Format:
xxx, 412 Seiten
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Illustrationen, Karten
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24 cm
ISBN:
1607326779
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9781607326779
Content:
"A diverse team of experienced scholars used a variety of methods and resources to reconstruct how ancient peoples experienced the night, their views of the dark, their portrayals of the night, and how people in everyday life adapted to the night "--Provided by publisher
Content:
"How did ancient peoples experience, view, and portray the night? What was it like to live in the past when total nocturnal darkness was the norm? Archaeology of the Night explores the archaeology, anthropology, mythology, iconography, and epigraphy of nocturnal practices and questions the dominant models of daily ancient life. A diverse team of experienced scholars uses a variety of methods and resources to reconstruct how ancient peoples navigated the night and what their associated daily—and nightly—practices were. This collection challenges modern ideas and misconceptions regarding the night and what darkness and night symbolized in the ancient world, and it highlights the inherent research bias in favor of “daytime” archaeology. Numerous case studies from around the world (including Oman, Mesoamerica, Scandinavia, Rome, Great Zimbabwe, Indus Valley, Peru, and Cahokia) illuminate subversive, social, ritual, domestic, and work activities, such as witchcraft, ceremonies, feasting, sleeping, nocturnal agriculture, and much more. Were there artifacts particularly associated with the night? Authors investigate individuals and groups (both real and mythological) who share a special connection to nighttime life. Reconsidering the archaeological record, Archaeology of the Night views sites, artifacts, features, and cultures from a unique perspective. This book is relevant to anthropologists and archaeologists and also to scholars of human geography, history, astronomy, sensory studies, human biology, folklore, and mythology"--Publisher's website
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Paleolithic soundscape and the resonance of nighttime
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Classic Maya nights at Copán, Honduras and El Cerén, El Salvador
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The night is different : sensescapes and affordances
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"La luz de aceite es triste" : nighttime, community, and memory along the Santa Fe Trail
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Nighttime sky and early urbanism in the high Andes : architecture and ritual in the Southern Lake Titicaca Basin during the Formative and Tiwanaku
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Night in day : contrasting ancient and contemporary Hindu and Maya responses to total solar eclipses
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In the sea of night : ancient Polynesia and the dark
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Night moon rituals : the effects of darkness and prolonged ritual on Chilean Mapuche
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Where night reigns eternal : darkness and deep time among the ancient Maya
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The Emerald site, Mississippian women, and the moon
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A great secret of the West : transformative aspects of artificial light in New Kingdom Egypt
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Burning the midnight oil : archaeological experiments with Viking lamps
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Engineering feats and consequences : workers in the night
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Midnight at the oasis : past and present agricultural activities in Oman
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All Rome is at my bedside : nightlife in the Roman Empire
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Fluid spaces and fluid objects : nocturnal material culture in sub-Saharan Africa with special reference to the Iron Age (CE 200/1900) in southern Africa
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The freedom that nighttime brings : privacy and cultural creativity among enslaved peoples at 18th-19th century Bahamian plantations
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781607326786
Language:
English
Keywords:
Vor- und Frühgeschichte
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Antike
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Nacht
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Nacht
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Archäologie
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Geschichte
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Altertum
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Dunkelheit
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Nacht
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Aufsatzsammlung
