Parole chiave
southern Levant
Early Bronze Age
aniconism
visual codes
archaeological correlates of ritual
Early Bronze Age
aniconism
visual codes
archaeological correlates of ritual
Abstract
The article reconsiders the question of the apparent aniconism in the cult sphere of the Early Bronze
Age southern Levant as opposed to the use of visual imagery in other realms and building on recent
proposals to reconsider aniconism in ancient and modern societies. This way it offers some thoughts
for a re-examination of the archaeological record for the 3rd millennium BC in this region of the ancient
Near East.