Devolder Lab

Ghent University

Vlaams Gewest (BE2) · Belgium

ERC-funded
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ERC Consolidator Grant · 2021

Conceptualising Processes of Monumental Architectural Creation in the Eastern Mediterranean Bronze Age

DAEDALOS aims to challenge the predominant metanarrative that uniformly sees monuments as an attribute of centralised, hierarchical political economies and top-down power structures, a view that exerts a strong influence on our understanding of the organisation of Bronze Age Eastern Mediterranean societies. In the 2nd mill. BCE, Mainland Greece, Western Anatolia and the islands of Crete, Cyprus and the Cyclades witness a growing architectural elaboration. Impressive ‘palatial’ monuments are built, which are often interpreted as the seat of rulers exerting centralised control over the population. The surmised political power necessary for the mobilisation and management of the human and…

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