Image and Response in Early Europe (Paperback, New)

Did people in the Iron Age see their bronze figurines and sculpted stones differently from the way we see them today? How can we approach the problem of determining how they saw things? How different was their experience viewing these objects in the course of their use, from ours as we look at them in museum cases or through photographs in books?Recent research in cognitive neuroscience and cognitive psychology forms the theoretical basis for a new approach to understanding the visual basis of communication in early Europe. The focus is on societies from the Early Iron Age to the early medieval period in temperate Europe, at the time that traditions of writing were gradually being adopted in this part of the world. Following review of the most relevant results of new experiments and observations in those sciences, Peter S. Wells examines the visual aspects of the archaeological evidence to investigate the role that visuality - the visual quality of things - played in the expression of the self, in interaction between members of social groups, in ritual activity, and in the creation and experience of cultural landscapes.

General

Imprint:	Bristol Classical Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Duckworth Debates in Archaeology
Release date:	May 2008
First published:	May 2008
Authors:	Peter S. Wells
Series editors:	Richard Hodges
Dimensions:	216 x 135 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	208
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-7156-3682-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > General Books > Humanities > Archaeology > General Books > History > General Promotions
LSN:	0-7156-3682-0
Barcode:	9780715636824

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