Minoan Glyptic: Typology, Deposits and Iconography: From the Early Minoan period to the Late Minoan IB destruction in Crete

This study considers the massive importance of glyptic in Aegean culture, often undermined by more 'convenient' evidence - such as architecture, frescoes, figurines and gold jewellery. The sealstones, sealings and finger rings so commonly associated with Minoan civilisation can be viewed as important markers of socioeconomic, technological, and artistic significance. This book focuses on the typology of seals in different periods, the deposits in which the most important seal groups have been found, and their iconography and religious significance. The typology of the Late Minoan glyptic iconography according to its most important and representative religious and decorative elements is also tabulated and catalogued.