Death’s Dominion during the Chalcolithic Period in the Southern Levant
Sponsored by AIA-Milwaukee Society, UWM depts of FLL-Classics, Anthropology, Art History
AIA Society Event: Milwaukee
Sunday, May 1, 2011 - 3:00pm
Location:
UWM Sabin Hall Room G90
3413 North Downer Ave
Milwaukee, WI 53211
United States
Since the discovery in the 1930s of enigmatic wall murals at the type site of Tulaylat al-Ghassul, Jordan, archaeologists have debated how to interpret them. Evidence from iconography and imagery such as this, and from more recent excavations in the southern Levant (Israel, Jordan, and Palestine) suggests a florescence of ritual practices during the Chalcolithic Period (4500-3600 BC). Yorke Rowan, Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, will present recent fieldwork that documents a late prehistoric era when novel symbols, rituals and paraphernalia are focused on intensified concerns about the proper treatment of the dead, perhaps indicative of a new religious movement.
Website: http://www4.uwm.edu/archlab/AIA/
Contact:
Jane Waldbaum
aiamke@milwpc.com
414-962-1895
