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Composite Artefacts in the Ancient Near East - Exhibiting an imaginative materiality, showing a genealogical nature (Paperback)
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Composite Artefacts in the Ancient Near East - Exhibiting an imaginative materiality, showing a genealogical nature (Paperback)
Series: Archaeopress Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology
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Composite Artefacts in the Ancient Near East: Exhibiting an
imaginative materiality, showing a genealogical nature examines the
complex relationship between environment, materials, society and
materiality with particular reference to the composite artefacts in
the ancient Near East. On the one hand are the objective and
natural attributes of materials, possibly exalted from their
transformation: a form of fascination immanent in all kind of
technical activity which promotes the transition from the ordinary
into an 'extra-ordinary' realm, imbuing the object with new
meaning. On the other hand is the idea that properties of materials
are not fixed attributes of 'matters', but are processual as well
as relational: the qualities of artefacts are subjective and are
included in the worldview of artisans making them, as well as in
the mind of who observes who appreciate them. Thus, the
craftsmanship is oriented towards the achievement of sophisticated
products through assemblage techniques and the blending of
contrasting properties and qualities of materials. The term
'composite' is a combination of the power of technology and the
ability to form new images: the strict relationship between
creativity, technology and manufacture produces novel interactions
and solutions. Although the primary concern of this volume is to
provide specific case studies in which theoretical assumptions and
hypotheses can be applied to the ancient evidence, most of the
papers take not only the general perspective, such as the
relationship between materials and humans, but also a defined body
of evidence - material, textual and visual through which they
address the issue. This volume represents a first attempt to
conceptualise the construction and use of composite artefacts: the
richness of approaches, the development of new issues depending on
specific case studies, and the overturning of widely accepted
ideas, show the interest towards this category of objects and the
opportunity to enlarge this field study in the future.
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