How are nature and human-made monuments in #Neolithic #Iberia connected? Next Monday, #JMAChair Leonardo García Sanjuán from the #University of #Seville will be giving a #publiclecture at #KielUni on this topic using the example of Antequera in southern Spain. More info: https://www.cluster-roots.uni-kiel.de/en/calendar-events/biweekly-colloquia/nature-environment-and-monumentality-in-neolithic-iberia-the-case-of-antequera-leonardo-garcia-sanjuan-university-of-sevilla #Archaeology #LandscapeArchaeology #monumentality

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

#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.

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

#500CharAbstracts: Heike Delitz and Felix Levenson discuss the social meaning of big 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 broader book about monumentality across ancient civilisations published 2019 at Transcript: Size Matters.

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