Title: Destruction :
Authors: Driessen, Jan,; Université catholique de Louvain (1970- ).
Date: 2013
Publisher: Presses universitaires de Louvain,
Physical description: 489 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 24 cm
Language: English
LC classification: C
Abstract: Destruction remains a relatively unexplored and badly understood topic in archaeology and history. The term itself refers to some form and measurable degree of damage inflicted to an object, a system or a being, usually exceeding the stage during which repair is still possible but most often it is examined for its impact with destructive events interpreted in terms of a punctuated equilibrium, extraordinary features that represent the end of an archaeological culture or historical phase and the beginning of a new one. The three-day international workshop of which this volume presents the proceedings took place at Louvain-la-Neuve in Belgium, from November 24 to 26, 2011 and was organized by CEMA one of the research centres within INCAL. Our aim with organising this gathering was to seriously engage with destruction as a phenomenon and how it is perceived by archaeologists, historians and philologists of the ancient world.
Contents: Time capsules? / Jan Driessen -- Nous sommes à l'âge de la Dévastation / Laurent Olivier -- Embracing destruction / Alfredo González-Ruibal -- Deconstructing destructions / Tim Cunningham -- Destruction and the formation of static and dynamic settlement structures in the Aegean / Donald C. Haggis -- Destruction of places by fire / Ruth Tringham -- Destroying the means of production / Anna Stroulia, Danai Chondrou -- Living through destructions / Simona Todaro, Lucia Girella -- Destroying the snake goddesses / Anna Simandiraki-Grimshaw, Fay Stevens -- The view from the day after / Dario Puglisi -- L'archéosismologie : un cadre conceptuel / Simon Jusseret, Charlotte Langohr et Manuel Sintubin -- Destruction and identity / Louise Hitchcock -- The destruction of the Mycenaean palaces and the construction of the epic world / Manolis Mikrakis -- La notion de "destruction" entre oblitération, conservation et pratiques rituelles / Mario Denti -- Destructions at the grave / Alexandra Alexandridou -- The "killing" of a city : a destruction by enforced abandonment / Florence Gaignerot-Driessen -- After destruction : taking care of remains at the sanctuary of Eukleia at Vergina / Athanasia Kyriakou, Alexander Tourtas -- Catastrophe or resilience? / Ryan Boehm -- Les séismes comme cause de destruction / Ludovic Thély -- Spolia and spoilage of the archaeological environment / Stavros Oikonomidis -- La destruction cyclique en contexte cultuel / Laure Meulemans, Sylvia Piermarini -- Construction and destruction / Michele Scalici, Alessia Mancini -- Poids symbolique de la destruction et enjeux idéologiques de ses récits / Pierre Assenmaker -- La destruction délibérée des statues pour des raisons politiques dans le monde romain / Matteo Cadario -- The sanctuary of Iuppiter Heliopolitanus at Carnuntum / Eva Steigberger, Barbara Tober -- Destruction, transformation et refonctionnalisation / Marco Cavalieri -- Evidence of destruction in Tell Barri / Rocco Palermo.
Notes: Papers presented at a conference held by the Institut des civilisations, arts et lettres and the Centre d'étude des mondes antiques at Louvain-la-Neuve, Nov. 24-26 2011.
Subject headings (LCSH): Antiquities--Congresses.; Archaeology--Congresses.; Archaeology--Moral and ethical aspects--Congresses.; Classical antiquities--Destruction and pillage--Congresses.; Creative destruction--Congresses.; Excavations (Archaeology)--Europe, Central--Congresses.; Excavations (Archaeology)--Europe, Western--Congresses.; Historic sites--Conservation and restoration--Congresses.; Mediterranean Region--Antiquities--Congresses.; Rome--Antiquities--Congresses.; Salvage archaeology--Congresses.