Archäologie – Kultur – Theorie
The Heidelberg book series Archaeology – Culture – Theory (ACT) shall provide a forum for all those who wish to explore the potential of Classical archaeology as a method of cultural analyses beyond its strict disciplinary boundaries. Therefore, the main question to which publications in the ACT-series shall deliver answers is the following: what may be the specific heuristic value of focusing on the material side of culture, as archaeology does it?
Concerning our range of potential study materials, it is based on a broad definition of Classical archaeology, encompassing the material and visual culture of Graeco-Roman Antiquity from the Aegean Bronze-Age until Late-Antiquity. Although close analysis of material is very welcome, one precondition for a manuscript to be accepted in this series is that the pursued questionings shall have some theoretical aspiration. In doing so, the ACT-series positions itself against the growing apart of material-based and ‘theoretical’ approaches, as we witness it in current Classical archaeology.
Manuscripts pass through a peer-review upon which basis the editors decide on its acceptance.
The Heidelberg book series Archaeology – Culture – Theory (ACT) shall provide a forum for all those who wish to explore the potential of Classical archaeology as a method of cultural analyses beyond its strict disciplinary boundaries. Therefore, the main question to which publications in the ACT-series shall deliver answers is the following: what may be the specific heuristic value of focusing on the material side of culture, as archaeology does it?
Concerning our range of potential study materials, it is based on a broad definition of Classical archaeology, encompassing the material and visual culture of Graeco-Roman Antiquity from the Aegean Bronze-Age until Late-Antiquity. Although close analysis of material is very welcome, one precondition for a manuscript to be accepted in this series is that the pursued questionings shall have some theoretical aspiration. In doing so, the ACT-series positions itself against the growing apart of material-based and ‘theoretical’ approaches, as we witness it in current Classical archaeology.
Manuscripts pass through a peer-review upon which basis the editors decide on its acceptance.
Editors:
Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Dietrich
apl. Prof. Caterina Maderna
Prof. Dr. Diamantis Panagiotopoulos
Institut für Klassische Archäologie
Marstallhof 4
D-69117 Heidelberg
ISSN
ISSN (online): 2510-9359
ISSN (Print): 2510-9340
Published so far
Campana-Reliefs: Neue Forschungen zu römischem Architekturdekor aus Terrakotta: Akten der Internationalen Tagung in Heidelberg, 8.–10. April 2021
Architectural terracottas are typical of many Roman buildings from the Republic to the early Imperial period. Rich in imagery and colour, these terracottas adorned private and public buildings of the elite.
In spite of their broad use in Antiquity, modern research on this aspect of Roman architecture and cultural history is relatively scattered and often concentrates on the same aspects. For the first time, this volume gathers new international and interdisciplinary research on the topic, thus mapping out the current state of knowledge and at the same time introducing interesting perspectives for the future. Its sixteen contributions cover a broad range of topics, including the genesis and morphology of the genre, its imagery and polychromy, as well as the history of reception and collecting.
