The rhyton from Danilo : structure and symbolism of a middle Neolithic cult-vessel /

The rhyton from Danilo : structure and symbolism of a middle Neolithic cult-vessel /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Rak, Omer, author.
Imprint:	Oxford ; Oakville, CT : Oxbow Books, 2011.
Description:	1 online resource (233 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Danilo culture -- Croatia -- Dalmatia. Pottery, Prehistoric -- Croatia -- Dalmatia. Excavations (Archaeology) -- Croatia -- Dalmatia. Antiquities. Danilo culture. Excavations (Archaeology) Pottery, Prehistoric. Dalmatia -- Antiquities. Croatia -- Dalmatia.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12868934

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Other authors / contributors:	Browne, Wayles, translator. Alt, Theresa F., translator.
ISBN:	9781842175781 1842175785 1842179772 9781842179772
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-206) and index. English translation of Croatian original. Print version record.
Summary:	"The so called rhyton from Danilo, an archaeological site near the coastal town of Sibenik in Dalmatia, Croatia, is a four-legged Neolithic vessel made of fired clay that according to the consensus of archaeological opinion was most likely a cult vessel used in rituals of unknown origin and content. "Danilo Culture" is the eponymous name bestowed on a culture flourishing in the period from about 5500-4500 BC at Danilo and at some neighbouring sites. This culture had great influence along the eastern Adriatic coast and its hinterland and produced a significant number of these vessels. Rhyta, which other Neolithic cultures also made, were dispersed throughout a vast area of southeast Europe, from Greece to the Alps. This book is an in-depth study of that mysterious, prehistoric archaeological artifact which, due to its antiquity, structure and symbolism, has become a kind of universal proto-matrix for all relevant mythological and spiritual structures of the Mediterranean zone of later, historic times."--JSTOR website (viewed April 10, 2017).
Other form:	Print version: Rak, Omer. Rhyton from Danilo : Structure and Symbolism of a Middle Neolithic Cult-Vessel. Havertown : Oxbow Books, ©2011 9781842179772

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Summary:	The so called rhyton from Danilo, an archaeological site near the coastal town of Sibenik in Dalmatia, Croatia, is a four-legged Neolithic vessel made of fired clay that according to the consensus of archaeological opinion was most likely a cult vessel used in rituals of unknown origin and content. "Danilo Culture" is the eponymous name bestowed on a culture flourishing in the period from about 5500-4500 BC at Danilo and at some neighbouring sites. This culture had great influence along the eastern Adriatic coast and its hinterland and produced a significant number of these vessels. Rhyta, which other Neolithic cultures also made, were dispersed throughout a vast area of southeast Europe, from Greece to the Alps. This book is an in-depth study of that mysterious, prehistoric archaeological artifact which, due to its antiquity, structure and symbolism, has become a kind of universal proto-matrix for all relevant mythological and spiritual structures of the Mediterranean zone of later, historic times.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (233 pages)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-206) and index.
ISBN:	9781842175781 1842175785 1842179772 9781842179772