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- Gillis, Carole, et al.
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A colorful death : A study of the social life of colors in Late Bronze Age grave goods
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Ingår i: Mycenaeans up to date : The archaeology of the northeastern Peloponnese―current concepts and new directions - The archaeology of the northeastern Peloponnese―current concepts and new directions. - 0586-0539. - 9789179160630 ; 56, s. 515-529
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The study of burials can include, among other things, examinations of grave goods, architecture, osteological and organic remains, context and location, socio-religious and ritual importance, sacred landscape, socio-economic relevance, and so on. One area that has not been investigated in depth regarding the objects placed in the graves is the aspect of color: does their color in general or specific colors have any importance, sym-bolically or in any other way? Are some of these objects and goods there because they have a specific color rather than for other reasons? What we call “color” today can be said to have three major components: hue, degree of shine or mattness, and depth or saturation of the hue. Looking at Late Bronze Age tombs in the Argolid, I used these parameters initially in a pilot project to register and analyze all the non-skeletal and non-ceramic grave goods in five chamber tombs at Asine. e results indi-cated that color did seem to be important: the most essential component by far was that of shininess/brightness—almost every object placed in the grave was reflective, lustrous or shiny. Certain hues seemed far more common than others—yellow and dark/black followed by white/light. In this study, I have added the grave material from Berbati and Dendra to determine whether the first preliminary findings were still valid for a larger quantity of material and from different areas and contexts within them. e results indicate that shininess is still by far the most impor-tant component; however, the use of hues is less clear-cut than it seemed at first. Aspects of materiality, interaction, agency and the social life of colors are discussed as they provide ways to understand the findings
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- Gillis, Carole
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Color for the dead, status for the living
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Ingår i: Aegaeum : annales d'archéologie égéenne de l'Université de Liège. - 0776-3808.
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Color affects us both consciously and subconsciously, and can create actions and reactions: biological (colorful males to attract females in the animal world), psychological (the use of warm colors or cool colors to effect a specific mood), symbolic (specific colors for weddings and mourning), religious (blue, saffron), emotional (expressionism in art), social (pink and blue infant clothing) or purely esthetic. By ‘color’ is meant three elements: hue, value and saturation. The aim of this continuing study is to investigate whether color in antiquity, specifically the Aegean Late Bronze Age, was chosen for any purpose, and if so, whether we can say anything about the choice of color as message bearing. Chamber Tombs I:1, 2, 5, 6 and 7 from LBA Asine have been chosen for the study. This is very much a work in progress, as shall become apparent, and there are still unresolved problems which may be eliminated in the future by enlarging the study to include more material, more contexts and more sites. Very tentative results are offered from the initial pilot study and this second follow-up: the most important factor in burial gifts seemed to be shininess; the hues that seemed to be the most important were yellow, white and blue/black/dark. High saturation is also important for dark hues. Some suggestions for interpretation are made.
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- Gillis, Carole
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"Status and Prestige in the Late Bronze Age"
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Ingår i: Acts of the 8th Cretological Congress, 1996. ; , s. 509-519
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The role of the craftsman, in specific the smith, in the social structure of the Aegean Late Bronze Age
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