The oldest maritime sanctuary? Dating the sanctuary at Keros and the Cycladic Early Bronze Age

Antiquity

Volumn 86, Issue 331, 2012, Pages 144-160

  Renfrew, Colin ^a   Boyd, Michael ^a   Ramsey, Christopher Bronk ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aegean; Bronze age; Congregation; Cyclades; Figurines; Keros; Pilgrimage; Religion; Sanctuary

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857854197     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00062517     Document Type: Article

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