Apiculture in the Prehistoric Aegean

Minoan and Mycenaean Symbols Revisited

von Haralampos V. Harissis, Anastasios V. Harissis

106 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This study surveys the evidence for beekeeping in the Prehistoric Aegean, from references in later literature to archaeological remains of beekeeping paraphanalia, symbolic depictions in jewelry and on seals, and the evidence of folklore and mythology. Finds of hives, smoking pots, honey extractors and so-on indicate systematic Minoan apiculture, and the authors propose that contra Evans seals can be reinterpreted as depicting apiculture, rather than religious scenes, and used by overseers of beekeeping, a high-status and highly valued industry. They even go as far as to propose an origin in bee depiction for the famous double axe motifs from Knossos.

• Reihe: BAR International Series
• Themen: Geschichte und Archäologie Archäologie
• ISBN: 9781407304540
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 31.12.2009
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Ltd