Making Sense of Things Archaeologies of Sensory Perception .pdf Happy Torrents Day 2015

Happy Torrents Day 2015

How can human sensuous experiences through
sight, sound, taste, smell and touch be studied in
past worlds? In which ways may such a bodily
perspective affect our interpretations?
In this volume, the authors explore a wide
range of topics, such as the materialisation and
symbolism of colour, the sensuous dimensions of
commensality, and cultural constructions concerning
pain and odour. The articles comprise
examples from various regions and time periods
from Scandinavian Iron Age burial rites and
classical Maya monumental art to issues of death
and burial in eighteenth-century Sweden.