Luca Peyronel at the workshop “The Times They Are a-Changin’” at the University of Verona

Luca Peyronel will deliver a paper entitled “Material Culture and Figurative Communication during the Second Millennium BCE in Anatolia and the Northern Levant” as part of the international workshop “The Times They Are a-Changin’”, organized by the University of Verona.  The event is set within a broader scholarly discussion focused on the profound transformations affecting material culture between the Middle and Late Bronze Age in Anatolia and the Northern Levant, a crucial period for the emergence of new political, social, and cultural dynamics in the ancient Near East.  In his presentation, Peyronel will examine the role of material culture and systems of figurative communication during the second millennium BCE, with particular attention to the ways in which objects, images, and artistic productions contributed to the construction and transmission of shared meanings within ancient communities. Special emphasis will be placed on changes in visual and symbolic languages, interpreted in light of the historical processes that shaped the transition between different phases of the Bronze Age.  The workshop represents an important opportunity for discussion among scholars from different fields of archaeological research, offering new interpretative perspectives on processes of cultural change and on interactions between Anatolia and the Levant throughout the second millennium BCE.  @Room SMT 01 – Santa Marta Building, Via Cantarane, University of Verona, Saturday, March 14, 2026, 9:30 A.M.