Author

Contributions

  • Université catholique de Louvain (1970- ). Centre d'étude des mondes antiques - Contributor

Publication

2013 - Presses Universitaires de Louvain, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium

Language

English

Word Count

125,000 words, Guess

Page Count

500 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • LCCCC175 .D47 2013

Description

Destruction remains a relatively unexplored and badly understood topic in archaeology and history. The term itself refers to some form and measurable degree of damage inflicted to an object, a system or a being, usually exceeding the stage during which repair is still possible but most often it is examined for its impact with destructive events interpreted in terms of a punctuated equilibrium, extraordinary features that represent the end of an archaeological culture or historical phase and the beginning of a new one. The three-day international workshop of which this volume presents the proceedings took place at Louvain-la-Neuve in Belgium, from November 24 to 26, 2011 and was organized by CEMA one of the research centres within INCAL. Our aim with organising this gathering was to seriously engage with destruction as a phenomenon and how it is perceived by archaeologists, historians and philologists of the ancient world.

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