Ambiguity and Minoan neopalatial seal imageryAuthor:Erin McGowanSummary:”Minoan seals have often been described as probelmatically ambiguous. By assembling and reframing current discourse, this volume challenges the value of characterising glyptic imagery in this way. Istead ambiguity may indicate the presence of deliberate practice, incorporateing varied meaning through multivalent or condensed expression, well suited to the compact size of the glyptic medium. Using a form of relational network theory, the author explores the ways in which a selection of glyptic images from Ayia Triada respond to different coneptual and associative contexts and suggests that the idea of indeterminate ambiguity–as a by-product of western taxonomic systems–may mask this multivalent aspect. By positioning glyptic imagery as multivalent this volume makes a signficant contribution to debates within Aegean Bronze Age archaeology and current interpretative practice.”Series: Studies in Mediterranean archaeology and literature, 17696 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.Contents: Preface Introduction Ambiguity in Aegean glyptic studies Perceptual networks exploring ambiguity in glyptic Two birds with one stone : analysis of two sealings for Ayia TriadaSubjects: Antiquities Art minoen Art, Minoan Crete (Greece) Antiquities Cre te (Gre ce) Antiquite s Geschichte 1750 v. Chr.-1300 v. Chr Glyptics Glyptics Greece Crete Glyptique Gre ce Cre te Greece Crete Minoans Minoens Minoische Kultur Sceaux Gre ce Cre te Seals (Numismatics) Seals (Numismatics) Greece Crete Siegel
