The Greek Dark Ages and Greek Renaissance: The History and Legacy of the Bronze Age Transition to Archaic Greece by Charles River Editors

Author:Charles River Editors
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Charles River Editors
Published: 2020-11-25T16:00:00+00:00

At the palace of Mycenae, an Archaic temple was built over one of the palace rooms. This has been proposed to be a shrine, given that the north-south orientation has been maintained, and pottery found there indicates that cult activity may have gone on before the Geometric period. None of this proves an already existing place of worship was consciously retained in the Dark Ages. The claim that Olympia was a site in continuous use based on primitive terracotta and bronze figures found there suggest a pre-Geometric origin cannot be confirmed. In general terms, it was domestic Bronze Age structures that tended to be used for the creation of cultic sites rather than pre-existing sacred ones. To maintain religious observances at known sacred Bronze Age sanctuaries was the exception rather than the rule for early Dark Ages Greeks, and many, such as the Cave of Pan at Oinoe near Marathon, were totally forgotten.

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