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Titre
Οι επίκρουστες σπείρες της Ηράκλειας
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Oi epikroustes speires tēs Ērakleias
Titre traduit en anglais
The punched/engraved spirals of Herakleia Island
Langues
Greek
Auteurs
Kanakis, Christos
Pays de publication
Greece
Maison d'édition
Archaiologia kai Technes
Date
15/03/2010
Pages
p. 76-82
Titre de la revue
Αρχαιολογία και Τέχνες
Vol. & n°
v. 114
Mots-clés
petroglyphs / prehistoric art / Bronze Age / islands / rock art sites / rock engravings / interpretation
Pays mentionnés
Greece
Monuments et sites
Herakleia island, Small Cyclades, Greece
Résumé en anglais
A number of spirals, punched or engraved on rocks, that have been located during the last decade by archaeophiles on thesmall Cycladic island of Herakleia and, according to the Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities, are dated in the Early Bronze Age, that is in the third millennium BC, should be documented and studied thoroughly by expert archaeologists.
The Herakleia spirals are not unique, since similar representations printed on rocks and cliffs also occur in more Aegean islands, such as Naxos, Andros, Astypalaia, etc, as well in mainland Greece, where Maroneia, Asphendou, Sykourion and Paggaion Mount, among other locations, offer analogous examples. The problem, however, becomes more complex and extremely interesting, given that such spirals printed on rocks have been located all over the world. Since spirals are not simple, random or meaningless geometric forms, their curious, wide use in so many different civilizations has to be investigated, while the reason motivating people to execute them on rocks must be explained. Furthermore, the continuously increasing sites in Greece preserving spirals punched or engraved on rocks demands the research and study of these artefacts of the past.
The Herakleia spirals are not unique, since similar representations printed on rocks and cliffs also occur in more Aegean islands, such as Naxos, Andros, Astypalaia, etc, as well in mainland Greece, where Maroneia, Asphendou, Sykourion and Paggaion Mount, among other locations, offer analogous examples. The problem, however, becomes more complex and extremely interesting, given that such spirals printed on rocks have been located all over the world. Since spirals are not simple, random or meaningless geometric forms, their curious, wide use in so many different civilizations has to be investigated, while the reason motivating people to execute them on rocks must be explained. Furthermore, the continuously increasing sites in Greece preserving spirals punched or engraved on rocks demands the research and study of these artefacts of the past.
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