- Title
- A procession of chalcolithic villagers: reconsidering Hennessy's 'Processional' wall painting from Teleilat Ghassul, Jordan
- Creator
- Drabsch, Bernadette
- Relation
- 8th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East. Proceedings of the 8th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East: Volume 1: Plenary Sessions: Townships and Villages ; High and Low - The Minor Arts for the Elite and for the Populace (Warsaw, Poland 30 April - 4 May, 2012) p. 45-60
- Relation
- http://www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/title_2110.ahtml
- Publisher
- Harrassowitz Verlag
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Date
- 2014
- Description
- This paper presents findings from the re-evaluation of Hennessy's 'Processional' wall painting, uncovered at Teleilat Ghassul in 1977. A digital reconstruction of the mural, using scans of the original fragment photographs, has recently been undertaken and it is now evident that the scene depicts a line of masked figures wearing elaborate costumes. The individuals carry a variety of intriguing objects and appear to walk in file towards a walled enclosure. The reconstructed mural provides new insights into the artistic traditions and ritual practices of south Levantine Chalcolithic life, with relevance to the ongoing debate on Ghassulian social hierarchy.
- Subject
- ancient Near East; archaeology; history; wall paintings; Hennessy; ancient history
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1293767
- Identifier
- uon:18671
- Identifier
- ISBN:9783447101325
- Language
- eng
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