Archaeologies of Cult Essays on Ritual and Cult in ... - Oxbow Books

<strong>Archaeologies</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Cult</strong><strong>Essays</strong> on Ritual and <strong>Cult</strong> in CretePresented to Geraldine C. Gesellfor Her 75th Birthdayedited byAnna Lucia D’Agata, Aleydis Van de Moortel, and M. B. RichardsonPreface: A Tribute to Gerry GesellBiography and Bibliography <strong>of</strong> Geraldine C. Gesell<strong>Archaeologies</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Cult</strong>: An IntroductionAnna Lucia D’Agata, How Many <strong>Archaeologies</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Cult</strong>? On Ritual and<strong>Cult</strong> in Crete in the Bronze Age and Early Iron AgeRitual and ReligionJoanne M. A. Murphy, Gods in the House? Religious Rituals in theSettlements <strong>of</strong> South Central Crete during the Prepalatial andProtopalatial PeriodsEleni Hatzaki, Structured Deposition as Ritual Action in the Middleand Late Bronze Age Palace at KnossosPascal Darcque and Aleydis Van de Moortel, Special, Ritual, or<strong>Cult</strong>ic: A Case Study from MaliaJohn G. Younger, Tree Tugging and Omphalos Hugging on Minoan GoldRingsLucy Goodison, “Why All This about Oak or Stone?”: Trees and Bouldersin Minoan ReligionAnaya Sarpaki, Harvest Rites and Corn Dollies in the Bronze AgeAegeanPlaces <strong>of</strong> <strong>Cult</strong>Jean-Claude Poursat, <strong>Cult</strong> Activity at Malia in the ProtopalatialPeriod: A Review <strong>of</strong> the Archaeological EvidenceT. F. Cunningham and L. H. Sackett, Does the Widespread <strong>Cult</strong> Activityat Palaikastro Call for a Special Explanation?

Lucia Alberti, Rethinking the Tomb <strong>of</strong> the Double Axes at Isopata,KnossosB. P. Hallager, Domestic Shrines in LM IIIA:2-LM IIIC Crete--Fact orFiction?Metaxia Tsipopoulou, Goddesses for Gene? The Late Minoan IIIC Shrineat Halasmenos, Ierapetra: Its Implications for Socio-PoliticalDevelopmentsLeslie Preston Day, Ritual Activity at Karphi: A ReappraisalNancy L. Klein and Kevin T. Glowacki, From Vronda to Dreros:Architecture and Display in Cretan <strong>Cult</strong> Buildings, 1200-700 B.C.Ritual ObjectsPhilip P. Betancourt, Additions to the Corpus <strong>of</strong> Early CretanFigurines: Was There a Nude Goddess in Early Minoan Crete?Christine Morris, Configuring the Individual: Bodies <strong>of</strong> Figurines inMinoan CreteGeorge Rethemiotakis, A Neopalatial Shrine Model from the Minoan PeakSanctuary at Gournos KrousonasGerald Cadogan, Tubular Stands in Neopalatial CreteIphiyenia Tournavitou, Does Size Matter? Miniature Pottery Vessels inMinoan Peak Sanctuaries: The Case <strong>of</strong> Ayios Yeoryios sto Vouno, onKytheraMieke Prent, The Survival <strong>of</strong> the “Goddess with Upraised Arms”: EarlyIron Age Representations and ContextsSacred LandscapesJennifer Moody, Environmental Change and Minoan Sacred LandscapesAlan Peatfield, The Topography <strong>of</strong> Minoan Peak Sanctuaries RevisitedSteven Soetens, Juktas and K<strong>of</strong>inas: Two Ritual Landscapes Out <strong>of</strong> theOrdinaryLucia Nixon, Investigating Minoan Sacred Landscapes

Continuity in ContextJames Whitley, The Chimaera <strong>of</strong> Continuity: What Would “Continuity <strong>of</strong><strong>Cult</strong>” Actually Demonstrate?