Abstract
This article explores the differences between cultic practices and religious ideologies as expressed in the material culture of the Middle and Late Bronze Ages in the Southern Levant. Whereas the periods share much in common in terms of material culture and political organization, we suggest that the cultic practices in the earlier period were dictated by elite ideologies aiming at social inclusion, unity, integration and group cohesion, while the Late Bronze Age viewed the distribution of such paraphernalia, particularly ceramic female figurines, as domestic in nature.
Keywords
Middle Bronze Age, Late Bronze Age, figurines, cult, metal statuary
Recommended Citation
Susnow, Matthew and Uziel, Joe
(2024)
"Go Figure: The Unique Trajectories of Figurine Use and Religious Ideologies in the Middle- and Late-Bronze Age Southern Levant,"
'Atiqot: Vol. 116, Article 3.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70967/2948-040X.1124
Available at:
https://publications.iaa.org.il/atiqot/vol116/iss1/3
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