The Oxford Handbook of Light in Archaeology
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 9 December 2021
- ISBN 9780198788218
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages816 pages
- Size 254x182x48 mm
- Weight 1546 g
- Language English 169
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Short description:
Light plays a crucial role in mediating relationships between people, things, and spaces, yet lightscapes have been largely neglected in archaeology study. This volume offers a full consideration of light in archaeology and beyond, exploring diverse aspects of illumination in different spatial and temporal contexts from prehistory to the present.
MoreLong description:
Light has a fundamental role to play in our perception of the world. Natural or artificial lightscapes orchestrate uses and experiences of space and, in turn, influence how people construct and negotiate their identities, form social relationships, and attribute meaning to (im)material practices.
Archaeological practice seeks to analyse the material culture of past societies by examining the interaction between people, things, and spaces. As light is a crucial factor that mediates these relationships, understanding its principles and addressing illumination's impact on sensory experience and perception should be a fundamental pursuit in archaeology. However, in archaeological reasoning, studies of lightscapes have remained largely neglected and understudied. This volume provides a comprehensive and accessible consideration of light in archaeology and beyond by including dedicated and fully illustrated chapters covering diverse aspects of illumination in different spatial and temporal contexts, from prehistory to the present. Written by leading international scholars, it interrogates the qualities and affordances of light in different contexts and (im)material environments, explores its manipulation, and problematises its elusive properties. The result is a synthesis of invaluable insights into sensory experience and perception, demonstrating illumination's vital impact on social, cultural, and artistic contexts.
Table of Contents:
Illuminating Sensory Archaeologies
Section I. Darkness
Light, Human Evolution, and the Palaeolithic
The Role of Darkness in Ancient Greek Religion and Religious Practice
Constructing the Invisible: Light and Darkness in the Topography of Hades
Darkness and the Imagination: The Role of Environment in the Development of Spiritual Beliefs
Illuminating Time: The Visibility of Temporality in Prehistory
Section II. Light in Myth, Ritual, and Cosmology
Rediscovering the Winter Solstice Alignment at Newgrange, Ireland
Light and Shadow Effects in Megalithic Monuments in the Iberian Peninsula
Sunlight, Divination, and the Dead in Aegean Ritual Tradition
Illuminating Triangulations: Moonlight and the Mississippian World
The Chacoan World: Light and Shadow, Stone and Sky
Animate Shadows of Bears and Giants
Section III. Light in Sacred Architecture
The Beautiful Face of Ra: The Role of Sunlight in the Architecture of Ancient Egypt
The Handling of Light: Its Effect on Form and Space in the Greek Temple and the Byzantine Church
In Visible Presence: The Role of Light in Shaping Religious Atmospheres
Lighting in Muslim and Christian Religious Buildings: A Comparative Study
Section IV. The Meaning of Light
Prehistoric Light in the Air: Celestial Symbols of the Bronze Age
Phenomenology of Light: The Glitter of Salvation in Bessarion's Cross
The Light of the Flame: Use and Symbolism of Light and Lighting Devices in Traditional Greek Culture
Encountering Photoamulets and the Use of Apotropaic Light in Late Antiquity
Section V. Light in Private, Domestic, and Working Environments
Visibility, Privacy, and Missing Windows: The Lighting of Domestic Space in Ancient Mesopotamia
Lighting the 'Good Life': The Role of Light in the Aristocratic Housing System during Late Antiquity
Thirty Days of Night: The Role of Light and Shadow in Inuit Architecture North of the Arctic Circle
Household Consumption of Artificial Light at Pompeii
Industrialising Light: The Development and Deployment of Artificial Lighting in Early Factories
Section VI. Simulations and Reconstructions of Light
Materialising Light, Making Worlds: Optical Image Projection within the Megalithic Passage Tombs of Britain And Ireland
Light and Dark in Prehistoric Malta
The Eleusinian Projector: The Hierophant's Optical Method of Conjuring the Goddess
Reconstructing Artificial Light in Ancient Greece
Lighting in Reconstructed Contexts: Experimental Archaeology with Pyrotechnologies
Çatalhöyük: A Study of Light and Darkness - A Photo-Essay
Section VII. Light in Object Curation and Knowledge Production
Light and its Interaction with Antiquities and Works of Art: A Conservator's Perspective
Lighting and Museum Exhibits
Modalities of Meaning: Light and Shadow in Archaeological Images
Afterword: On Light
