‘Liminal Ascent’
…into the Unknown
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www.blipfoto.com/entry/339978...
This image shows the 3D visualisation of the Bit Resh in detail. A massive white temple surrounded by courtyards and walkways. People walking in front of the temple seem insignificant. © artefacts-berlin.de
#280CharAbstracts: @DelitzHeike and F. Levenson discuss the social significance of great architecture and the sociology of #monumentality. They compare nomadic architecture with medieval cathedrals and the ritual topography of Uruk.
#openaccess
🔗 www.doi.org/10.14361/978...
Plot showing mass of different materials used in constructing buildings in Uruk.
#280CharAbstracts: @idhrenil & @ArchaeoBasti investigate the energetic cost of buildings in ancient #Uruk & Habuba Kabira. #Monumentality - in their opinion - is not always the same or better: some buildings are more monumental than others. #openaccess
🔗 doi.org/10.14361/978...
Assertion: #Paleolithic #CavePaintings are an expression of early #monumentality.
Cf. "#TheFinalPassage" - a cinematic journey through #ChauvetCave - and its 36,000 year old paintings. Unlimited online viewing:
https://www.missingmatter.info/tara-expo
Original study:
@hughs_news et al., #Monumentality, Social #Memory, and Territoriality in #Neolithic–#Chalcolithic Northwestern #Arabia, @J_F_Archaeology 18 March 2021. 🔓
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0093469...
The #social meaning of #monuments - the role of #feasts in cooperative construction of #megalithic architecture, an ethnoarch. perspective:
@Maria_Tonja et al., #Monumentality & #feasting activities among southern #Naga comm., @PLOSONE 16(3), 2021....
Seeing myself more on the 'quantifiable' side of the discourse, agreeing that specific characteristics like e.g. #monumentality stand and fall with defined framework, but admittedly actually enjoyed the thought-provoking 'outside the box' approach of the original article. (2/2)
Early #Neolithic of #GöbekliTepe in southeastern #Turkey has revealed evidence of remarkable early #monumentality. Here's how we got an idea of the much larger extension of the complex site:
"Looking beneath the surface - Geophysical surveys at GT" -...
On #monumentality. "Bef. farming, writing, or wheel, humans began perf. skyscraper": www.atlasobscura.com/articles/before-farming-... by @cjgiaimo for @atlasobscura
#IndustrialHeritage: #F60 Conveyor Bridge in Lichterfeld, Germany - #monumentality in steel (502m long, 80m high). http://t.co/EbsiM6eYRV
So, where's a bunch of #archaeologists discussing early #monumentality gathering for reception? Of course ... http://t.co/K11W3RTvB0
