Cyprus and Sardinia at the Transition from the Bronze to the Iron Age: A Sacred Landscape Approach
In the framework of this contribution, and taking a macro-historic sacred landscapes approach, we established a comparative project analysing in parallel the development of sacred landscapes of two mega-islands, Cyprus and Sardinia, at the transition from the Bronze to the Iron Age. In both Cyprus a...
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| description | In the framework of this contribution, and taking a macro-historic sacred landscapes approach, we established a comparative project analysing in parallel the development of sacred landscapes of two mega-islands, Cyprus and Sardinia, at the transition from the Bronze to the Iron Age. In both Cyprus and Sardinia, the period between the 12th and 8th centuries BC seems to have been a time when re-negotiations of individual, societal, and political identities took place, and this is clearly reflected on the construction of the sacred landscapes of the two islands. We first present our ‘landscape/macro-historic approach’; we then define the chronological horizon and the socio-historical contexts under discussion for each island, exploring at the same time how the hierarchical arrangement of ritual sites appearing at this transitional phase seems to be related with articulated social order or linked with shifting relations of power and cultural influence. Finally, we proceed to a discussion addressing the following three questions: (1) what is the relation between individual insularities and the construction of sacred landscapes on these two mega-islands?; (2) how can a ‘landscape/macro-historic approach’ assist us in better formulating microscopic approaches on both islands at the transition from the Bronze to the Iron Age?; and (3) is a comparative approach viable? |
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| spelling | doaj.art-672ff1ce51cb448bbce44ae63260f9c82023-11-23T15:13:45ZengMDPI AGReligions2077-14442022-01-011314810.3390/rel13010048Cyprus and Sardinia at the Transition from the Bronze to the Iron Age: A Sacred Landscape ApproachGiorgos Papantoniou0Anna Depalmas1Department of Classics, Trinity College Dublin, D02 PN40 Dublin, IrelandDepartment of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Sassari, 07100 Sassari, ItalyIn the framework of this contribution, and taking a macro-historic sacred landscapes approach, we established a comparative project analysing in parallel the development of sacred landscapes of two mega-islands, Cyprus and Sardinia, at the transition from the Bronze to the Iron Age. In both Cyprus and Sardinia, the period between the 12th and 8th centuries BC seems to have been a time when re-negotiations of individual, societal, and political identities took place, and this is clearly reflected on the construction of the sacred landscapes of the two islands. We first present our ‘landscape/macro-historic approach’; we then define the chronological horizon and the socio-historical contexts under discussion for each island, exploring at the same time how the hierarchical arrangement of ritual sites appearing at this transitional phase seems to be related with articulated social order or linked with shifting relations of power and cultural influence. Finally, we proceed to a discussion addressing the following three questions: (1) what is the relation between individual insularities and the construction of sacred landscapes on these two mega-islands?; (2) how can a ‘landscape/macro-historic approach’ assist us in better formulating microscopic approaches on both islands at the transition from the Bronze to the Iron Age?; and (3) is a comparative approach viable?https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/13/1/48CyprusSardiniasacred landscapesinsularity |
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| title | Cyprus and Sardinia at the Transition from the Bronze to the Iron Age: A Sacred Landscape Approach |
| title_full | Cyprus and Sardinia at the Transition from the Bronze to the Iron Age: A Sacred Landscape Approach |
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| title_short | Cyprus and Sardinia at the Transition from the Bronze to the Iron Age: A Sacred Landscape Approach |
| title_sort | cyprus and sardinia at the transition from the bronze to the iron age a sacred landscape approach |
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