Archaeology and fertility cult in the ancient Mediterranean : papers presented at the First International Conference on Archaeology of the Ancient Mediterranean, the University of Malta, 2-5 September 1985 / edited by Anthony Bonanno.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Bonanno, Anthony.

Conference Name:

International Conference on Archaeology of the Ancient Mediterranean (1st : 1985 : University of Malta)

International Conference on Archaeology of the Ancient Mediterranean.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Archaeology--Mediterranean Region--Congresses.

Archaeology.

Fertility cults--Mediterranean Region--Congresses.

Fertility cults.

Mediterranean Region--Antiquities--Congresses.

Mediterranean Region.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (368 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : B.R. Gruner, [1986]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 cult is just one, albeit important, aspect - and the view questioning the very bases of that theory. This conference showed that there seems to be a greater disposition for further dialogue. The fertility content in Near Eastern and Classical religions remains indisputable.

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

Notes; Summary; 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; Bibliography; 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 INTERPRETATION; FOUR 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; Bibliography; THE MEGALITHIC TEMPLES OF MALTA; An 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 MALTA; Summary; 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; FERTILITY AS BLESSING AND INFERTILITY AS CURSE IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND THE OLD TESTAMENT

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-283-90325-3

90-272-7253-0

OCLC:

811491015