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Book SynopsisLight plays a crucial role in mediating relationships between people, things, and spaces, yet lightscapes have been largely neglected in archaeology study. This volume offers a full consideration of light in archaeology and beyond, exploring diverse aspects of illumination in different spatial and temporal contexts from prehistory to the present.
Table of Contents1: Costas Papadopoulos and Holley Moyes: Illuminating Sensory Archaeologies Section I. Darkness 2: Paul Pettit, Stefanie Leluschko, and Takashi Sakamoto: Light, Human Evolution, and the Palaeolithic 3: Efrosyni Boutsikas: The Role of Darkness in Ancient Greek Religion and Religious Practice 4: Athanasia Zografou: Constructing the Invisible: Light and Darkness in the Topography of Hades 5: Holley Moyes, Lillian Rigoli, Stephanie Huette, Daniel R. Montello, Teenie Matlock, and Michael J. Spivey: Darkness and the Imagination: The Role of Environment in the Development of Spiritual Beliefs 6: Gail Higginbottom and Vincent Mom: Illuminating Time: The Visibility of Temporality in Prehistory Section II. Light in Myth, Ritual, and Cosmology 7: Robert Hensey: Rediscovering the Winter Solstice Alignment at Newgrange, Ireland 8: A. César González-García: Light and Shadow Effects in Megalithic Monuments in the Iberian Peninsula 9: Lucy Goodison: Sunlight, Divination, and the Dead in Aegean Ritual Tradition 10: Timothy R. Pauketat: Illuminating Triangulations: Moonlight and the Mississippian World 11: Ruth M. Van Dyke: The Chacoan World: Light and Shadow, Stone and Sky 12: Kevin Conti and William Walker: Animate Shadows of Bears and Giants Section III. Light in Sacred Architecture 13: Giulio Magli: The Beautiful Face of Ra: The Role of Sunlight in the Architecture of Ancient Egypt 14: Iakovos Potamianos: The Handling of Light: Its Effect on Form and Space in the Greek Temple and the Byzantine Church 15: Mikkel Bille and Tim Flohr Sørensen: In Visible Presence: The Role of Light in Shaping Religious Atmospheres 16: Maria Sardi and Ioannis Motsianos: Lighting in Muslim and Christian Religious Buildings: A Comparative Study Section IV. The Meaning of Light 17: Emília Pásztor: Prehistoric Light in the Air: Celestial Symbols of the Bronze Age 18: Bissera V. Pentcheva: Phenomenology of Light: The Glitter of Salvation in Bessarion's Cross 19: Eleni Bintsi: The Light of the Flame: Use and Symbolism of Light and Lighting Devices in Traditional Greek Culture 20: Eric C. Lapp: Encountering Photoamulets and the Use of Apotropaic Light in Late Antiquity Section V. Light in Private, Domestic, and Working Environments 21: Mary Shepperson: Visibility, Privacy, and Missing Windows: The Lighting of Domestic Space in Ancient Mesopotamia 22: Jean-Philippe Carrie: Lighting the 'Good Life': The Role of Light in the Aristocratic Housing System during Late Antiquity 23: Peter Dawson and Richard Levy: Thirty Days of Night: The Role of Light and Shadow in Inuit Architecture North of the Arctic Circle 24: David Griffiths: Household Consumption of Artificial Light at Pompeii 25: Ian West: Industrialising Light: The Development and Deployment of Artificial Lighting in Early Factories Section VI. Simulations and Reconstructions of Light 26: Aaron Watson and Ronnie Scott: Materialising Light, Making Worlds: Optical Image Projection within the Megalithic Passage Tombs of Britain And Ireland 27: Simon Stoddart, Caroline Malone, Michael Anderson, and Robert Barratt: Light and Dark in Prehistoric Malta 28: Matt Gatton: The Eleusinian Projector: The Hierophant's Optical Method of Conjuring the Goddess 29: Dorina Moullou and Fragiskos V. Topalis: Reconstructing Artificial Light in Ancient Greece 30: Dragoş Gheorghiu: Lighting in Reconstructed Contexts: Experimental Archaeology with Pyrotechnologies 31: Eva Bosch: Çatalhöyük: A Study of Light and Darkness - A Photo-Essay Section VII. Light in Object Curation and Knowledge Production 32: Eleni Kotoula: Light and its Interaction with Antiquities and Works of Art: A Conservator's Perspective 33: Malcolm Innes: Lighting and Museum Exhibits 34: Nessa Leibhammer: Modalities of Meaning: Light and Shadow in Archaeological Images Tim Ingold: Afterword: On Light
