Minoan bull-leaping: ritual, show, or sport?
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| Year of publication | 2019 |
| Type | Conference abstract |
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| Description | The paper aims to evaluate the role of physical fitness during the Cretan Bronze Age, particularly during the Neopalatial Period (MM III - LM IB). Depictions of activities, which we today understand as sport (in particular running, boxing, wrestling, acrobatic performances, and bull-leaping), are usually connected with dancing scenes, ritual practices, and what we contemporarily call “free-time-activities.” |
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