Corpus of Cypriot artefacts of the Early Bronze Age.

Corpus of Cypriot artefacts of the Early Bronze Age. JAMES R. STEWART. Corpus of Cypriot artefacts of the Early BronzeAge (Eve Stewart [ed.] Part III: 1; Studies in Mediterranean ArchaeologyIII:3). xvi+176 pages, 29 figures, 23 plates. 1999. Jonsered: PaulAstrom; 91-7081-159-8 paperback Kr400. Before his death in 1962, JAMES STEWART had prepared acomprehensive corpus of Early Bronze Age Cypriot artefacts (mainly RedPolished Ware) based on material he studied at Lapithos and Vounosbefore World War Two, post-war visits to museum collections inStockholm, Paris, Cyprus and Beirut, and excavations at Vasilia and AyiaParaskevi. The work of publication has fallen to his wife, who hasedited the present volume, the third instalment to date, which coversclasses X-XIII of his typology, which are, respectively, Milk Bowls,Basins, Cream Bowls, and Bowls. Part of the material from Stewart'sexcavations at Ayia Paraskevi and Karmi -- again, mainly Red PolishedWare -- is now in the Logie collection of the University of Canterbury This page is about the New Zealand university. The universities in Canterbury, England, are the University of Kent and Canterbury Christ Church University. The similarly-named, unaccredited institution is Canterbury University of the Seychelles. ,New Zealand, and forms the basis of Out of the mouths of pots, anotherdoctoral dissertation published as a SIMA `pocket-book', whichpublishes the material and also presents an analysis of its symbolism.Funerary vessels, it is argued, with their direct links to femaleproduction, metaphorical links to biological reproduction, and theiriconography of fertility, were agents of rebirth, while theornamentation and iconography of Plank Figures suggests that they wereintended as representations of the Near Eastern fertility goddess,Inanna-Ishtar. The final chapter traces the later metamorphosis of theCypriot Inanna-Ishtar into the Greek Aphrodite Aphrodite(ăfrədī`tē), in Greek religion and mythology, goddess of fertility, love, and beauty. Homer designated her the child of Zeus and Dione. . Another SIMA project isthe ongoing publication of the Corpus of Cypriot antiquities, and the19th fascicle fascicle/fas��ci��cle/ (fas��i-k'l)1. a small bundle or cluster, especially of nerve, tendon, or muscle fibers.2. a tract, bundle, or group of nerve fibers that are more or less associated functionally. describes Bronze and Iron Age material in New Zealandcollections at the Auckland Institute and Museum, the Whanganui Museum,the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa is the national museum of New Zealand. It is branded and commonly known as Te Papa and Our Place; "Te Papa Tongarewa" is broadly translatable as "the place of treasures of this land". in Wellington, theCanterbury Museum in Christchurch and the Otago Museum in Dunedin.