Examining the Ritual Landscape of Bronze Age Crete through the Lens of Archaeobotany

This paper investigates plant remains at three ritual sites from Bronze Age Crete: Kophinas, Knossos Anetaki and Petras. To date, ritual contexts on the island have been little investigated from an archaeobotanical standpoint. Analysis of the plant material from these three sites provides new data f...

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Authors: Henkel, Carly (Author) ; Margaritis, Evi (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: MDPI 2022
In: Religions
Year: 2022, Volume: 13, Issue: 1
Further subjects:B Crete
B Archaeobotany
B Ritual
B Funerary
B Minoan
B plant sacrifice
B Bronze Age
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