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Wolf, Diana: Monsters and the Mind: Composite Creatures and Social Cognition in Aegean Bronze Age Glyptic, Heidelberg: Propylaeum, 2019 (Daidalos: Heidelberger Abschlussarbeiten zur Klassischen Archäologie, Volume 9). https://doi.org/10.11588/propylaeum.502

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ISBN 978-3-947450-45-9 (PDF)

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06/26/2019

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Diana Wolf

Monsters and the Mind

Composite Creatures and Social Cognition in Aegean Bronze Age Glyptic

Daidalos: Heidelberger Abschlussarbeiten zur Klassischen Archäologie

Monsters and the Mind constitutes a first systematic approach to the extant repertoire of “monster” depictions on Aegean Bronze Age seals and sealings with a special focus on Minoan Crete. The study categorizes and frames a typology of hybrids and composite creatures such as griffins and bird-ladies, Minoan Genii and Dragons, and interprets these in the context of their respective times of origin and circulation. A comprehensive catalogue including all published seals bearing hybrids and composite creatures supplements the typological and interpretative approach of the text.

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Contents
5-6
1. Introduction
7-8
2. Monsters and Meanings
9-14
3. Composite Creatures on Seals and Sealings – Occasional Hybrids
15-67
4. Composite Creatures on Seals and Sealings – Fixed Hybrids
69-114
5. Towards an Understanding of the Social Cognition
115-131
6. Conclusion
133-134
Appendices
135-164
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