TY - BOOK ID - 16487984 TI - Archaeology and fertility cult in the ancient Mediterranean : papers presented at the First International Conference on Archaeology of the Ancient Mediterranean, the University of Malta, 2-5 September 1985 AU - Bonanno, Anthony. AU - International Conference on Archaeology of the Ancient Mediterranean PY - 1986 SN - 9060322886 9027272530 1283903253 9789060322888 9789027272539 9781283903257 PB - Amsterdam : B.R. Grüner, DB - UniCat KW - Archaeology KW - Fertility cults KW - History KW - Mediterranean Region KW - Antiquities KW - -Fertility cults KW - -Cults, Fertility KW - Cults KW - Archeology KW - Anthropology KW - Auxiliary sciences of history KW - Congresses KW - Circum-Mediterranean countries KW - Mediterranean Area KW - Mediterranean countries KW - Mediterranean Sea Region KW - -Congresses. KW - Cults, Fertility KW - Archaeology - Mediterranean Region - Congresses KW - Fertility cults - Mediterranean Region - History - Congresses KW - Mediterranean Region - Antiquities - Congresses UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:16487984 AB - The papers in this volume derive from the First International Conference on Archaeology of the Ancient Mediterranean (Malta, 1985). The field remains divided between the view supporting the existence of a universal belief in an all-pervading and all-embracing Mother Goddess - of which the fertility cult is just one, albeit important, aspect - and the view questioning the very bases of that theory. This conference showed that there seems to be a greater disposition for further dialogue. The fertility content in Near Eastern and Classical religions remains indisputable. ER -