Ashlar : exploring the materiality of cut-stone masonry in the Eastern Mediterranean Bronze Age / edited by Maud Devolder & Igor Kreimerman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Devolder, Maud, editor.

Kreimerman, Igor, editor.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Aegis (Series) (Louvain, Belgium). Actes de colloques ; 17.

Aegis. Actes de colloques ; 17

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stonemasonry--Mediterranean Region.

Stonemasonry.

Bronze age--Mediterranean Region.

Bronze age.

Architecture, Ancient.

Mediterranean Region.

Physical Description:

xxxi, 445 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, plans ; 30 cm

Other Title:

Exploring the materiality of cut-stone masonry in the Eastern Mediterranean Bronze Age

Place of Publication:

Louvain-La-Neuve : PUL, Presses Universitaires de Louvain, [2020]

Contents:

Statements in Stone. Minoan Ashlar / Jan Driessen. 1. Leaving No Ashlar Unturned. Definitions, Technical Features and Regional Snyopsis of Cut-Stone Masonry in the Eastern Mediterranean Bronze Age / Igor Kreimerman and Maud Devolder

2. Approaching Ashlar Masonry through Minoan and Mycenaean Iconography. Architectural Functions, Urbanistic Contexts and the Problem of Color and Material / Fritz Blakolmer

3. Building in Stone and Mudbrick. The Monumental Architecture of Elba in Middle Bronze Age I-II / Frances Pinnock

4. Addressing Disruption. A Contextual Study of the Ashlar Masonry at Gournia / D. Matthew Buell and John C. McEnroe

5. Form and Function of Ashlar Masonry in Middle and Late Bronze Age Anatolia / Çiğdem Maner

6. The Ruling Stones? Early Appearance of Ashlar Masonry in the Southern Levant / Nurith Goshen

7. Mycenaean Ashlar Masonry. An Overview / James C. Wright. 8

Exploring Bronze Age Stoneworking Connections through Metal Tools. Evidence from Crete, Mainland Greece, aand Cyprus / Nicholas G. Blackwell

9. Stone Tools Related to Stone Masonry Techniques in the Bronze Age Eastern Mediterranean. An Overview / Athina Boletti

10. Ashlar in Raas Shamra-Ugarit. Uses, Functions, and Techniques / Jean-Claude Bessac and Valérie Matoïan

11. The Materiality of Ashlar Masonry on Late Bronze Age Cyprus / Kevin D. Fisher

12. Accomodations to Building Design and Labor Organization for Cut-Stone Thresholds in Mycenaean Greece / Kyle A. Jazwa

13. Materiality of Power through Masonry at Mycenaean Kalamianos / Daniel J. Pullen and Philip Sapirstein

14. 'Mycenaean' Facade Construction in the Western Messara, Crete / Joseph W. Shaw

15. On the Ashlar Walls of Late Bronze Age Akrotiri (Thera) / Erika Notti.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

9782875589644

2875589644

OCLC:

1195520973

Publisher Number:

9782875589644