Series | Antiquity Studies
Edited book | Elites and Culture
Chapter | Orientalia come strumenti di auto-rappresentazione delle élites cretesi in epoca alto-arcaica
Orientalia come strumenti di auto-rappresentazione delle élites cretesi in epoca alto-arcaica
Abstract
In this paper the phenomenon of circulation of orientalia in Crete during the Iron Age will be examined from a social point of view: what was the social reason of the demand and how did local communities react to the arrive of exotic artefacts? Orientalia were found mostly within contexts characterised by a local material culture, so they attest the demand for luxury goods, rather than the settling of foreign people in the island; it is suggested that orientalia probably had the main function of high status-symbol. Therefore, they could represent a key for the interpretation of some social aspects of the Iron Age Cretan communities.
Submitted: Feb. 27, 2016 | Accepted: April 27, 2016 | Published July 6, 2019 | Language: it
Keywords Iron Age • Élites • Crete • Status-symbol • Orientalia
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