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Reset in Stone Memory and Reuse in Ancient Athens - Sarah A. Rous 2019 PDF University of Wisconsin Press BOOKS HISTORY
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Reset in Stone Memory and Reuse in Ancient Athens
Author: Sarah A. Rous
Year: 2019
Number of pages: 392
Format: PDF
File size: 24,7 MB
Language: ENG

Ancient Athenians were known to reuse stone artifacts, architectural blocks, and public statuary in the creation of new buildings and monuments. However, these construction decisions went beyond mere pragmatics: they were often a visible mechanism for shaping communal memory, especially in periods of profound and challenging social or political transformation.

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