Monumental – compared to what? A perspective from Göbekli Tepe
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Monumental – compared to what? A perspective from Göbekli Tepe. / Kinzel, Moritz; Clare, Lee .
Monumentalising Life in the Neolithic: Narratives of Change and Continuity. ed. / Anne Gebauer; Lasse Sorensen; Anna Teather; A. de Valera. Oxbow Books, 2020. p. 31-50.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Monumental – compared to what?
T2 - A perspective from Göbekli Tepe
AU - Kinzel, Moritz
AU - Clare, Lee
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Since the discovery of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic tower at Tell es-Sultan/Jericho in Kathleen Kenyon’s excavations, the importance of monumental structures for the development of complex societies has been the subject of some controversial debate. Archaeological fieldwork underway at Göbekli Tepe since the mid-1990s has fuelled these discussions, specif-ically concerning the role that large structures could have played in the development of Neolithic communities and hierarchies. This topic begs the question as to how to define monumentality in the context of Near Eastern Neolithic architecture. Were early Neolithic monumental structures merely exceptions from standard practice? Is it only the size that makes buildings monumental or is it perhaps the concepts behind the building and how the responsible communities perceived them? In some cases, the events that took place within these buildings were potentially more important than the structures themselves. For this reason, we should look to the role of monumental structures in the identity-building processes of communities and ask how built environments may have influenced the development of social complexity. This paper discusses relevant cases from different Neolithic sites in the Near East in light of the latest research results
AB - Since the discovery of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic tower at Tell es-Sultan/Jericho in Kathleen Kenyon’s excavations, the importance of monumental structures for the development of complex societies has been the subject of some controversial debate. Archaeological fieldwork underway at Göbekli Tepe since the mid-1990s has fuelled these discussions, specif-ically concerning the role that large structures could have played in the development of Neolithic communities and hierarchies. This topic begs the question as to how to define monumentality in the context of Near Eastern Neolithic architecture. Were early Neolithic monumental structures merely exceptions from standard practice? Is it only the size that makes buildings monumental or is it perhaps the concepts behind the building and how the responsible communities perceived them? In some cases, the events that took place within these buildings were potentially more important than the structures themselves. For this reason, we should look to the role of monumental structures in the identity-building processes of communities and ask how built environments may have influenced the development of social complexity. This paper discusses relevant cases from different Neolithic sites in the Near East in light of the latest research results
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - Neolithic period
KW - Neolithic Architecture
KW - Göbekli Tepe
KW - Anatolia
KW - Archaeology
KW - Stratigraphy
KW - Radiocarbon age
UR - https://www.oxbowbooks.com/oxbow/monumentalizing-life-in-neolithic-europe.html
M3 - Book chapter
SN - 9781789254945
SP - 31
EP - 50
BT - Monumentalising Life in the Neolithic
A2 - Gebauer, Anne
A2 - Sorensen, Lasse
A2 - Teather, Anna
A2 - de Valera, A.
PB - Oxbow Books
ER -
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