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Blurred boundaries: Zoomorphic masking rituals and the human-animal relationship in ancient Cyprus
World Archaeology Pub Date : 2021-05-07 , DOI: 10.1080/00438243.2021.1900903
Erin Walcek Averett 1
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ABSTRACT

Worked bucrania and figural representations of masked men dating from the 12th-5th centuries BCE provide striking evidence for ritual performances using animal masks in ancient Cyprus. This study flips the traditional approach to this rich body of material. Rather than focusing on the cult or the socio-political contexts of these performances, I instead explore the production of zoomorphic masks and the impact of masking on the wearer. Drawing on new approaches pioneered in social zooarchaeology and using New Materialities perspectives, this analysis delves deeper into the human-animal relationship in Cyprus and how that was expressed in masking ceremonies. Moving beyond simplistic associations of bull masks with a vaguely defined bull god, this study argues for a more complex and integrated relationship between humans and the natural world that was expressed in Cypriot religion through divine animal attributes, animal sacrifice and feasting, and zoomorphic masking rituals.



中文翻译:

界限模糊:古塞浦路斯的动物面具仪式和人与动物的关系

摘要

可追溯到 12-5的蒙面男子的工作 bucrania 和形象表示公元前几个世纪为古塞浦路斯使用动物面具的仪式表演提供了惊人的证据。这项研究颠覆了对这一丰富材料的传统方法。我没有关注这些表演的邪教或社会政治背景,而是探索动物形态面具的生产以及面具对佩戴者的影响。该分析利用社会动物考古学中首创的新方法并使用新材料的观点,深入探讨了塞浦路斯的人与动物关系以及这种关系如何在面具仪式中表达。这项研究超越了牛面具与定义模糊的牛神的简单联系,认为人类与自然世界之间存在更复杂、更完整的关系,这种关系在塞浦路斯宗教中通过神圣的动物属性表达出来,

更新日期:2021-05-07
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