Event: Author Spotlight: People of Ancient Daunia

The statue-stelae of Early Iron Age Daunia (north Apulia, Italy), a group of stone slabs, are each incised to represent the garb and accoutrements of a person. They detail the clothing and adornment worn by men and women in full regalia, plus, through additional figurative images drawn on the robes, show ritual practices, everyday activities, and scenes of local legend. As such, they offer an unparalleled window into the lives of a proto-historic people, providing a rich source of self-representation for what is otherwise a fairly poorly understood society. Grounded in the scholarship of post-colonial and gender archaeology, this book pays full respect to the agency of indigenous communities and the important role of women. It considers the stelae not through a Hellenic lens, but in the Italo-Adriatic context to which they belong. This is the first time an in-depth, holistic study of the Daunian stelae has been undertaken, and the first presentation of the material in English. 

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6pm Lecture
7pm Reception 

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Camilla Norman is an archaeologist based at the University of Sydney whose particular interest is the Early Iron Age central Mediterranean. She was for many years the Project Officer of the Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens and has held post-doctoral positions in Italy (The British School in Rome) and England (The Institute of Cultural Studies, London University).  She has worked on sites throughout central and southern Italy, mainland Greece, Jordon and Australia, as an excavator, illustrator and finds specialist.