Materialitas : working stone, carving identity / edited by Blaze O'Connor, Gabriel Cooney and John Chapman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

O'Connor, Blaze.

Cooney, Gabriel

Chapman, John, 1951-

Humanities Institute of Ireland.

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Series:

Prehistoric Society research paper ; no. 3.

Prehistoric Society research paper

Language:

English

French

German

Subjects (All):

Megalithic monuments--Europe--Congresses.

Megalithic monuments.

Sculpture, Prehistoric--Europe--Congresses.

Sculpture, Prehistoric.

Stone implements--Europe--Congresses.

Stone implements.

Neolithic period--Europe--Congresses.

Neolithic period.

Bronze age--Europe--Congresses.

Bronze age.

Antiquities, Prehistoric--Europe--Congresses.

Antiquities, Prehistoric.

Europe.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xxv, 191 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 29 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxbow Books ; Oakville, CT : David Brown Book Co., 2009.

Language Note:

In English, with abstracts in French and German.

Summary:

"Stone monuments and objects are highly accessible today and formed a focus for engagement, transformation and re-use in the past. Stone is inextricably linked to ideas of monumentality and remembrance. It formed an active medium in the creation of identities and memory in a range of social contexts and practices, including the embodied, performative and incorporated practices of daily activities and traditions. It can be argued that the material presence and physical character of stone objects and monuments were not only actively harnessed in these encounters, but were also the very stuff from which social relations were derived, perceived and thought through. This volume explores the power and effect of stone through the meanings that emerged out of people's engagement and encounters with its physical properties. Focused primarily on the Neolithic and Bronze Age of Atlantic Europe it brings together authors working on the materiality (materialitas) of stone via stone objects, rock art, monuments and quarrying activity. This highlights the connections that cross-cut what are traditionally seen as disparate research areas within the archaeological discipline."--Back cover.

Notes:

"Published in association with the UCD Humanities Institute of Ireland."

Includes papers originally presented at a conference, Materialitas, held at University College Dublin in March, 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781842173770

1842173774

OCLC:

320801082