Gianluca Miniaci is Associate Professor in Egyptology at the University of Pisa, Honorary Researcher at the Institute of Archaeology, UCL – London and Chercheur associé at the École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris. He is currently co-director of the archaeological mission at Zawyet Sultan (Menya, Egypt) and principal investigator for the project PROCESS (fingerprints on clay figurines). He is author of several volumes, including Rishi Coffins (2011), The Middle Kingdom Ramesseum Papyri Tomb (2021) and The Treasure of the Egyptian Queen Ahhotep (2022) and more than 100 scientific articles.

• ContributorsPreface  At the dawn of a break: The agency of the damage 1. In the footsteps of Auguste Rodin: Fragmentation is not an end Gianluca Miniaci2. The meaning of deliberate figurine fragmentation: Insights from the Old and New Worlds John Chapman and Bisserka GaydarskaBeyond ritual: When the whole cracks 3. In the beginning: Exploring integrity of anthropomorphic images in prehistoric Europe Elisabetta Starnini4. When garbage is art: Broken ceramic figural objects from ancient Honduras Jeanne Lopiparo and Rosemary A. Joyce5. Parts, not wholes: Long histories and negative space analysis Stacy Boldrick6. Not whole yet holy: Some breakage rituals and their significance in Hinduism and other religions of India Urmi ChandaThe materiality of the damage: Searching for the intentionality 7. Broken beyond repair. Reflections on the intentionality of breakage and its archaeological identification regarding Naqada period clay figurines Axelle Brémont8. The materiality of the damage in the faience figurine corpus from late Middle Bronze Age Egypt (1800–1550 BC) Gianluca Miniaci9. Breaking into pieces: An experimental investigation into fracture behaviours in ceramic female figurines Paulina Wandowicz10. Intentionality in the breaking. A case study of intentional damaging of figurines at Neolithic Tell Sabi Abyad (Syria) and Çatalhöyük (Turkey)Monique Arntz11. Fragmented or intact – Mycenaean figurines and figures in cult and burial contexts Ann-Louise SchallinInside the fragmentation: Exploring methods and technologies 12. Made it for breaking it? Assessing fragmentation of the Lahun figurines (Egypt, MBA II, c. 1800–1700 BC) Vanessa Forte13. Displaying the fragmented: Damaged and mutilated ancient Egyptian figures from Sir Charles Nicholson’s collection Candace Richards and Michelle F. Whitford14. Broken collections: A 3D approach to the digital reunification and holistic study of dispersed terracotta figurines assemblages Valentina VassalloConcluding remarks Afterword: Strong at the broken places?Caitlín Eilís Barrett

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Gianluca Miniaci is Associate Professor in Egyptology at the University of Pisa, Honorary Researcher at the Institute of Archaeology, UCL – London and Chercheur associé at the École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris. He is currently co-director of the archaeological mission at Zawyet Sultan (Menya, Egypt) and principal investigator for the project PROCESS (fingerprints on clay figurines). He is author of several volumes, including Rishi Coffins (2011), The Middle Kingdom Ramesseum Papyri Tomb (2021) and The Treasure of the Egyptian Queen Ahhotep (2022) and more than 100 scientific articles.

