Solid items made to break, or breakable items made to last? The case of Minoan peak sanctuary figurines

The thousands of figurines found at peak sanctuaries across Crete have been widely understood as votive offerings. Owing to their fragmentary condition, it also has been suggested that they were broken as part of the rituals performed at these sites by being thrown into bonfires or to the ground. Th...

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Main Author: Céline Murphy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: ACoSt - Association for Coroplastic Studies 2018-04-01
Series:Les Carnets de l’ACoSt
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/acost/1089
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