Aegean Feasting: A Minoan Perspective

The dual-processual model in ancient Greece: Applying a post-neoevolutionary model to a data-rich environment

“…In their expanse, these contexts might also include symbolic representations of diverse groups within the citizen body. As Borgna (2004) argued, associated feasting utensils, such as cups and bowls, might, in their size and decoration, also indicate communal participation and ideology.…”

“…Only two studies to date, that of Urban and Schortman (2004) which seeks corporate strategies within ancient Honduran domestic compounds, and that of Borgna (2004) which looks to identify corporate and exclusionary/networking institutions in Minoan and Mycenaean feasts, come close to isolating needed institutional units, and thereby supplying an opportunity for understanding corporate contexts within their studied cultures.…”

Towards an Archaeology of Perception: 'Looking' at the Minoan Palaces

“…(e.g. Borgna 2004;Hamilakis 2002b;Wright 2004). Hägg (1987: 129-34), for instance, suggested the presence of a so-called 'window of appearance' in the west façade at Knossos, facing the West Court, whereas Evans assumed the presence of a tripartite shrine in the east façade of the West Wing, facing the Central Court (Evans 1964: 62, pl.…”

Aegean Prehistory as World Archaeology: Recent Trends in the Archaeology of Bronze Age Greece

“…The study of feasting leads to the recognition of differences in Minoan and Mycenaean ritual practice that may cautiously be generalized to contrasts in religion and in social and political organization (Borgna 2004). Minoan feasting, whether in connection to funerary rites, religious ceremonies, or other rituals, focused more on community unity and identity than on individual aggrandizement.…”