Matriarchy in Bronze Age Crete : a perspective from archaeomythology and modern matriarchal studies / Joan Marie Cichon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cichon, Joan Marie, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Matriarchy--Greece--Crete--To 1500.

Matriarchy.

Crete (Greece)--History--To 67 B.C.

Crete (Greece).

Greece--Social conditions--To 146 B.C.

Greece.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 255 pages) : illustrations (colour)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Archaeopress Archaeology, 2022.

Summary:

This text makes a compelling case for a matriarchal Bronze Age Crete. It is acknowledged that the preeminent deity was a Female Divine, and that women played a major role in Cretan society, but there is a lively, ongoing debate regarding the centrality of women in Bronze Age Crete. a gap in the scholarly literature which this book seeks to fill.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2022.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on July 4, 2022).

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9781803270456 (PDF ebook) :

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.