Cult material
Subtitle: from archaeological deposits to interpretation of early Greek religion
By: edited by Petra Pakkanen and Susanne Bocher
Series: Papers and monographs of the Finnish Institute at Athens -- volume XXI; Papers and monographs of the Finnish Institute at Athens -- v. 21.
Publisher: Suomen Ateenan-Instituutin säätiö (Foundation of the Finnish Institute at Athens)
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Helsinki
Language: eng
Number of pages: 155
ISBN-13: 9789526721194
Subjects: Cults; History; Religion; Initiation rites; Religious life and customs
Notes: Papers originally presented at workshop at Olympia in autumn 2008.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Worshipping archaeologies : theoretical landscape in the archaeological study of Greek religion and cult deposits / Johannes Siapkas; title: Depositing cult : Considerations on what makes a cult deposit / Petra Pakkanen; title: Ash, bones, votives : analysing the black strata in early Greek sanctuaries : two examples from Oympia- the Schwarze Schicht and the Alter of Artemis / Susanne Bocher; title: Private and communal ritual at post-palatial Tiryns / Melissa Vetters; title: Interpreting votive offerings from early archai deposits at the Artemision of Ephesos / Gudrun Klebinder-Gauss; title: 'Meeting with others and the gods' : the social uses of early cretan cult-sites / Lena Sjögren; title: New beginnings? : preparations of renewal of cult at Kalaureia and asine / Bert Wells, edited by Petra Pakkanen, Arto Penttinen and Jari Pakkanen.