CIRCE

Cult of ancestors?

Author of the notice : A. Mazarakis Ainian

Location

Place : Katapola, Moundoulia hill

: Minoa

: Amorgos isl.

Notice linked to toponyme Cyclades, Kyklades Nisia, Kiklades

Description

GENERAL

Minoa lies on the hill of Moundoulia, which overlooks the bay of modern Katapola, in the middle of the SW coast of the island. An enclosure was found at the Lower Town of Minoa, set against the interior face of the fortification wall, to the right of one of the main gates.

MONUMENTS

Peribolos and tombs. Three MG graves were excavated within the limits of the inhabited area in the Lower Town. These tombs (two adult cremations belonging to a warrior and a woman, and a child enchytrism) appear to have become the focus of a cult in the early Archaic period, at which period they were enclosed by an enclosure wall and were incorporated within the fortifications.

MOVABLE FINDS: VOTIVE OFFERINGS & CULT EQUIPMENT

Vases, armour, etc.

CHRONOLOGY

The finds date from the Sub-Protogeometric Period.

IDENTIFICATION

Possible place for the veneration of ancestors.

RECORDS

Excavation Date: XXXX

Institution/Excavator: Greek Archaeological Society/Marangou L.

Excavation Type: Systematic

REFERENCES

Primary Publications:

Marangou L. 1989. Ανασκαφή Μινώας Αμοργού, Praktika: 268-270

Marangou L. 1991. Ανασκαφή Μινώας Αμοργού, Praktika: 288-292

Marangou L. 2002. Αμοργός Ι: η Μινώα: η πόλις, ο ,ο λιμήν και η μείζων περιφέρεια, Athens, 207-224

Marangou L. 2001. Ο ταφικός περίβολος Πρώιμων Ιστορικών Χρόνων στη Μινώα Αμοργού, in N. Stampolidis (ed.), Καύσεις στην Εποχή του χαλκού και στην πρώιμη Εποχή του Σιδήρου, Πρακτικά Συνεδρίου, Ρόδος 1999, Athens, 205-222.

Marangou L. 2002. Minoa on Amorgos, M. Stamatopoulou-M. Yeroulanou (eds), Excavating Classical Culture, Recent Archaeological Discoveries in Greece, Oxford, xxx

Secondary Publications:

Gounaris A. 2005. Cult places in the Cyclades during the Protogeometric and Geometric periods: their contribution in interpreting the rise of the Cycladic poleis, Yeroulanou M., Stamatopoulou M. (eds), Architecture and Archaeology in the Cyclades. Papers in honour of J. J. Coulton, Oxford, xxx

Mermoz J. 2010. La vie religieuse des Cyclades de l’HR IIIC à la fin de la période archaïque, Lyon, PhD Thesis, xxx

GENERAL
Minoa lies on the hill of Moundoulia, which overlooks the bay of modern Katapola, in the middle of the SW coast of the island. An enclosure was found at the Lower Town of Minoa, set against the interior face of the fortification wall, to the right of one of the main gates. 
 
MONUMENTS
Peribolos and tombs. Three MG graves were excavated within the limits of the inhabited area in the Lower Town. These tombs (two adult cremations belonging to a warrior and a woman, and a child enchytrism) appear to have become the focus of a cult in the early Archaic period, at which period they were enclosed by an enclosure wall and were incorporated within the fortifications.
MOVABLE FINDS: VOTIVE OFFERINGS & CULT EQUIPMENT
Vases, armour, etc.
 
CHRONOLOGY
The finds date from the Sub-Protogeometric Period.
 
IDENTIFICATION
Possible place for the veneration of ancestors.
 
RECORDS
Excavation Date: XXXX
Institution/Excavator: Greek Archaeological Society/Marangou L.
Excavation Type: Systematic
 
REFERENCES
Primary Publications:
Marangou L. 1989. Ανασκαφή Μινώας Αμοργού, Praktika: 268-270
Marangou L. 1991. Ανασκαφή Μινώας Αμοργού, Praktika: 288-292
Marangou L. 2002. Αμοργός Ι: η Μινώα: η πόλις, ο ,ο λιμήν και η μείζων περιφέρεια, Athens, 207-224
Marangou L. 2001. Ο ταφικός περίβολος Πρώιμων Ιστορικών Χρόνων στη Μινώα Αμοργού, in N. Stampolidis (ed.), Καύσεις στην Εποχή του χαλκού και στην πρώιμη Εποχή του Σιδήρου, Πρακτικά Συνεδρίου, Ρόδος 1999, Athens, 205-222.
Marangou L. 2002. Minoa on Amorgos, M. Stamatopoulou-M. Yeroulanou (eds), Excavating Classical Culture, Recent Archaeological Discoveries in Greece, Oxford, xxx
 Secondary Publications: 
Gounaris A. 2005. Cult places in the Cyclades during the Protogeometric and Geometric periods: their contribution in interpreting the rise of the Cycladic poleis, Yeroulanou M., Stamatopoulou M. (eds), Architecture and Archaeology in the Cyclades. Papers in honour of J. J. Coulton, Oxford, xxx
Mermoz J. 2010. La vie religieuse des Cyclades de l’HR IIIC à la fin de la période archaïque, Lyon, PhD Thesis, xxx

Fig. 1: View of Minoa (after Marangou 2002, 110, fig. 109)

Fig. 2: Topographical plan of Minoa, by G. Makris & G. Antoniou (after Marangou 2002, 265, fig. 246)

Fig. 3: Plan of peribolos with tombs, by P. Anastasiadis (after Marangou 2002, 207, fig. 198)

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Fig. 4: View of warrior burial (Marangou 2002, 208, fig. 199a)

Fig. 5: The warrior burial (Marangou 2002, 209, fig. 200)

Fig. 6: Female burial (Marangou 2002, 213, fig. 203)

Fig. 7: Offerings of female burial (Marangou 2002, 215, fig. 204

Fig. 8: Child enchytrism (Marangou 2002, 216, fig. 205)

Fig. 9: The child urn (amphora) and the offerings (Marangou 2002, 217, fig. 206)

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