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Mycenaean skulls: “αμενηνά κάρηνα" or social actors in Late Helladic metaphysics and society? (2016)
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Gallou, C. (2016). Mycenaean skulls: “αμενηνά κάρηνα" or social actors in Late Helladic metaphysics and society?. In E. Alram-Stern, F. Blakolmer, S. Deger-Jalkotzy, R. Laffineur, & J. Weilhartner (Eds.), Metaphysis: ritual, myth and symbolism in the Aegean Bronze Age: proceedings of the 15th International Aegean Conference, Vienna, Institute for Oriental and European Archaeology, Aegean and Anatolia Department, Austrian Academy of Sciences ... Peeters

Bodily fragmentation with particular focus to the ceremonial removal and re-deposition of the skull, has formed part of a complex system of post-mortem rites and ancestor cults since prehistory; “a powerful statement that surfaces in the iconography,... Read More about Mycenaean skulls: “αμενηνά κάρηνα" or social actors in Late Helladic metaphysics and society?.