#500CharAbstracts: Heike Delitz and Felix Levenson discuss the social significance of great architecture and the sociology of #monumentality. They compare nomadic architecture with medieval cathedrals and the cultic topography of Uruk.

This article is part of a wider book on monumentality in ancient civilisations, published by Transcript in 2019: Size Matters.

#openaccess

🔗 https://www.doi.org/10.14361/9783839445389-008

#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.

This article is part of a broader book about monumentality across ancient civilisations published 2019 at Transcript: Size Matters.
#openaccess

🔗 https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839445389-017

Dr Kuili Suganya shared her thesis findings on 'Unlearning #Monumentality: Recognising Malaprabha River Valley as a 'lived #landscape' at the Centre for South Asian Studies.

What memories keep #cultural #heritage alive? What can we learn from the local shephards? Does our focus on the monuments obstruct/abstract from the other cultural practices that keep it alive?

#archaeology #heritage #monuments #monumentsofindia #landscape #rivers #southasia #temple #shrine #trees #culturalheritage

The next highlight of the Kiel Conference 2023 #KielScales23 is coming up. In 30 minutes the keynote by Leonardo García Sanjuán (University of #Seville) will start in the Klaus Murmann Lecture Hall. Its title: "Environment, Aggregation and Monumentality in Early Complex Societies: The Case of Valencina (Spain) (c. 3200-2300 BC)." More info 👉

https://events.kielconference23.smart-abstract.com/#/event/43234

#archaeology #environment #monumentality #Valencina #palaeoecology #copperage #megasite

#500CharAbstracts: Catherine Hof takes the cistern of #Resefa in Syria as the focus of monumental research. She sheds light on the intention of the construction, the building process, and its impact on society -> This is #Monumentality by function.

This article is part of a broader book about monumentality across ancient civilisations published 2019 at Transcript: Size Matters.

#openaccess

🔗 https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839445389-014

#280CharAbstracts: P. Butterlin focuses his study on the Massif Rouge, a multi-phased high terrace in Mari, Syria. The development of local building traditions is rooted in local religious topographies -> in a form of local #monumentality.

#openaccess

🔗 https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839445389-012