A contextual study of Late Minoan III larnax burials
This thesis analyses the published evidence from larnax burials of Late Bronze Age Crete focusing on contextual elements that characterise their adoption through an examination of their regional distributional patterns. Larnakes are burial receptacles made of clay and they were used in Crete and mainland Greece from the 3rd and throughout most of 2nd millennium B.C. This type of clay coffin represents one of several interment types adopted in Crete during the Late Minoan III period. Studies of larnakes have focused mainly on their origin and iconography, whereas their distribution and function as burial containers have never adequately been explored and examined. In this study, data from secure larnax burials containing larnakes (cemeteries, tombs, skeletal remains, grave goods assemblages, larnakes themselves) are considered and this evidence is examined on the basis of regional distribution. The purpose of the present thesis is to understand the degree to which the adoption of larnakes as burial receptacles represented ~meaningful action~ within the funerary landscape of LM III Crete. The examination of regional and chronological distribution of burials with larnakes allows us to observe where and when larnakes
Catania, Angela Marzia
A contextual study of Late Minoan III larnax burials. This thesis analyses the published evidence from larnax burials of Late Bronze Age Crete focusing on contextual elements that characterise their adoption through an examination of their regional distributional patterns. Larnakes are burial receptacles made of clay and they were used in Crete and mainland Greece from the 3rd and throughout most of 2nd millennium B.C. This type of clay coffin represents one of several interment types adopted in Crete during the Late Minoan III period. Studies of larnakes have focused mainly on their origin and iconography, whereas their distribution and function as burial containers have never adequately been explored and examined. In this study, data from secure larnax burials containing larnakes (cemeteries, tombs, skeletal remains, grave goods assemblages, larnakes themselves) are considered and this evidence is examined on the basis of regional distribution. The purpose of the present thesis is to understand the degree to which the adoption of larnakes as burial receptacles represented ~meaningful action~ within the funerary landscape of LM III Crete. The examination of regional and chronological distribution of burials with larnakes allows us to observe where and when larnakes
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