Overview

The study of marks left by humans on stone outcrops is an interdisciplinary endeavour that entails geology, history of techniques, ethnography as well as experimental archaeology. Moreover, the investigation of carved landscapes contributes to the understanding of the complex relationship between human groups and their environments. This volume represents an overview of different case studies of rock-cut sites and quarries, approached as knots in the network of people-stone interactions. The book is the result of a long exchange developed during European Archaeologist Association conference sessions aimed at turning the attention of the international scientific community towards the relevance of the archaeological study of rock-cut sites and quarries, and to promote the creation of a European network of researchers working on the subject.

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Author:   Anaïs Lamesa ,  Katy Whitaker ,  Claudia Sciuto ,  Ali Yamaç
Publisher:   BAR Publishing
Imprint:   BAR Publishing
Weight:   0.766kg
ISBN:  

9781407358093

ISBN 10:   140735809
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   29 October 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
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Table of Contents

List of Contributors Foreword 1. The Archaeology of Quarries and Rock-Cut Sites Jean-Claude Bessac, Anaïs Lamesa and Claudia Sciuto 2. From Surfaces to Tools: Traceology and Experimental Analysis of Digging Techniques of Mediterranean Rock-Cut Tombs Marie-Elise Porqueddu, Maxence Bailly, Xavier Margarit, Paolo Fallavollita and Maria Grazia Melis 3. The Design and Excavation of Souterrains in France Between the Tenth and Sixteenth Centuries Luc Stevens 4. Cutting in the Chinese loess Constantin Canavas 5. Creating a rock-cut tomb in traditional Tana Toraja (Sulawesi, Indonesia): an ethno-archaeology of stone economy and ritual Guillaume Robin and Ron Adams 6. A rock-cut landscape by the sea: Myrina Kastro in prehistory and antiquity (Lemnos Island, North Aegean Sea, Greece) Christina Marangou 7. Koramaz Valley of Kayseri, Turkey Rock-cut Architecture and Underground Cities Ali Yamaç 8. Renaissance-era rock cut cellars in the economy of a fortified city in the war frontier between two civilizations Martin Mino 9. Addi Behaylay - A Possible Stone Quarry Site for Yeha Great Temple: A Result of Recent Archaeological Survey Hiluf Berhe 10. Archaeology of Early Middle Ages Sarcophagi Quarries in the Southern Paris Basin (France) Daniel Morleghem 11. Uses and Exploitation of Gypsum Plaster Over Time in Construction in Ile-de-France Ivan Lafarge 12. Building stone through the centuries: The 'Paris stone' versus the 'Oise stone' (France) Jean-Pierre Gély

Reviews

This volume contains numerous interesting contributions that undoubtedly enrich the panorama and our knowledge of rock architecture. Contributors to this volume are international scholars, all bringing their personal input to the general debate on the matter. Dr Roberto Dan, Research Fellow at Tuscia University/ ISMEO

Author Information

Editors: Claudia Sciuto is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Pisa, Italy, working on stone supply strategies, the archaeology of quarries as well as archaeological theory. She holds a PhD in Environmental Archaeology from the University of Umeå, Sweden. Anaïs Lamesa is a postdoctoral researcher at the CNRS, France, working on medieval rock-cut churches in Ethiopia. She holds a PhD in Ancient History from the University of Paris-Sorbonne, France. Katy Whitaker is an archaeologist with Historic England, the UK government advice agency on the historic environment, and a doctoral research student at the University of Reading. She researches quarrying and stone-working in southern England, focussing on the long-term uses of sarsen stone. Ali Yamaç is a speleologist. In addition to his natural cave explorations, he led several artificial cave study projects for over ten years. At the time being, he is working on four different underground structure inventory projects around different regions of Turkey. List of contributors: Ron Adams, Simon Fraser University, Canada Maxence Bailly, University Aix-Marseille, France - CNRS, France Hiluf Berhe, Mekelle University, Ethiopia Jean-Claude Bessac, CNRS Montpellier, France Constantin Canavas, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany Paolo Fallavollita, Oben srl, Sassari, Italy Jean-Pierre Gély, University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, France Ivan Lafarge, Cultural heritage office, Département de la Seine-Saint-Denis, France Anaïs Lamesa, CNRS Paris, France Christina Marangou, Independent researcher, Athens, Greece Xavier Margarit, University Aix-Marseille, France - CNRS, France Maria Grazia Melis, University of Sassari, Italy Martin Mino, Regional Board Banská Bystrica - Monument Board, Slovak Republic Daniel Morleghem, University of Tours, France Marie-Elise Porqueddu, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain - University Aix-Marseille, France Guillaume Robin, University of Edinburgh, UK Claudia Sciuto, University of Pisa, Italy Luc Stevens, French Society for Souterrains Studies Katy Whitaker, University of Reading, UK Ali Yamaç, OBRUK Cave Research Group, Turkey

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