Carved rocks, functional and symbolic (Lemnos island, Greece)
Συγγραφέας: Μαραγκού Χριστίνα
Έκδοση: Μέρος του συλλογικού έργου Prehistoric art: signs, symbols, myth, ideology volume 27 session C26, Archaeopress Publishers of British Archaeological Reports, Oxford 2009
Proceedings of the XV World Congress of the IUPPS (Lisbon, 4-9 September 2006)
Σειρά έκδοσης: BAR International Series 2028
Επιμέλεια σειράς: Oosterbeek Luiz
Επιμέλεια έκδοσης: Seglie Dario, Otte Marcel, Oosterbeek Luiz, Remacle Laurence
Γλώσσα: Αγγλική
Αριθμός σελίδων: 9 (Σελίδες 93-101)
ISBN: 9781407306056
Περιγραφή: At the Kastro rock-cut site, on Lemnos island (North-Eastern Aegean Sea, Greece), we may observe diachronic uses and modification of functions of carved rocks. Recent research has shown that various rock-cut features hint at possible symbolic behaviours as well as at practical concerns in connection to the local environment and surroundings. Mythology and ancient literary sources offer intriguing possibilities to the attempts at understanding some characteristics of both carved structures and rock-art. This complex coastal site is particularly suited for consideration of varying patterns of human behaviour in a rugged seaside scenery through time since pre- and proto-history.
