Light in a Neolithic dwelling: Building 1 at Koutroulou Magoula (Greece)

Papadopoulos, Costas; Hamilakis, Yannis; Kyparissi‐Apostolika, Nina

doi:10.15184/aqy.2015.53

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“…Despite the obvious interpretative value of such approaches, we ought to emphasize that in the theoretical framework proposed here, the response of a present-day user to a 3D (re)construction mediated via a computer monitor (or any other image generating device) and the translation of spatial experience into pixels cannot account for the synaesthetic, kinaesthetic, corporeal and affective experience that the dwellers of those spaces had in the past. As we have noted elsewhere (Papadopoulos et al 2015), such approaches are open-ended and speculative experiments which are inherently limited by their implied, often Cartesian, modernist theoretical assumptions and their reliance on the western sensorium.…”

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Digital Sensoriality: The Neolithic Figurines from Koutroulou Magoula, Greece

Papadopoulos¹,

Hamilakis²,

Kyparissi‐Apostolika³

et al. 2019

CAJ

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The image-based discourse on clay figurines that treated them as merely artistic representations, the meaning of which needs to be deciphered through various iconological methods, has been severely critiqued and challenged in the past decade. This discourse, however, has largely shaped the way that figurines are depicted in archaeological iterations and publications, and it is this corpus of images that has in turn shaped further thinking and discussion on figurines, especially since very few people are able to handle the original, three-dimensional, physical objects. Building on the changing intellectual climate in figurine studies, we propose here a framework that treats figurines as multi-sensorial, affective and dynamic objects, acting within distinctive, relational fields of sensoriality. Furthermore, we situate a range of digital, computational methods within this framework in an attempt to deprive them of their latent Cartesianism and mentalism, and we demonstrate how we have applied them to the study of Neolithic figurines from the site of Koutroulou Magoula in Greece. We argue that such methodologies, situated within an experiential framework, not only provide new means of understanding, interpretation and dissemination, but, most importantly, enable researchers and the public to explore the sensorial affordances and affective potential of things, in the past as well as in the present.

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Digital Sensoriality: The Neolithic Figurines from Koutroulou Magoula, Greece

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Kyparissi‐Apostolika³

et al. 2019

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“…actually not so visible, due to the presence of columns and the narrowness of the visual angle compared to the peristylium entrance door which would have prevented passersby from clearly recognizing the figures and the scenes represented in the fresco (Figure 3). This posed a new problem, related to the visual acuity of the objects (Ogburn 2006;Bernardini et al 2013) and any possible effect played by artificial or natural light, which undoubtedly has a major role in the human perception of space (Papadopoulos and Earl 2014;Papadopoulos, Hamilakis, and Kyparissi-Apostolika 2015). To sum up, this experiment allowed us to define new strategies for an experiential investigation of an ancient built space, which was made possible by combining a set of tools that so far are only available in commercial software package ESRI ArcGIS and which include vector-based LOS, multipatch 3D models and the Model Builder batch processing (Allen 2011).…”

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Rethinking GIS, three-dimensionality and space perception in archaeology

Landeschi

2018

World Archaeology

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For over 30 years GIS has been a major theme in archaeology, leading scholars to debate the way geo-spatial platforms can contribute to a better understanding of the ancient landscape and a more thorough interpretation of the archaeological record. Recently, the introduction of more advanced software and hardware solutions have made it possible to use GIS for visualizing and analysing even geometrically complex 3D contents, in a totally unprecedented way. Still, a theoretical debate on the way three-dimensionality could impact GIS-based research has yet to come and only a few pioneering projects have been conducted to show the potential for the discipline. Among the possible lines of enquiry to be developed in this direction, sensory archaeology seems to be one to benefit more from such an approach. Starting from a review of the current state of research this contribution will attempt to show some important results recently obtained in order to generate some insights on theoretical and methodological issues raised by the use of state-of-the-art 3D GIS and to trace new paths for the future.

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“…These studies make use of existing rich datasets thanks to the long research history of the Neolithic Thessaly while providing in-depth discussions on Neolithic praxis. Recent advancements in computational technologies tacked with theoretical paradigms also provide means for an understanding of the everyday life in Neolithic Thessaly [17].…”

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A Manifold Approach for the Investigation of Early and Middle Neolithic Settlements in Thessaly, Greece

2017

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Abstract:The IGEAN (Innovative Geophysical Approaches for the study of Early Agricultural villages of Neolithic) Thessaly project focused on Early and Neolithic settlements in Thessaly, Central Greece. The aim of the project was to highlight in an extensive way differences in settlement layouts while investigating commonalities as a way to understand Neolithic use of space. To accomplish this, a suite of geophysical prospection techniques (geomagnetic, electromagnetic induction, and Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)), aerial platforms (historic aerial imagery and Remotely Piloted Aerial Systems (RPAS)) as well as very high resolution spaceborne sensors were integrated to acquire comprehensive pictures of settlements. Results of the IGEAN project provide archaeological information on the dynamic character of enclosures, the structure of architectural features and open spaces within sites as an indication of economic or communal spaces. At the same time, they demonstrated the importance of employing a suite of different geophysical techniques to reveal different aspects of the hindered prehistoric settlements that could not be highlighted with a single geophysical approach.

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Light in a Neolithic dwelling: Building 1 at Koutroulou Magoula (Greece)

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Cited by 10 publications

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Digital Sensoriality: The Neolithic Figurines from Koutroulou Magoula, Greece

Digital Sensoriality: The Neolithic Figurines from Koutroulou Magoula, Greece

Rethinking GIS, three-dimensionality and space perception in archaeology

A Manifold Approach for the Investigation of Early and Middle Neolithic Settlements in Thessaly, Greece

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