
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Aegean Bronze Age

Finds of the topshells Monodonta turbinata (Born 1780) and M. articulata Lamarck 1822 are discussed. ‘Rings’ made of Monodonta shells were used as rings or pendants

Woven Threads: Patterned Textiles of the Aegean Bronze Age

2018 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 134-135
Author(s):  
Agata Ulanowska
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Aegean Bronze Age

LIKE A DUCK TO WATER – BIRDS AND LIQUIDS IN THE AEGEAN BRONZE AGE

2019 ◽  
Vol 114 ◽  
pp. 41-78
Author(s):  
Julia Binnberg
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Direct Contact ◽  
Bird Species ◽  
Active Participation ◽  
Regional Variations ◽  
Water Birds ◽  
Human Animal ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Aegean Bronze Age

This study examines the relationships between birds and liquids in the Minoan, Cycladic and Mycenaean cultures. Objects under investigation are bird-shaped vessels, bird figurines attached to vessels, and some special pouring vessels decorated with painted bird motifs, which are listed in an accompanying catalogue. Analysis of this material demonstrates that images of both doves and waterbirds were consistently linked to liquid-containing vessels, but there are significant chronological and regional variations regarding the preference for bird species. Another aspect fluctuating with period and place is the type of contact created between liquid and bird motif. Three categories dividable into three or two subtypes can be recognised, which mainly differ from each other by the degree of proximity that is established between the fluid and bird motif. It is argued that these differences reflect variations in the perception of birds regarding their relationship to liquids. While a direct and active participation of birds in the flow of liquids such as water and milk is observable in many Cretan and Cycladic objects, the artefacts from the Greek Mainland show a different pattern, whereby less direct contact combined with a stylised rendering suggests that the bird motif was accorded a more passive role by symbolising the positive effect of the flow of water. These findings contribute to recent scholarly debates on human–animal relationships and ontologies in the Aegean Bronze Age.

Glass in the Aegean Bronze Age:

2011 ◽  
pp. 115-123
Author(s):  
Caroline M. Jackson ◽  
Emma C. Wager
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Aegean Bronze Age
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