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A Cypriot model for prehistoric ritual

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

E.J. Peltenburg
E.J. Peltenburg*
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Department of Archaeology, University of Edinburg, 16–20 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ
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Prehistoric figurines and building models are rarely discovered in clearly defined, non-funerary contexts in the Near East and eastern Mediterranean regions. When they are found in association in a cache of over 50 objects it is a notable archaeological event. Here Dr Edgar Peltenburg, Director of the Lemba Archaeological Project, Cyprus, argues that the cache provides important new light on the evolution of cult places in the eastern Mediterranean.

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Antiquity , Volume 62 , Issue 235 , June 1988 , pp. 289 - 293
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1988

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