The Work of Monuments
Reflections on Spatial, Temporal and Social Orientations in Mongolia and the Maya Lowlands
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6044081 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sarah E Jackson (0000-0001-5658-6168, University of Cincinnati, corresponding author), Joshua Wright (0000-0003-4300-5568, Oberlin College) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 117-140 |
| Publication date | 2014-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cambridge Archaeological Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0959-7743 • E-ISSN: 1474-0540 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0959774314000018 |
| OpenAlex | W2318601984 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
In this article, we look at two very different contexts of monument use – Bronze Age Inner Asia and the Classic period Maya lowlands – in order to explore the function and meanings of monuments and the variety of ways in which they worked to mark and differentiate ancient landscapes. Our goal in uniting such disparate contexts is to examine how power and social organization in these settings were translated into monumental material forms, and how such materializations were experienced by those who viewed and re-interpreted the monuments. In particular, we explore how monuments acted as orientational markers within specific cultural contexts. Our discussion finds common ground between the disparate settings through several common interpretive frameworks focused on spatial, temporal and social orientational work accomplished by active, agentive monuments through their relationships with humans, which we frame as a ‘technology of the monument’. Monuments are instrumental in situating groups within these different layers, or landscapes, of lived experience, yet even while physically fixed, allow for movement through changing meanings and ideas
Archaeology · Art · Bronze Age · Function (biology · Geography · Maya · Power (physics · Sociology · Variety (cybernetics · Visual arts · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · History
For god, king and country
Landscapes of Inequality
Movement across a ‘mountain barrier’
Mongolian Deer Stones, European Menhirs, and Canadian Arctic Inuksuit
Replication in Rock Art Past and Present
Size Matters - Understanding Monumentality Across Ancient Civilizations
Out of Ruins
Thinking Through Monuments
Hieroglyphic Texting
China and the steppe
The honest labour of stone mounds
| Citations per year | 0.92 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2023 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |