Collana | Studi ciprioti
Volume 2 | Monografia | Building in Prehistoric Cyprus
Building in Prehistoric Cyprus
Tracing Transformations in the Built and Social Environment of Early Cypriot Communities
open access | peer reviewed- Marialucia Amadio - Università di Pisa, Italia - email
Abstract
The study of architecture, from the selection, procurement and processing of raw materials, to the construction and use of buildings as spaces of action and interaction, can provide major insights into the social organisation of ancient communities. Architecture, as a way of organising space and encoding meaning, plays an active role in structuring movement and socio-cultural identities and provides a range of potential avenues for exploring social motivations and rationales in particular contexts and environments, both at the individual and community levels. This book examines ‘architecture’ as key media for analysing socio-cultural narratives in prehistoric Cyprus and exploring the formation, reproduction and development of early Cypriot communities. In particular, the volume aims at moving beyond the classification of architectural forms and functions and exploring the social, ideological, economic and political transformations that characterised the Cypriot prehistory from the late Aceramic Neolithic until the advent of the Late Bronze Age (7000/6800-1750/1700 Cal BC) by using architectural evidence as the focal analytical data-set. The interest of this study is not only in how people constructed buildings but also in how buildings contributed to the construction and definition of new socio-cultural and economic identities during Cypriot prehistory. Through a detailed review of the existing architectural data-set available for prehistoric Cypriot settlements, the book aims to understand how the development of new concepts of architecture, and the increasing appearance of social, cultural and economic forms of complexity are mutually constituted.
Keywords Architecture • Multiscalar analysis • Prehistoric Cyprus • Built environment
Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-685-5 | e-ISBN 978-88-6969-685-5 | ISBN (PRINT) 978-88-6969-686-2 | Pubblicato 03 Ottobre 2023 | Accettato 13 Ottobre 2022 | Presentato 26 Luglio 2022 | Lingua en
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