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Of Things and Stories: Current Approaches to Object Biography, Medium, and Materiality: 8 (Selected Papers on Ancient Art and Architecture) - Softcover

 
9781931909464: Of Things and Stories: Current Approaches to Object Biography, Medium, and Materiality: 8 (Selected Papers on Ancient Art and Architecture)
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ISBN 10: 1931909466 ISBN 13: 9781931909464
Publisher: Archaeological Institute of America, 2024

Synopsis

From the gold of the shaft graves of Mycenae to an undecorated Late Roman lekythos, and from facade statuary in Roman Ephesus to electroplated teapots in present-day household assemblages on the island of Kythera, this volume presents a selection of essays on the complex and ever-progressing relationships between things and people across time and space. Past and present advances in the discourse on materialisms are approached from a case study perspective through the lens of two different but complementary themes: object biography and materiality in relation to medium. Each essay offers a distinct insight into the always shifting meanings, values, and relational connections of things, exploring a diversity of concepts, contexts, and material elements from prehistory to today.

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About the Author

Christina Marini is an independent researcher based in Athens, Greece. She received a DPhil in classical archaeology from the University of Oxford in 2019, and has collaborated as an associate researcher and pottery specialist with the Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens, the German Archaeological Institute, and the University of Athens. Her work focuses on matters of materiality and social practice, and the various modes of human mobility.

Lita Tzortzopoulou-Gregory holds degrees in anthropology and archaeology from the University of Sydney, and a PhD from La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia. She is co-director of the Australian Paliochora-Kythera Archaeological Survey, assistant director of the Michigan State University Excavations at Isthmia, executive officer and archaeological research facilitator at the Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens, and a collaborator of the Erasmus+ KA2 project: Finds Stories: Addressing Mobility through People and Objects.

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Publisher
Archaeological Institute of America
Publication date
2024
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1931909466
ISBN 13 
9781931909464
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
156
Editor
Marini Christina, Tzortzopoulou-Gregory Lita