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OverviewSince the earliest era of archaeological discovery on Crete, vivid renderings of animals have been celebrated as defining elements of Minoan culture. Animals were crafted in a rich range of substances and media in the broad Minoan world, from tiny seal-stones to life-size frescoes. In this study, Emily Anderson fundamentally rethinks the status of these zoomorphic objects. Setting aside their traditional classification as 'representations' or signs, she recognizes them as distinctively real embodiments of animals in the world. These fabricated animals-engaged with in quiet tombs, bustling harbors, and monumental palatial halls-contributed in unique ways to Bronze Age Aegean sociocultural life and affected the status of animals within people's lived experience. Some gave new substance and contour to familiar biological species, while many exotic and fantastical beasts gained physical reality only in these fabricated embodiments. As real presences, the creatures that the Minoans crafted artfully toyed with expectation and realized new dimensions within and between animalian identities. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Emily S. K. Anderson (The Johns Hopkins University, Maryland)Publisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press Dimensions: Width: 18.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 26.30cm Weight: 1.060kg ISBN: 9781009452038ISBN 10: 1009452037 Pages: 430 Publication Date: 06 June 2024 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Forthcoming Availability: Not yet available This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationEmily S. K. Anderson teaches in the Department of Classics at Johns Hopkins University, where her work focuses on the visual and material cultures of the Aegean Bronze Age and the ongoing lives of ancient forms and materials. She is the author of Seals, Craft, and Community in Bronze Age Crete (2016). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |