Limiting Spaces : The Attribution of Spatial Meaning Through the Creation of Boundaries.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yamasaki, Mari.

Contributor:

Yamasaki

Series:

New Approaches in Archaeology Series

New Approaches in Archaeology Series ; v.7

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols Publishers, 2026.

Contents:

Intro

Front Matter

Mari Yamasaki, Sonja Speck, and Francesca Meneghetti. 1. The Attribution of Spatial Meaning through the Creation of Boundaries

Paul Pettitt. 2. Conceptual Boundaries in Evolutionary Perspective: Peripersonality, Encapsulation, and the Extension of Neanderthal Worlds

Sonja Speck. 3. Vertical Boundaries and the Conceptualization of Built Spaces

Claudia Chang. 4. Defining Regional, Local, and Household and Activity Area Boundaries in Iron Age Saka Settlements and Mortuary Complexes in South-Eastern Kazakhstan

Maria Legut-Pintal, Krzysztof Fokt, Tomasz Klír, and Anna Kubicka-Sowińska. 5. Limited Perfection: Regular Medieval Towns and Villages in Central Europe

Monika Baumanova. 6. On the Thresholds of Social Space in Swahili Towns of East Africa

Javier Rodríguez-Corral. 7. On the Edge: Hyperrealism, Motivated Symbolism, and Situated Iconography in North-Western Iberia during the Late Iron Age

Andrew Farinholt Ward. 8. Water Crossings as Structuring Elements in the Experience of Ancient Greek Sacred Space

Mari Yamasaki. 9. Diving through the Mirror: The Liminality of Water Surfaces in Cultures across the Ancient Eastern Mediterranean

Judit P. Barna and Gábor Kalla. 10. The Gates of the Cosmos: Liminality in the Architecture and Functions of Central European Neolithic Circular Enclosures (Rondels)

Harold Mytum. 11. Boundaries, Entrances, and Placemaking: The Creation of Liminal Spaces at Castell Henllys Iron Age Fort, Wales.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

2-503-61750-6

9782503617503

OCLC:

1579271374