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- Title
CONTEXTUALISING THE LARNAX: TRADITION, INNOVATION AND REGIONALISM IN COFFIN USE ON LATE MINOAN II–IIIB CRETE.
- Authors
Preston, Laura
- Abstract
This paper analyses coffin use in the tombs of Late Bronze Age Crete in terms of both mortuary traditions on the island and regional variations in cultural practices. It argues that the revival of coffin use in the Final and Post-palatial periods (in ceramic terms, Late Minoan II–IIIB) constituted a recourse to an earlier burial custom within negotiations of rapidly changing mortuary practices across the island. However, this ‘re-invention’ involved significant modifications to the form and significance of the coffin. The paper then explores spatial variations in choices of coffin types, as one potential window onto the issue of intra-island regionalism in social and cultural practices.
- Subjects
COFFINS; LARNAKES; TOMBS; FUNERALS; REGIONALISM
- Publication
Oxford Journal of Archaeology, 2004, Vol 23, Issue 2, p177
- ISSN
0262-5253
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1468-0092.2004.00208.x