Archaeology of the Night: Life After Dark in the Ancient World
Editat de Nancy Gonlin, April Nowellen Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 ian 2021 – vârsta ani
How
did
ancient
peoples
experience,
view,
and
portray
the
night?
What
was
it
like
to
live
in
the
past
when
total
nocturnal
darkness
was
the
norm?Archaeology
of
the
Nightexplores
the
archaeology,
anthropology,
mythology,
iconography,
and
epigraphy
of
nocturnal
practices
and
questions
the
dominant
models
of
daily
ancient
life.
A
diverse
team
of
experienced
scholars
uses
a
variety
of
methods
and
resources
to
reconstruct
how
ancient
peoples
navigated
the
night
and
what
their
associated
daily—and
nightly—practices
were.
This collection challenges modern ideas and misconceptions regarding the night and what darkness and night symbolized in the ancient world, and it highlights the inherent research bias in favor of “daytime” archaeology. Numerous case studies from around the world (including Oman, Mesoamerica, Scandinavia, Rome, Great Zimbabwe, Indus Valley, Peru, and Cahokia) illuminate subversive, social, ritual, domestic, and work activities, such as witchcraft, ceremonies, feasting, sleeping, nocturnal agriculture, and much more. Were there artifacts particularly associated with the night? Authors investigate individuals and groups (both real and mythological) who share a special connection to nighttime life.
Reconsidering the archaeological record,Archaeology of the Nightviews sites, artifacts, features, and cultures from a unique perspective. This book is relevant to anthropologists and archaeologists and also to scholars of human geography, history, astronomy, sensory studies, human biology, folklore, and mythology.
Contributors: Susan Alt, Anthony F. Aveni, Jane Eva Baxter, Shadreck Chirikure, Minette Church, Jeremy D. Coltman, Margaret Conkey, Tom Dillehay, Christine C. Dixon, Zenobie Garrett, Nancy Gonlin, Kathryn Kamp, Erin Halstad McGuire, Abigail Joy Moffett, Jerry D. Moore, Smiti Nathan, April Nowell, Scott C. Smith, Glenn R. Storey, Meghan Strong, Cynthia Van Gilder, Alexei Vranich, John C. Whittaker, Rita Wright
This collection challenges modern ideas and misconceptions regarding the night and what darkness and night symbolized in the ancient world, and it highlights the inherent research bias in favor of “daytime” archaeology. Numerous case studies from around the world (including Oman, Mesoamerica, Scandinavia, Rome, Great Zimbabwe, Indus Valley, Peru, and Cahokia) illuminate subversive, social, ritual, domestic, and work activities, such as witchcraft, ceremonies, feasting, sleeping, nocturnal agriculture, and much more. Were there artifacts particularly associated with the night? Authors investigate individuals and groups (both real and mythological) who share a special connection to nighttime life.
Reconsidering the archaeological record,Archaeology of the Nightviews sites, artifacts, features, and cultures from a unique perspective. This book is relevant to anthropologists and archaeologists and also to scholars of human geography, history, astronomy, sensory studies, human biology, folklore, and mythology.
Contributors: Susan Alt, Anthony F. Aveni, Jane Eva Baxter, Shadreck Chirikure, Minette Church, Jeremy D. Coltman, Margaret Conkey, Tom Dillehay, Christine C. Dixon, Zenobie Garrett, Nancy Gonlin, Kathryn Kamp, Erin Halstad McGuire, Abigail Joy Moffett, Jerry D. Moore, Smiti Nathan, April Nowell, Scott C. Smith, Glenn R. Storey, Meghan Strong, Cynthia Van Gilder, Alexei Vranich, John C. Whittaker, Rita Wright
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781646421244
ISBN-10: 1646421248
Pagini: 442
Ilustrații: 111
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 43 mm
Greutate: 0.6 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: University Press of Colorado
Colecția University Press of Colorado
ISBN-10: 1646421248
Pagini: 442
Ilustrații: 111
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 43 mm
Greutate: 0.6 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: University Press of Colorado
Colecția University Press of Colorado
Recenzii
“Intellectually
stimulating
and
enlightening.
Without
doubt
it
will
inspire
further
discussion,
debate,
and
research.
.
.
.
An
important
contribution
to
a
variety
of
fields.”
—Marion Dowd, Institute of Technology, Sligo, Ireland, and author ofThe Archaeology of Darkness
“This book presents a new interpretive viewpoint whose scale is on the order of household archaeology, commoner archaeology, landscape archaeology, and others. . . . The result is a richer interpretation of ancient humans in their lived landscape.”
—Mark Mehrer, Northern Illinois University
—Marion Dowd, Institute of Technology, Sligo, Ireland, and author ofThe Archaeology of Darkness
“This book presents a new interpretive viewpoint whose scale is on the order of household archaeology, commoner archaeology, landscape archaeology, and others. . . . The result is a richer interpretation of ancient humans in their lived landscape.”
—Mark Mehrer, Northern Illinois University
“This
is
a
deliciously
rare
book.
It
opens
new
paths
of
thought
in
a
way
that
is
both
down-to-earth
and
fun.
.
.
.
A
book
like
this
makes
archaeology
exciting
again.”
—American Antiquity
—American Antiquity
" Archaeology of the Night is designed to question our preconceptions. The editors and contributors challenge us to think outside the realm of daylight and vision—to explore the darkness and expand our sensory encounter with the past."
—American Journal of Archaeology
"Excellent. . . this volume will draw interest from scholars and students as a pioneering work that is certain to motivate further studies."
—Antiquity
Notă biografică
Nancy
Gonlinis
a
Mesoamerican
archaeologist
who
specializes
in
daily
and
nightly
practices,
household
studies,
and
inequality.
She
serves
as
co-editor
of
the
Cambridge
journal Ancient
Mesoamerica.
Her
publications
include
the
co-edited
volumesCommoner
Ritual
and
Ideology
in
Ancient
Mesoamerica, Ancient
Households
of
the
Americas,andHuman
Adaptation
in
Ancient
Mesoamerica.She
is co-author
ofCopán:
The
Rise
and
Fall
of
an
Ancient
Maya
Kingdom.
Watch
her
TEDx
talk
"Life
After
Dark
in
the
Ancient
World"here.
April Nowellis a Paleolithic archaeologist and professor of anthropology at the University of Victoria. She directs an international team of researchers in the study of Lower and Middle Paleolithic sites in Jordan and is known for her publications on cognitive archaeology, the archaeology of children, Paleolithic art, and the relationship between science, pop culture, and the media. She is the author of Growing Up in the Ice Age: Fossil and Archaeological Evidence of the Lived Lives of Plio-Pleistocene Children and coeditor of Stone Tools and the Evolution of Human Cognition. Watch her TEDx talk “Paleo Porn” here.
April Nowellis a Paleolithic archaeologist and professor of anthropology at the University of Victoria. She directs an international team of researchers in the study of Lower and Middle Paleolithic sites in Jordan and is known for her publications on cognitive archaeology, the archaeology of children, Paleolithic art, and the relationship between science, pop culture, and the media. She is the author of Growing Up in the Ice Age: Fossil and Archaeological Evidence of the Lived Lives of Plio-Pleistocene Children and coeditor of Stone Tools and the Evolution of Human Cognition. Watch her TEDx talk “Paleo Porn” here.
Descriere
Archaeology
of
the
Nightexplores
the
archaeology,
anthropology,
mythology,
iconography,
and
epigraphy
of
nocturnal
practices
and
questions
the
dominant
models
of
daily
ancient
life.