{"id":3946,"date":"2018-10-04T19:00:53","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T17:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ispc.cnr.it\/?p=3946"},"modified":"2024-01-11T17:14:02","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T16:14:02","slug":"composite-artefacts-in-the-ancient-near-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispc.cnr.it\/en\/2018\/10\/04\/composite-artefacts-in-the-ancient-near-east\/","title":{"rendered":"Composite Artefacts in the Ancient Near East"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Composite Artefacts in the Ancient Near East<\/span><\/h3>

Exhibiting an imaginative materiality, showing a genealogical nature.<\/p>\n

Edited by Silvana Di Paolo.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Composite Artefacts in the Ancient Near East: Exhibiting an imaginative materiality, showing a genealogical nature<\/i> examines the complex relationship between environment, materials, society and materiality with particular reference to the composite artefacts in the ancient Near East. On the one hand are the objective and natural attributes of materials, possibly exalted from their transformation: a form of fascination immanent in all kind of technical activity which promotes the transition from the ordinary into an \u2018extra-ordinary\u2019 realm, imbuing the object with new meaning. On the other hand is the idea that properties of materials are not fixed attributes of \u2018matters\u2019, but are processual as well as relational: the qualities of artefacts are subjective and are included in the worldview of artisans making them, as well as in the mind of who observes who appreciate them. Thus, the craftsmanship is oriented towards the achievement of sophisticated products through assemblage techniques and the blending of contrasting properties and qualities of materials. The term \u2018composite\u2019 is a combination of the power of technology and the ability to form new images: the strict relationship between creativity, technology and manufacture produces novel interactions and solutions.<\/p>\n<\/div>Archaeopress Publishing Ltd<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>