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Colouring the past : the significance of colour in archaeological research

by Andrew Jones, Gavin MacGregor

This book explores the social and symbolic significance of colour in past societies. Drawing on archaeological evidence from the Mesolithic to Roman Pompeii, it examines how colour-based cultural understandings shaped ancient beliefs, social relations and identities.

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