Waist Compression in the Aegean Late Bronze Age

Younger, John G.

dc.contributor.author	Younger, John G.
dc.date.accessioned	2009-01-01T15:20:21Z
dc.date.available	2009-01-01T15:20:21Z
dc.date.issued	2000
dc.identifier.citation	"Waist Compression in the Aegean Late Bronze Age," Archaeological News 23 (1998-2000) 1-9
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1808/4301
dc.description.abstract	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.
dc.publisher	Archaeological News
dc.subject	Minoan
dc.subject	Corsetting
dc.title	Waist Compression in the Aegean Late Bronze Age
dc.type	Article
dc.rights.accessrights	openAccess

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