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Rituals, Collapse, and Radical Transformation in Archaic States explores the role of ritual in a variety of archaic states and generates discussion on how the decline in a stateâ••s ability to continue in its current form affected the practices of ritual Cover 1 Half Title 2 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Dedication 6 Table of contents 8 Figures 10 Tables 14 Contributors 15 1 Ritual during periods of decline, collapse, and transformation in ancient states 18 Decline, collapse, and regeneration 18 Ritual in declining, collapsing, and regenerating states 21 Contributions in this volume 22 Conclusions 29 References 29 2 Old deities for new men Religious practices and societal transformation during the Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age transitiona 35 Late Bronze Age palatial collapse versus Cretan regeneration: a societal transformation 36 The Postpalatial bench sanctuaries and figures with upraised arms 40 Meaning and role of figures with upraised arms 42 Reconsidering the figures 42 Examining the architectural evolution of cult spaces on Late Minoan III Crete 43 Identifying the votaries 44 From Minoan bench sanctuaries to Greek temples: the Late Minoan IIIC period as a turning point in t

Author

Joanne M. A. Murphy

Publisher

Routledge

Published

2021

Language

EN