Session format:
Regular session
Title:
Medieval Stone Monuments: Reuse and (Re)Integration
Content:
Historical and artistic monuments made from stone are the most durable objects of our cultural heritage. Thus, the ideas of reintegration and reuse are truly relevant when it comes to carved stones – both from prehistoric stones reused or carved during the early medieval period and /or medieval carved stones built in religious and public buildings. These stone monuments relate to people’s embodied experience and cognitive processing of their living environments. They materialize human mental representation of the past and promote respect for those who lived in prior times and different traditions. In that sense, carved stones participate in the formation of social memory.
For this session, in keeping with the general conference theme, we invite contributions about reintegration strategies, protocols and rituals, the reuse of stone monuments within landscapes and social environments, such as fortified settlements, roads and other infrastructure, and adaptive reuse in a historic urban landscape and further on.
Keywords:
Medieval archaeology, Stone monuments, Reuse, Social memory
Session associated with MERC:
yes
Session associated with CIfA:
no
Session associated with SAfA:
no
Session associated with CAA:
no
Session associated with DGUF:
no
Session associated with other:
Main organiser:
Saša Caval (Slovenia) 1
Co-organisers:
Anouk Busset (Switzerland) 2
Affiliations:
1. University of Reading
2. Université de Lausanne
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