Three - Herding
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 April 2022
Summary
This chapter traces the history of domestic animals on Crete, starting with a group of animals, plants and humans which settled at Knossos in the Neolithic period. Focusing particularly on the herding of sheep and cattle it examines their depiction as clay figurines and their recording in clay documents. Whereas sheep were extensively herded because of their importance to the textile industry, they were rarely depicted, whereas cattle-ranching, which gave rise to bull-leaping, became a prominent part of the expansion of the palatial collective of Knossos.
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- Human-Animal Relations in Bronze Age CreteA History through Objects, pp. 64 - 100Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022