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Limiting Spaces. The Attribution of Spatial Meaning through the Creation of Boundaries
, Brepols, 2025 Hardback, Pages: 187, Size:216 x 280 mm, Illustrations:69 b/w, 14 col., 4 tables b/w., Language: English. ISBN 9782503617497.
Summary This volume explores how boundaries were created, perceived, and experienced in past societies. Bringing together diverse theoretical and methodological approaches - from cognitive and processual to sensory and phenomenological - the contributors examine how spatial meaning is attributed through the creation and negotiation of boundaries. The volume is structured into three thematic sections: the first investigates how boundaries define and characterize space; the second focuses on the act of crossing boundaries and its role in shaping spatial significance; and the third examines the experience of boundaries, of their crossing, and of the spaces contained within them. Drawing on case studies from Prehistory to the Early Modern period, and spanning regions from Europe and Africa to Central Asia, the chapters reflect a wide range of archaeological traditions and perspectives. Through innovative analyses and interdisciplinary dialogue, this collection advances our understanding of how past societies organized, perceived, and interacted with space. TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Illustrations 1. The Attribution of Spatial Meaning through the Creation of Boundaries: An Introduction Mari Yamasaki, Sonja Speck, and Francesca Meneghetti Part One. Delimiting Spaces 2. Conceptual Boundaries in Evolutionary Perspective: Peripersonality, Encapsulation, and the Extension of Neanderthal Worlds Paul Pettitt 3. Vertical Boundaries and the Conceptualization of Built Spaces: Insights from the Experience of an Egyptian Old Kingdom Tomb Sonja Speck 4. Defining Regional, Local, and Household and Activity Area Boundaries in Iron Age Saka Settlements and Mortuary Complexes in Southeastern Kazakhstan Claudia Chang 5. Limited Perfection: Regular Mediaeval Towns and Villages in Central Europe: Wandering of Ideas, Laws and Measures Maria Legut-Pintal, Krzysztof Fokt, Tomasz Kl r, and Anna Kubicka-Sowi?ska Part Two. Limits Between Spaces 6. On the Thresholds of Social Space in Swahili Towns of East Africa Monika Baumanova 7. On the Edge: Hyperrealism, Motivated Symbolism and Situated Iconography in Northwestern Iberia during the Late Iron Age Javier Rodr guez-Corral 8. Water Crossings as Structuring Elements in the Experience of Ancient Greek Sacred Space Andrew Farinholt Ward Part Three. Experiencing the Limit 9. Diving through the Mirror: The Liminality of Water Surfaces in Cultures across the Ancient Eastern Mediterranean Mari Yamasaki 10. The Gates of the Cosmos: Liminality in the Architecture and Functions of Central European Neolithic Circular Enclosures (Rondels) Judit P. Barna and G bor Kalla 11. Boundaries, Entrances, and Placemaking: The Creation of Liminal Spaces at Castell Henllys Iron Age Fort, Wales Harold Mytum
Conceptualizing Bronze Age Seascapes. Concepts of the Sea and Marine Fauna in the Eastern Mediterranean in the Second Millennium BCE
, Brepols - 2023, 2023 Paperback, x + 218 pages, Size:216 x 280 mm, Illustrations:20 b/w, 7 col., 13 tables b/w., 3 maps b/w, Language: English. ISBN 9782503606477.
Summary The Mediterranean has, for millennia, formed the heart of an intensive trading network of ideas, goods, and people. For the ancient populations of the Levant, Cyprus, and Southern Anatolia, interactions with the sea ? from fishing to seafaring, and from trade to dye production ? were a constant presence in their life. But how did the coastal peoples of the Bronze Age understand the sea? How did living on the shore influence their lives, from daily practices to mythological beliefs? And what was the impact on their conceptual world? This volume seeks to engage with these questions by addressing the relationship between environment, diet, material production, perception, and thought formation through a combination of archaeological analysis and engagement with primary sources, and in doing so, it offers unique insights into the conceptual world of the ancient Mediterranean maritime cultures of the 2nd millennium BCE. TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations List of Common and Scientific Names of Fish and Molluscs Mentioned in the Text Part I: Framework Chapter 1. Introduction Objectives Organization of the Book Chapter 2. History, Theory, and Methods State of the Art Theoretical Framework Chronological Framework The Evidence Part II: Regional Chapters Chapter 3. Levant Faunal and Material Cultural Evidence Textual Evidence Discussion Chapter 4. Cyprus Faunal and Material Cultural Evidence Textual Evidence Discussion Chapter 5. Southern Anatolian Coast Faunal and Material Cultural Evidence Textual Evidence Discussion Part III: Overarching Analysis Chapter 6. Concepts of Marine Fauna Marine Fauna as Food Fish and Molluscs: Offerings and Purity Marine Fauna as Status or Commodity Visual Concepts of Marine Fauna Chapter 7. Concepts of the Sea The Sea as a Place The Sea as a Supernatural Force The Sea as a Divine Entity Chapter 8. Conclusions: Concepts of Seascapes Works Cited Index
