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Elements of Continuity - Stone Cult in the Maltese Islands (Paperback)
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Elements of Continuity - Stone Cult in the Maltese Islands (Paperback)
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Stones can serve an infinite array of functions both when they are
worked and when they are left in a 'raw' state. Depending on their
function, stones can also be meaningful objects especially when
they act as vehicles of ideas or instruments of representation. And
it is, therefore, in their functional context, that the meaning of
stones can be best grasped. The stones dealt with in this study are
non-figural (or aniconic) or, sometimes, semi-figural. They come
from ritual contexts and, as such, act as a material representation
of divine presence in their role as betyls. But it is not mainly
the representational aspect of these stones that this study seeks
to highlight. As material representations of divine presence that
are also worshipped, these particular stones form part of a
phenomenon that seems to know no geographical or temporal
boundaries. They are of a universal character. It is this universal
character of theirs that seems to qualify these stones as elements
forming part of the phenomenon of continuity: continuity across
different cultures and in different places along several centuries.
It is this phenomenon which this study seeks to highlight through a
study of these stones. The Maltese islands are presented as a case
study to demonstrate the phenomenon of continuity through a study
of these stones. Worship of stones in representation of divine
presence is found on the Maltese islands since prehistoric times.
But the practice survived several centuries under different
cultures represented by unknown communities during the islands'
prehistory and the Phoenicians / Carthaginians and the Romans in
early historic times.
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