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Metaphor and Maltese Art: Explorations in the Temple Period

Issue: Vol 21 No. 1 (2008) Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology

Journal: Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology

Subject Areas: Ancient History Archaeology

DOI: 10.1558/jmea.v21i1.81

Abstract:

Temple Period Malta in the 3rd millennium BC saw the production of a range of figurative and decorative art and architecture that implies a richly populated spiritual and cognitive world associated with ritual practice in life and death. The paper explores the potential to categorize the figurative art into distinct groups, and how these various images might represent aspects of the cosmology and social concerns of a prehistoric island society.

Author: Caroline Malone

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