The rhyton from Danilo : structure and symbolism of a middle Neolithic cult-vessel /
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| Author / Creator: | Rak, Omer. |
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| Imprint: | Oxford ; Oakville, CT : Oxbow Books, c2011. |
| Description: | xx, 212 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8434376 |
| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | xx, 212 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-206) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781842179772 1842179772 |
