House Models for the Living and the Dead across Ancient Eurasia: Synchronicities and Diachronicities of Cross-Cultural Typologies

Lecture Series

08. April 2025

Akademiegebäude am Gendarmenmarkt, Einstein-Saal, Jägerstraße 22/23, 10117 Berlin

Diminished models of houses appear across archaeological sites of ancient Eurasia, beginning from the Neolithic times, but they are largely overlooked as a form of mapping. 

This panel discussion aims to address this oversight by exploring the typological similarities and differences among house models from three cultural areas of ancient Eurasia: the Balkans, Mesopotamia, and China. By conducting both synchronic and diachronic comparative analyses of these contexts, the participants of the panels seek to understand these objects better within their functional settings.


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ROUNDTABLE

House Models for the Living and the Dead across Ancient Eurasia: Synchronicities and Diachronicities of Cross-Cultural Typologies

  • Vera Dorofeeva-Lichtmann, CNRS, Paris; Fellow Einstein Center Chronoi, Berlin and Max-Planck-Institute for the History of Science
  • Goce Naumov, Goce Delćev University and Educator at the Museum of Macedonia., Fellow and Einstein Center Chronoi, Berlin
  • Cinzia Pappi, Einstein Center Chronoi, Berlin

Discussant:

  • Paul Delnero, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore; Fellow Einstein Center Chronoi, Berlin

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Roundtable

House Models for the Living and the Dead across Ancient Eurasia: Synchronicities and Diachronicities of Cross-Cultural Typologies

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