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    Power Ranges: Identity and Terrain in Minoan Crete

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    Tully, CJ; Crooks, S
    Date
    2019-09-04
    Source Title
    Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture
    Publisher
    Equinox Publishing
    University of Melbourne Author/s
    Tully, Caroline
    Affiliation
    School of Historical and Philosophical Studies
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    Journal Article
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    Tully, C. J. & Crooks, S. (2019). Power Ranges: Identity and Terrain in Minoan Crete. Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture, 13 (2), pp.130-156. https://doi.org/10.1558/jsrnc.36629.
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    This item is embargoed and will be available on 2021-09-04
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/11343/252797
    DOI
    10.1558/jsrnc.36629
    Abstract
    During the Aegean Bronze Age, the island of Crete was home to Minoan civilisation (3100–1300 BCE). The Cretan landscape is characterised by prominent mountain ranges. During the Middle Bronze Age (c. 2000 BCE) cult sites began to proliferate on mountain peaks in response to climatic changes. Peak sanctuaries were locations of popular religious expression focussed on human, animal, and environmental health and fertility. In the Neopalatial period (1750–1490 BCE) peak sanctuary cults were appropriated by palatial elites and the Minoan cosmological framework, oriented toward mountains, was institutionalised. Analysis of the Minoan landscape, palatial art, architecture, and ritual performance demonstrates a close association between elite figures and real and symbolic mountains. The metaphysical terrain of Crete was politicised as mountain symbolism was used to naturalise Neopalatial elite status and identity. The mountain form signified and symbolised power relations functioning as an instrument of elite ideology.

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