• ContributorsPreface  At the dawn of a break: The agency of the damage 1. In the footsteps of Auguste Rodin: Fragmentation is not an end Gianluca Miniaci2. The meaning of deliberate figurine fragmentation: Insights from the Old and New Worlds John Chapman and Bisserka GaydarskaBeyond ritual: When the whole cracks 3. In the beginning: Exploring integrity of anthropomorphic images in prehistoric Europe Elisabetta Starnini4. When garbage is art: Broken ceramic figural objects from ancient Honduras Jeanne Lopiparo and Rosemary A. Joyce5. Parts, not wholes: Long histories and negative space analysis Stacy Boldrick6. Not whole yet holy: Some breakage rituals and their significance in Hinduism and other religions of India Urmi ChandaThe materiality of the damage: Searching for the intentionality 7. Broken beyond repair. Reflections on the intentionality of breakage and its archaeological identification regarding Naqada period clay figurines Axelle Brémont8. The materiality of the damage in the faience figurine corpus from late Middle Bronze Age Egypt (1800–1550 BC) Gianluca Miniaci9. Breaking into pieces: An experimental investigation into fracture behaviours in ceramic female figurines Paulina Wandowicz10. Intentionality in the breaking. A case study of intentional damaging of figurines at Neolithic Tell Sabi Abyad (Syria) and Çatalhöyük (Turkey)Monique Arntz11. Fragmented or intact – Mycenaean figurines and figures in cult and burial contexts Ann-Louise SchallinInside the fragmentation: Exploring methods and technologies 12. Made it for breaking it? Assessing fragmentation of the Lahun figurines (Egypt, MBA II, c. 1800–1700 BC) Vanessa Forte13. Displaying the fragmented: Damaged and mutilated ancient Egyptian figures from Sir Charles Nicholson’s collection Candace Richards and Michelle F. Whitford14. Broken collections: A 3D approach to the digital reunification and holistic study of dispersed terracotta figurines assemblages Valentina VassalloConcluding remarks Afterword: Strong at the broken places?Caitlín Eilís Barrett

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Gianluca Miniaci is Associate Professor in Egyptology at the University of Pisa, Honorary Researcher at the Institute of Archaeology, UCL – London and Chercheur associé at the École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris. He is currently co-director of the archaeological mission at Zawyet Sultan (Menya, Egypt) and principal investigator for the project PROCESS (fingerprints on clay figurines). He is author of several volumes, including Rishi Coffins (2011), The Middle Kingdom Ramesseum Papyri Tomb (2021) and The Treasure of the Egyptian Queen Ahhotep (2022) and more than 100 scientific articles.

• ContributorsPreface  At the dawn of a break: The agency of the damage 1. In the footsteps of Auguste Rodin: Fragmentation is not an end Gianluca Miniaci2. The meaning of deliberate figurine fragmentation: Insights from the Old and New Worlds John Chapman and Bisserka GaydarskaBeyond ritual: When the whole cracks 3. In the beginning: Exploring integrity of anthropomorphic images in prehistoric Europe Elisabetta Starnini4. When garbage is art: Broken ceramic figural objects from ancient Honduras Jeanne Lopiparo and Rosemary A. Joyce5. Parts, not wholes: Long histories and negative space analysis Stacy Boldrick6. Not whole yet holy: Some breakage rituals and their significance in Hinduism and other religions of India Urmi ChandaThe materiality of the damage: Searching for the intentionality 7. Broken beyond repair. Reflections on the intentionality of breakage and its archaeological identification regarding Naqada period clay figurines Axelle Brémont8. The materiality of the damage in the faience figurine corpus from late Middle Bronze Age Egypt (1800–1550 BC) Gianluca Miniaci9. Breaking into pieces: An experimental investigation into fracture behaviours in ceramic female figurines Paulina Wandowicz10. Intentionality in the breaking. A case study of intentional damaging of figurines at Neolithic Tell Sabi Abyad (Syria) and Çatalhöyük (Turkey)Monique Arntz11. Fragmented or intact – Mycenaean figurines and figures in cult and burial contexts Ann-Louise SchallinInside the fragmentation: Exploring methods and technologies 12. Made it for breaking it? Assessing fragmentation of the Lahun figurines (Egypt, MBA II, c. 1800–1700 BC) Vanessa Forte13. Displaying the fragmented: Damaged and mutilated ancient Egyptian figures from Sir Charles Nicholson’s collection Candace Richards and Michelle F. Whitford14. Broken collections: A 3D approach to the digital reunification and holistic study of dispersed terracotta figurines assemblages Valentina VassalloConcluding remarks Afterword: Strong at the broken places?Caitlín Eilís Barrett

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