The Archaeology of Cult. The Sanctuary at Phylakopi

Author: Andrew Colin Renfrew ()1937- ) Inscribed  Year: 1985Publisher: British School of Archaeology at Athens, Thames and HudsonPlace: London Description: xiv+505+[70 plate] pages with frontispiece, 127 text figures (some folding), tables (some folding), charts, two folded loose inserts in back pocket, appendixes, bibliography and index. Quarto (10" x 7 1/2") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. Contributions by P. A. Mountjoy, Elizabeth French, John G. Younger, John F. Cherry, Alec Daykin, Jennfer Moody, Lyvia Morgan and Nick Bradford, and with the assistance of Callum MacFarlane, Robin Torrence, Clive Gamble and Todd Whitelaw. (Supplementary volume no. 18.) Inscribed by the author. First edition.  This volume sets out to be in effect two books in one, an examination of cult in general, and a report of the excavation of a particular shrine at Phylakopi on  Melos with a consideration of its significance. The prehistoric t