Title: From cave to cathedral : temples and shrines of prehistoric, classical, and early Christian times /
Authors: James, E. O. 1886-
Publisher: Thames and Hudson,
Year: 1965
Subjects: Shrines.
Contents: The Palaeolithic cavern sanctuaries -- Decorated caves (La Pasiega ; Castillo ; Hornos de la Peña ; Altamira ; Font-de-Gaume ; Les Combarelles ; Lascaux ; Niaux ; Montespan ; Gargas ; Tuc d'Audoubert ; Les trois frères ; Pech-Merle) -- Rock shelters (La Grèze ; Cap Blanc ; Comarque ; Laussel ; Cogul ; Alpera ; Las Figuras) -- The cult of the caves and rock-shelters (Mimetic masked dance ; Seasonal fertility rites ; Cult of skulls ; Ceremonial interments) -- Neolithic and Bronze Age sanctuaries -- Pre-pottery shrines at Jericho -- Ossuaries & the cult of skulls -- Tholoi at Arpachiyah -- Khirokitia tholoi in Cyprus -- Cypriot necropolis at Vounous-Bellabais -- Anatolian shrines at Beycesultan -- Mesara circular tombs -- Mochlos tombs -- Hagia Triada shrine & sarcophagus -- Temple tomb at Knossos -- Gournia shrine -- Minoan-Mycenaean shrines -- Mountain cave-sanctuaries -- Megalithic tombs & temples in Sicily