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dc.contributor.authorCichon, Joan M.
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-24T05:30:49Z
dc.date.available2022-10-24T05:30:49Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/58970
dc.description.abstract"Matriarchy in Bronze Age Crete: A Perspective from Archaeomythology and Modern Matriarchal Studies offers a very different perspective of Crete than is usually found in academic writing; making a compelling case for a matriarchal Bronze Age Crete. Bronze Age Crete evokes for many the image of an exceptionally sophisticated civilization: peaceful, artistic, and refined; a society in which women were highly visible and important, and the supreme deity was a Goddess. Yet, despite the fact that authorities acknowledge that the preeminent deity of Crete was a Female Divine, and that women played a major role in Cretan society, there is a gap in the scholarly literature, and a lively, ongoing debate regarding the centrality of women and the existence of matriarchy in Bronze Age Crete. The purpose of this work is to fill that gap, and to advance the debate over whether or not ancient Crete was a woman-centered and matriarchal society toward a more complex, detailed, and certain conclusion. To that end this publication utilises the field of modern matriarchal studies, with its carefully elucidated definition of the term matriarchy, and employs the methodology of archaeomythology – the use of historical, mythological, linguistic, and folkloric as well as archaeological sources. Given its scope, the volume will be of interest to scholars and students in the fields encompassed by archaeomythology, as well as the fields of women’s studies, women’s history, women’s spirituality, and modern matriarchal studies."
dc.languageEnglish
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeologyen_US
dc.subject.otherSocial Science
dc.subject.otherArchaeology
dc.titleMatriarchy in Bronze Age Crete
dc.title.alternativeA Perspective from Archaeomythology and Modern Matriarchal Studies
dc.typebook
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy7e116204-6e61-4a63-98ae-660271d0f50e
oapen.relation.isbn9781803270456
oapen.collectionKnowledge Unlatched (KU)
oapen.imprintArchaeopress Publishing Ltd
oapen.identifierhttps://openresearchlibrary.org/viewer/84e6fbf2-c3a0-46e7-b5ba-be75a1f9fafd
oapen.identifier.isbn9781803270456


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