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Early Minoan Figurines in the Giamalakis Collection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 September 2013

Extract

Shortly before the publication of BSA lxvi, containing my paper on ‘Cycladic Figurines and Their Derivatives in Crete’, I had the opportunity to examine a group of unpublished figurines in the Iraklion Museum. I was also able to visit the museum at Rethymno where important new figurines are on display. Altogether eight figurines may be added to the corpus presented in BSA lxvi, and it seems worthwhile publishing brief details of these and bringing the corpus up to date. In fact, however, both these eight and four other examples of Neolithic date enable us to add a little to our earlier discussion of Early Minoan figurines. Thus I offer below a brief description of the new figurines in each Type Group, and follow each Group entry with a short comment on the significance of the new entry.

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Research Article
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Copyright © The Council, British School at Athens 1972

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References

1 I am most grateful to Dr. St. Alexiou for permission to study and draw these figurines.

2 These items are to be published, I understand, by Dr. Tzedakis; so I do no more here than refer to them.

3 Renfrew, C., ‘The development and chronology of the Early Cycladic figurines’, AJA lxxiii (1969)Google Scholar pl. 7b. Hereafter, Renfrew.

4 Renfrew 26–7; pl. 7 i, j.

5 Renfrew 8–9; pl. 2f.

6 Branigan, K., ‘Cycladic figurines and their derivatives in Crete’, BSA lxvi (1971) 64–5Google Scholar. Hereafter, Branigan.

7 Branigan 60–2, Renfrew 18–20.

8 Branigan 75–7.

9 Cf. Xanthoudides, S., The Vaulted Tombs of Mesara (London, 1924)Google Scholar pl. iv. 135, pl. xxi. 128–9.