Waist Compression in the Aegean Late Bronze Age

Issue Date
2000Author
Younger, John G.
Publisher
Archaeological News
Type
Article
Metadata
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Elite Minoan women (Bronze Age Crete) practiced waist compression (or corsetting). This study gives the evidence for this practice and uses the experience of modern practictioners of waist compression, as given in blogs on websites, to reproduce the experience of the ancient Minoans.
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- Classics Scholarly Works [151]
Citation
"Waist Compression in the Aegean Late Bronze Age," Archaeological News 23 (1998-2000) 1-9
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