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An Archaic Votive Deposit from Nemea - Ritual Behavior in a Sacred Landscape

Barfoed, Signe
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1265986264

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2009, MA, University of Cincinnati, Arts and Sciences : Classics.
This thesis presents material from an unpublished votive deposit discovered in a field on a lowhill ca. 700 m. east of the Sanctuary of Zeus at Nemea. The deposit consists of about 1000 pieces of Archaic pottery mostly of Corinthian production. Different shapes of miniature vessels predominate, but the deposit also contains lamps and terracotta figurines. Even though no architectural remains were found, the miniature votive pottery and figurines indicate a shrine or small sanctuary in the area. Its location with a panoramic view of the Sanctuary of Zeus as well as close to a spring that provided water to the Sanctuary of Zeus, emphasizes the shrine’s connection to the sanctuary. The deity to whom this rural shrine might belong is difficult to identify. The generic assemblage of votive pottery and figurines does not contribute to identification. However, the location at a ravine next to a spring finds parallels in Etruria and South Italy, and the deposit may reflect the discontinuation of a shrine possibly dedicated to the water nymph Nemea, who in myth and history is tightly connected to the area.
Kathleen Lynch, PhD (Committee Chair)
Jack Davis, PhD (Committee Member)
274 p.
Archaeology
Nemea; Archaic Classical Pottery; Corinthian Pottery; Miniature votive pottery; Ritual behavior; Rural spring shrine

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  • Barfoed, S. (2009). An Archaic Votive Deposit from Nemea - Ritual Behavior in a Sacred Landscape [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1265986264

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Barfoed, Signe. An Archaic Votive Deposit from Nemea - Ritual Behavior in a Sacred Landscape. 2009. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1265986264.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Barfoed, Signe. "An Archaic Votive Deposit from Nemea - Ritual Behavior in a Sacred Landscape." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1265986264

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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