naa a22 4500 510741738 CHVBK 20180411083030.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11457-012-9105-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11457-012-9105-x Berg Ina Department of Archaeology, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, M13 9PL, Manchester, UK aut Marine Creatures and the Sea in Bronze Age Greece: Ambiguities of Meaning [Elektronische Daten] [Ina Berg] Like most cultures, prehistoric Greek communities had an ambiguous relationship with the sea and the creatures that inhabit it. Positive and negative associations always co-existed, though the particular manifestations changed over time. By drawing together evidence of consumption of marine animals, seafaring, fishing, and iconography, this article unites disparate strands of evidence in an attempt to illuminate the relationship prehistoric Greeks had with marine creatures and the sea. Based on the marked reduction in seafood consumption after the Mesolithic and the use of marine creatures in funerary iconography in the post-palatial period, it becomes apparent that the sea—then as now—is an inherently ambiguous medium that captures both positive and negative emotions. On the one hand, the sea and the animals residing in it are strongly associated with death. On the other hand, the sea's positive dimensions, such as fertility and rebirth, are expressed in conspicuous marine consumption events. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2013 Sea nationallicence Death nationallicence Marine animals nationallicence Diet nationallicence Journal of Maritime Archaeology Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 8/1(2013-06-01), 1-27 1557-2285 8:1<1 2013 8 11457 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11457-012-9105-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11457-012-9105-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Berg Ina Department of Archaeology, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, M13 9PL, Manchester, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Maritime Archaeology Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 8/1(2013-06-01), 1-27 1557-2285 8:1<1 2013 8 11457 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer