In G. Woolf, I. Bultrighini, C. Norman (eds.) Sanctuaries and Experience: Knowledge, Practice and Space in the Ancient World (Potsdamer altertumswissenschaftliche Beiträge, 83). Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 9–26, 2024
Co-authored with Greg Woolf and Camilla Norman. Please email me if you wish to receive a PDF copy... more Co-authored with Greg Woolf and Camilla Norman. Please email me if you wish to receive a PDF copy of this paper
Using cross-cultural ethnographic and archaeological analogy, this paper offers a new interpretat... more Using cross-cultural ethnographic and archaeological analogy, this paper offers a new interpretation for a specific societal attribute represented on the Iron Age stelae of Daunia, arguing that the designs on the forearms of the female stelae do not represent gloves but are instead tattoos. By questioning a single, long-held, belief about the stelae, it is hoped to highlight a very important principle of method: the need to identify and investigate the socio-cultural context of an image or artefact. For too long the Daunian stelae have been looked at through Hellenized eyes. Unlike other Italic societies of this period, the Daunians appear to have remained reasonably unaffected by Greek and wider Mediterranean influence, suggesting the Iron Age inhabitants of the region retained a strong ethnic identity. With limited evidence of their social and religious life deriving from other sources, any hope of understanding these people properly relies on a correct reading of their stelae, which can only be achieved by firmly placing these monuments within an Adriatic milieu.
Using cross-cultural ethnographic and archaeological analogy, this paper offers a new interpretat... more Using cross-cultural ethnographic and archaeological analogy, this paper offers a new interpretation for a specific societal attribute represented on the Iron Age stelae of Daunia, arguing that the designs on the forearms of the female stelae do not represent gloves but are instead tattoos. By questioning a single, long-held, belief about the stelae, it is hoped to highlight a very important principle of method: the need to identify and investigate the socio-cultural context of an image or artefact. For too long the Daunian stelae have been looked at through Hellenized eyes. Unlike other Italic societies of this period, the Daunians appear to have remained reasonably unaffected by Greek and wider Mediterranean influence, suggesting the Iron Age inhabitants of the region retained a strong ethnic identity. With limited evidence of their social and religious life deriving from other sources, any hope of understanding these people properly relies on a correct reading of their stelae, wh...
Potsdamer Altertumswissenschaftliche Beiträge 83. Franz Steiner Verlag, 2024
Co-edited with Greg Woolf and Camilla Norman. Ancient religion is traditionally understood in ter... more Co-edited with Greg Woolf and Camilla Norman. Ancient religion is traditionally understood in terms of myths, rituals and institutions, as transmitted in ancient texts. The studies gathered here focus instead on the lived experience of ancient cult and the places in which that experience was formed. They build on recent explorations of Lived Ancient Religion and also on new approaches to Material Ancient Religion. All ancient societies constructed elaborate sanctuaries. Their architecture and the collective rituals that took place there shaped collective experiences. Through case studies drawn from Ancient Egypt, the Greek World and the Roman Empire these themes are explored and elaborated. Together they indicate new ways of approaching ancient religious experience, collective and individual.
In G. Woolf, I. Bultrighini, C. Norman (eds.) Sanctuaries and Experience: Knowledge, Practice and Space in the Ancient World (Potsdamer altertumswissenschaftliche Beiträge, 83). Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 9–26, 2024
Co-authored with Greg Woolf and Camilla Norman. Please email me if you wish to receive a PDF copy... more Co-authored with Greg Woolf and Camilla Norman. Please email me if you wish to receive a PDF copy of this paper
Using cross-cultural ethnographic and archaeological analogy, this paper offers a new interpretat... more Using cross-cultural ethnographic and archaeological analogy, this paper offers a new interpretation for a specific societal attribute represented on the Iron Age stelae of Daunia, arguing that the designs on the forearms of the female stelae do not represent gloves but are instead tattoos. By questioning a single, long-held, belief about the stelae, it is hoped to highlight a very important principle of method: the need to identify and investigate the socio-cultural context of an image or artefact. For too long the Daunian stelae have been looked at through Hellenized eyes. Unlike other Italic societies of this period, the Daunians appear to have remained reasonably unaffected by Greek and wider Mediterranean influence, suggesting the Iron Age inhabitants of the region retained a strong ethnic identity. With limited evidence of their social and religious life deriving from other sources, any hope of understanding these people properly relies on a correct reading of their stelae, which can only be achieved by firmly placing these monuments within an Adriatic milieu.
Using cross-cultural ethnographic and archaeological analogy, this paper offers a new interpretat... more Using cross-cultural ethnographic and archaeological analogy, this paper offers a new interpretation for a specific societal attribute represented on the Iron Age stelae of Daunia, arguing that the designs on the forearms of the female stelae do not represent gloves but are instead tattoos. By questioning a single, long-held, belief about the stelae, it is hoped to highlight a very important principle of method: the need to identify and investigate the socio-cultural context of an image or artefact. For too long the Daunian stelae have been looked at through Hellenized eyes. Unlike other Italic societies of this period, the Daunians appear to have remained reasonably unaffected by Greek and wider Mediterranean influence, suggesting the Iron Age inhabitants of the region retained a strong ethnic identity. With limited evidence of their social and religious life deriving from other sources, any hope of understanding these people properly relies on a correct reading of their stelae, wh...
Potsdamer Altertumswissenschaftliche Beiträge 83. Franz Steiner Verlag, 2024
Co-edited with Greg Woolf and Camilla Norman. Ancient religion is traditionally understood in ter... more Co-edited with Greg Woolf and Camilla Norman. Ancient religion is traditionally understood in terms of myths, rituals and institutions, as transmitted in ancient texts. The studies gathered here focus instead on the lived experience of ancient cult and the places in which that experience was formed. They build on recent explorations of Lived Ancient Religion and also on new approaches to Material Ancient Religion. All ancient societies constructed elaborate sanctuaries. Their architecture and the collective rituals that took place there shaped collective experiences. Through case studies drawn from Ancient Egypt, the Greek World and the Roman Empire these themes are explored and elaborated. Together they indicate new ways of approaching ancient religious experience, collective and individual.
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