Size matters understanding monumentality across ancient civilizations When talking about monuments size undeniably matters or does it But how else can we measure monumentality Bringing together researchers from various fields such as archaeology museology history sociology Mesoamerican studies and art history this book discusses terminological and methodological approaches in both theoretical contributions and various case studies. While focusing on architectural aspects this volume also discusses the social meaning of monuments the role of forced and free labour as well as textual or inscriptual monumentality. The result is a modern interdisciplinary take on an important concept which is notoriously difficult to define Frontmatter Content Preface Introduction Buccellati Federico Hageneuer Sebastian Heyden Sylva van der Levenson Felix Part I. Theoretical Framework and Methodology Monuments and Monumentality – different perspectives Levenson Felix Monumentality: Research Approaches and Methodology Buccellati Federico Perceiving monumentality Hageneuer Sebastian Heyden Sylva van der Responses to the Theoretical Framework and Methodology Monumentalbaukunst – Architektur als erweiterter Denk und Erfahrungsraum Gleiter Jörg H. Monumentality in context – a reply from Egyptology Bußmann Richard Part II. Case Studies The Social Meaning of Big Architecture or the Sociology of the Monumental Delitz Heike Levenson Felix Monumental Negligence: the Difference between Working and Alienated Labor Bernbeck Reinhard Zerstörungswut – The Deliberate Destruction of MonuMentality in Ancient and Modern Times Autenrieth Sabrina N. Boekel Dieuwertje van The operation of monumentality in low occupation density settlements in prehistory: a regional scale view White Kirrily Lane Rachel The Massif Rouge and Early Dynastic high terraces: Dynamics of monumentality in Mesopotamia during the 3rd millennium BCE Butterlin Pascal La grandeur de Babylone: étude des inscriptions royales Cousin Laura The monumental Late Antique cisterns of Resafa Syria as refined capacity and water quality regulation system Hof Catharine Monumentality Building Techniques and Identity Construction in Roman Italy: The Remaking of Cosa post 197 BCE Mogetta Marcello Monumentality of the Landscape: the Coixtlahuaca Valley Archaeology and the Lienzo Seler II Silva Mónica Pacheco Monumentality by numbers Hageneuer Sebastian Schmidt Sophie C. Texts in the City: Monumental Inscriptions in Jerusalem’s Urban Landscape Smoak Jeremy Mandell Alice Contributors