Symbols as social strategy. Negotiating change in the Final Palatial Period through glyptic
(2021) T M A — Vol. Suppl, n° 2, p. 7-14 (2021)
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- Minoan glyptic in the Final Palatial Period frequently contains iconographic devices, such as figure-of-eight shields, impaled triangles, but also plant devices, many of which are conventionally understood as symbols. These devices regularly occur on a group of LM II-III hard-stone seals, which this contribution aims to explore in the context of societal change in this period. Rather than attempting to understand the semantic significance of the symbols, the iconographic elements on the group of Final Palatial seals are considered in their syntactical arrangement, revealing patterns of interchangeability. This is taken as the basis to explore the motivation and intentionality behind the creation of these seals. Set against the sociopolitical background of the period, it is suggested that these novel seals were part of a social strategy aiming to promote claims to ideological and political power.
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Wolf, D. (2021). Symbols as social strategy. Negotiating change in the Final Palatial Period through glyptic. T M A, Suppl(2), 7-14. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/269187 (Original work published 2021)