Neolithic Ritual on the Island Archipelago of Malta
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Publication Date
2022-05-20Journal Title
Religions
ISSN
2077-1444
Publisher
MDPI AG
Volume
13
Issue
5
Language
en
Type
Article
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Stoddart, S. (2022). Neolithic Ritual on the Island Archipelago of Malta. Religions, 13 (5) https://doi.org/10.3390/rel13050464
Abstract
<jats:p>This paper addresses the ritual of Neolithic Malta in its island context drawing on recent research by the FRAGSUS project. Ritualised club houses placed in horticultural enclosures formed the focal point of the prehistoric Maltese landscape in the fourth and third millennia BC, providing a stable exploitation of the islands by the small populations of the period. This was a period when connectivity was more challenging than in the Bronze Age which followed, when Malta became part of the wider ritual patterns of the central Mediterranean and beyond. The paper provides discussion of the leading issues and arguments applied to this rich case study of island ritual.</jats:p>
Keywords
club house, connectivity, Malta, Mediterranean, ritual
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/rel13050464
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/337379
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