Archaeology of Mother Earth sites and sanctuaries through the ages : rethinking symbols and images, art and artefacts from history and prehistory / edited by G. Terence Meaden.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Meaden, George Terence.

Series:

BAR international series ; 2389.

BAR international series ; 2389

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mother goddesses.

Megalithic monuments.

Mother goddesses in art.

Earth (Planet)--Mythology.

Earth (Planet).

Mythology.

Physical Description:

i, 132 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 30 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Archaeopress, [2012]

Contents:

Introduction / G. Terence Meaden

Mythical representations of 'Mother Earth' in pictorial media / Nikos Chausidis

Perceptions of the landscape: at the palaeolithic sites Potočka zijalka and Divje babe I, Slovenia / Boštjan Odar

Sacred sites and symbolism in the Neolithic landscape of Barbagia Di Seulo, central Sardinia / M. Giuseppina Gradoli and G. Terence Meaden

Neolithic art and artefacts in caves near Seulo in Central Sardinia: 'Grutta 1 De Longu Fresu' / M. Giuseppina Gradoli and G. Terence Meaden

Prehistoric occupation and use of a cave near Seulo in central Sardinia: 'The oval room' at 'Is Janas' / M. Giuseppina Gradoli and G. Terence Meaden

The neolithic monument of Newgrange in Ireland: a cosmic womb? / Kate Prendergast

Proto-Sardinia iconography and ideology of the cult of the Mother Goddess / Giovanni Ugas

The five megaliths of the Avebury Cove / G. Terence Meaden

Testing Stonehenge experimentally using a replica full-size altar stone positioned at the focus of the monument / G. Terence Meaden

Towards the interpretation of Neolithic corporeality: committing 'Mothers' to Earth / Goce Naumov

"The Bee Goddess": another form of a great female divinity? / Angeliki Liveri

A case of prehistoric incubatio: the cult site of Civitaluparella, Chieti, Italy / Tomaso Di Fraia

The Mother Goddess in the monuments and rituals at the "Dausdava" Getic religious centre: Thracian remains and modern relicts / Diana Gergova

Medieval simulacra of the Mother Earth in the Christian traditions / Orhideja Zorova

Sontes called Baba as a continuous symbol of the female divine principle: folklore, mythology and archaeology / Katya Hrobat

Dust of the ancestors: the essence of being and the divinity of the Earth / Roberta Robins Dods

Earth and sacredness in the contemporary world: a study case / Dragos Gheorghiu

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781407309811

1407309811

OCLC:

802322379