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- Publication Date
- 2002-07-01
- Pages
- 276
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- 9781859735428
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Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-10
1859735428
ISBN-13
9781859735428
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2211524
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Book Title
Colouring the Past : the Significance of Colour in Archaeological Research
Number of Pages
276 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2002
Topic
Archaeology, Folklore & Mythology, General, Aesthetics, Customs & Traditions
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Yes
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Art, Philosophy, Social Science
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Hardcover
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0.7 in
Item Weight
20 oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in
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Trade
LCCN
2002-003430
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
"Until recently archaeologists were remarkably insensitive to the importance of colour in ancient societies. This book changes the situation. It offers a series of provocative and persuasive studies which will surely influence a new generation of research. It will help to stimulate a more imaginative approach to fieldwork and richer interpretations of the past. All archaeologists should read it and learn from what it has to say." -- Richard Bradley, Reading University, "Until recently archaeologists were remarkably insensitive to the importance of colour in ancient societies. This book changes the situation. It offers a series of provocative and persuasive studies which will surely influence a new generation of research. It will help to stimulate a more imaginative approach to fieldwork and richer interpretations of the past. All archaeologists should read it and learn from what it has to say." --Richard Bradley, Reading University, Until recently archaeologists were remarkably insensitive to the importance of colour in ancient societies. This book changes the situation. It offers a series of provocative and persuasive studies which will surely influence a new generation of research. It will help to stimulate a more imaginative approach to fieldwork and richer interpretations of the past. All archaeologists should read it and learn from what it has to say., 'Until recently archaeologists were remarkably insensitive to the importance of colour in ancient societies. This book changes the situation. It offers a series of provocative and persuasive studies which will surely influence a new generation of research. It will help to stimulate a more imaginative approach to fieldwork and richer interpretations of the past. All archaeologists should read it and learn from what it has to say.' Richard Bradley, Reading University
Dewey Decimal
930.1
Table Of Content
Preface Introduction: Wonderful things: colour studies in archaeology from Munsell to materiality Andrew Jones and Gavin MacGregor 1. Apotropaism and the temporality of colours: colourful Mesolithic-Neolithic seasons in the Danube Gorges Dusan Boriç 2. Colourful prehistories: the problem with the Berlin and Kay colour paradigm John Chapman 3. White on blonde: quartz pebbles and the use of quartz at Neolithic monuments in the Isle of Man and beyond Timothy Darvill 4. So many shades of rock: colour symbolism and Irish stone axeheads Gabriel Cooney 5. The Flashing Blade: copper, colour and luminosity in north Italian Copper Age society Stephen Keates 6. Munselling the Mound: the use of soil colour as metaphor in British Bronze Age Funerary ritual Mary-Ann Owoc 7. Making monuments out of mountains: the role of colour and texture in the constitution of meaning and identity at Recumbent Stone Circles Gavin MacGregor 8. A biography of colour: colour, material histories and personhood in the Early Bronze Age of Britain and Ireland Andrew Jones 9. The composition, function and significance of the mineral paints from the Kurgan burial mounds of the South Urals and North Kazakhstan Alexander Tairov and A. F Bushamakin 10. Colour and light in a Pompeian house: modern impressions or ancient perceptions Penelope M. Allison 11. The colours of light: materiality and chromatic cultures of the Americas Nicholas J. Saunders 12. Epilogue: colour and materiality in prehistoric society Chris Scarre NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS Penelope M. Allison has taught ancient history and archaeology at the University of Sydney (Australia), the Australian National University and the University of Sheffield (UK). She has held research fellowships at the University of Sydney (Australia) and in the Faculty of Classics, Cambridge (UK). She is currently an Australian Research Council Queen Elizabeth II Fellow at the Australian National University. She has recently edited The Archaeology of Household Activities (Routledge 1999) and co-authored Casa della Caccia Antica, for the series Häuser in Pompeji (Hirmer, Munich) and authored Pompeian Households (The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA). Dusan Boric is currently completing his doctoral research on the topic of ''Mesolithic-Neolithic time views: seasons and life cycles in the Balkans, c. 9000-5500 BC '' in the Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge (UK). His current research focuses on the Early Holocene archaeological sequences of the Danube Gorges of Serbia and the sites of Lepenski Vir, Padina, Vlasac and Hajducka Vodenica with an emphasis on subsistence practices, mortuary data and domestic architecture. He is interested in exploring theoretical aspects of archaeological inquiry that can contribute to the wider field of social theory. These include questions of apotropaism, temporality and the political nature of archaeological practice. The late Anatoli Filippovich Bushmakin worked at the Institute of Mineralogy, Urals Branch of the Russian Academy of Science (Russia) in collaboration with Alexander Tairov. Gabriel Cooney is a Professor in the Department of Archaeology, University College Dublin (Ireland). He is the author of numerous articles on the Irish Neolithic, landscape archaeology and archaeological theory. He recently published ''Landscapes of Neolithic Ireland'' (Routledge, 2000). John Chapman is a Reader in Archaeology in the University of Durham (UK) with research interests in archaeological theory, settlement, mortuary studies and social structure. He has worked for over 30 years with the Mesolithic, Neolithic and Copper Age of Central and Eastern Europe. He recently published a ground-breaking book ''Fragmentation in archaeology'' (Routledge, 2000). His late
Synopsis
Colour shapes our world in profound, if sometimes subtle, ways. It helps us to classify, form opinions, and make aesthetic and emotional judgements. Colour operates in every culture as a symbol, a metaphor, and as part of an aesthetic system. Yet archaeologists have traditionally subordinated the study of colour to the form and material value of the objects they find and thereby overlook its impact on conceptual systems throughout human history.This book explores the means by which colour-based cultural understandings are formed, and how they are used to sustain or alter social relations. From colour systems in the Mesolithic, to Mesoamerican symbolism and the use of colour in Roman Pompeii, this book paints a new picture of the past. Through their close observation of monuments and material culture, authors uncover the subtle role colour has played in the construction of past social identities and the expression of ancient beliefs. Providing an original contribution to our understanding of past worlds of meaning, this book will be essential reading for archaeologists, anthropologists and historians, as well as anyone with an interest in material culture, art and aesthetics., Colour shapes our world in profound, if sometimes subtle, ways. It helps us to classify, form opinions, and make aesthetic and emotional judgements. Colour operates in every culture as a symbol, a metaphor, and as part of an aesthetic system. Yet archaeologists have traditionally subordinated the study of colour to the form and material value of the objects they find and thereby overlook its impact on conceptual systems throughout human history. This book explores the means by which colour-based cultural understandings are formed, and how they are used to sustain or alter social relations. From colour systems in the Mesolithic, to Mesoamerican symbolism and the use of colour in Roman Pompeii, this book paints a new picture of the past. Through their close observation of monuments and material culture, authors uncover the subtle role colour has played in the construction of past social identities and the expression of ancient beliefs. Providing an original contribution to our understanding of past worlds of meaning, this book will be essential reading for archaeologists, anthropologists and historians, as well as anyone with an interest in material culture, art and aesthetics.
LC Classification Number
CC72.4.C65 2002
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