BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Talks.cam//talks.cam.ac.uk//
X-WR-CALNAME:Talks.cam
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:From socio-economic change to evolving ritual and cosmology in Ear
 ly Bronze Age Cyprus - Dr Giorgos Georgiou |Department of Antiquities\, Cy
 prus
DTSTART:20230522T110000Z
DTEND:20230522T121500Z
UID:TALK201325@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:110423
DESCRIPTION:The second half of the 3rd and the earliest part of the 2nd mi
 llennium BC have been established in the relevant bibliography as an era o
 f major changes in the economic and social structure of Cyprus. Even thoug
 h social change and ideological shifts are inseparable\, it is usually con
 sidered safer to use archaeological evidence to understand socio-economic 
 changes rather than to comprehend changes in conceptions and ideology. Con
 cerning the latter\, artefacts representing humans or animals are often th
 ought to be a preferential field for research that aims to trace the ideas
  of past societies. It is certainly greatly preferable to have representat
 ions where humans are shown in interaction with their community and enviro
 nment.\nOne such representation\, which seems to fulfil the above precondi
 tions\, is offered by a terracotta model excavated by the speaker in Nicos
 ia Agia Paraskevi Tomb 50. The artefact\, which is currently displayed in 
 the Being an Islander exhibition in the Fitzwilliam Museum\, is a depictio
 n of a group of people within an architectural structure\, interacting wit
 h one another and their inanimate surroundings. An analysis of the meaning
  and importance of this scene will be attempted\, by examining it within i
 ts wider socio-economic context\, as the latter is understood through curr
 ent archaeological knowledge.\n\nZoom joining details:\nhttps://zoom.us/j/
 7581831626?pwd=SnZBdnNob3RlVDhudDE3eHZGSXJBZz09   \nMeeting ID: 758 183 16
 26\nPasscode: 344628\n
LOCATION:Online via Zoom and in person at the McDonald Seminar Room\, Depa
 rtment of Archaeology
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR