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040			_aXX-XxUND _cΒΙΒΛΙΟΘΗΚΗ ΤΜΗΜΑΤΟΣ ΑΡΧΑΙΟΤΗΤΩΝ
245	1	0	_aAmbiguity and Minoan Neopalatial seal imagery / _cby Erin McGowan..
260			_aUppsala: _bÅströms förlag, _c2011.
300			_a96 p. : _bill. ; _c26 cm.
490	0		_aStudies in Mediterranean archaeology and literature. Pocket-book. PB 176.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 79-96).
520			_a"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."--[P] 4 of cove
650		4	_aSeals (Numismatics) _zCrete _zGreece _9181972
650		4	_aArt, Minoan _zCrete _9176133
650		4	_aGlyptics _zCrete _zGreece _9178656
651		4	_aCrete (Greece) _xAntiquities _9177310
773	1	0	_tPreface -- Introduction -- Ambiguity in Aegean glyptic studies -- Perceptual networks exploring ambiguity in glyptic -- Two birds with one stone : analysis of two sealings for Ayia Triada
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