TY - JOUR
T1 - Materiality and Animism as Agents of Iconographic Change
T2 - The Anthropomorphism of the Sycomore Goddess in Ancient Egypt
AU - Ben-Dor Evian, Shirly
AU - Gichon, Eshchar
PY - 2024/12/1
Y1 - 2024/12/1
N2 - Approaches based on theories of materiality and new animism have proven instrumental for the interpretation of archaeological objects. This study will take these approaches a step further and explore their consequences for changes in iconographic representation through a case study taken from the evolution of iconography on ancient Egyptian coffins. To this end, the article will explore the increased anthropomorphism of the Sycomore Goddess as she is presented on wooden coffins of the second and first millennia BCE in ancient Egypt and posit a materiality-based causation for the iconographic changes.
AB - Approaches based on theories of materiality and new animism have proven instrumental for the interpretation of archaeological objects. This study will take these approaches a step further and explore their consequences for changes in iconographic representation through a case study taken from the evolution of iconography on ancient Egyptian coffins. To this end, the article will explore the increased anthropomorphism of the Sycomore Goddess as she is presented on wooden coffins of the second and first millennia BCE in ancient Egypt and posit a materiality-based causation for the iconographic changes.
U2 - 10.5325/jeasmedarcherstu.12.4.0382
DO - 10.5325/jeasmedarcherstu.12.4.0382
M3 - Article
SN - 2166-3548
VL - 12
SP - 382
EP - 400
JO - Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies
JF - Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies
IS - 4
ER -