Archaeology of Symbols by Guido Guarducci, Nicola Laneri (.ePUB)
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Archaeology of Symbols: ICAS I: Proceedings of the First International Conference on the Archaeology of Symbols by Guido Guarducci, Nicola Laneri, Stefano Valentini
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Overview: This third volume in the Material Religion in Antiquity series stems from the First International Congress on the Archaeology of Symbols (ICAS I) that took place in Florence in May 2022. The archaeological process of reconstructing and understanding our past has undergone several reassessments in the last century, producing an equal number of new perspectives and approaches. The recent materiality turn emphasizes the necessity to ground those achievements in order to build fresh avenues of interpretation and reach new boundaries in the study of the human kind and its ecology. Symbols must not be conceived only as allegory but also, and perhaps mainly, as reason (raison d’être) and meaning (culture). They may be considered key elements leading to interpretation, not only in their physical manifestation but by being infused with the gestures, beliefs and intentions of their creators, created in a specific context and with a specific chaîne opératoire.
Genre: Non-Fiction > History
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