Of rocks and water : towards an archaeology of place / edited by Ömür Harmanşah.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Harmanşah, Ömür, editor.

Series:

Joukowsky Institute publication ; 5.

Joukowsky Institute publication ; 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Landscape archaeology.

Landscape archaeology--Philosophy.

Place (Philosophy).

Rocks--Social aspects--History.

Rocks.

Water--Social aspects--History.

Water.

Human ecology--History.

Human ecology.

History.

Social archaeology.

Water--Social aspects.

Social aspects.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

xii, 258 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxbow Books, 2014.

Summary:

"This volume presents a series of archaeological landscapes from the Iranian highlands to the Anatolian Plateau, and from the Mediterranean borderlands to Mesoamerica. Contributors all have a deep interest in the making and the long-term history of unorthodox places of human interaction with the mineral world, specifically the landscapes of rocks and water. Working with rock reliefs, sacred springs and lakes, caves, cairns, ruins and other meaningful places, they draw attention to the need for a rigorous field methodology and theoretical framework for working with such special places. At a time when network models, urban-centered and macro-scale perspectives dominate discussions of ancient landscapes, this unusual volume takes us to remote, unmappable places of cultural practice, social imagination and political appropriation. It offers not only a diverse set of case studies approaching small meaningful places in their special geological grounding, but also suggests new methodologies and interpretive approaches to understand places and the processes of place-making"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Towards an archaeology of place / Ömür Harmansah

A place for pilgrimage : the ancient Maya sacred landscape of Cara Blanca, Belize / Lisa J. Lucero and Andrew Kinkella

On ancient placemaking / Wendy Ashmore

Origins and fertility : Mesoamerican caves in deep time / Thomas G. Garrison

Topographies of power : theorizing the visual, spatial and ritual contexts of rock reliefs in ancient Iran / Matthew Canepa

Other monumental lessons / Ian Straughn

Rock reliefs of ancient Iran : notes and remarks / Ali Mousavi

The significance of place : rethinking Hittite rock reliefs in relation to the topography of the land of Hatti / Lee Ullmann

Places in the political landscape of Late Bronze age Anatolia / Claudia Glatz

Living rock and transformed space / Betsey A. Robinson

Event, place, performance : rock reliefs and spring monuments in Anatolia / Ömür Harmansah

Ruins within ruins : site environmental history and landscape biography / Ben Marsh and Janet Jones

Archaeological landscapes, pushed towards ruination / John F. Cherry

(Dis)continuous domains : a case of "multi-sited archaeology" from the Peloponnesus, Greece / Christopher L. Witmore

Moving on : a conversation with Chris Witmore / Gavin Lucas.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Of rocks and water

ISBN:

9781782976714

178297671X

OCLC:

876003769