Barbara Carè

barbara.care@unifr.ch
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3862-6151

Classical Archaeology:

Ritual and funerary archaeology, Game studies, Material culture studies (pottery, bones, metal artefacts)

Senior Researcher
Department of Art History and Archeology

RPA 01 bu. 2.3
Rue Pierre-Aeby 16
1700 Fribourg

RPA 01, 2.3

Biography

Specialized in the study of Greek material culture and ludic culture, gendered representations of games, the reception of ancient game practices in modern times and the preservation of the cultural heritage of games. Her main area of research concerns the practical and symbolic meanings of astragali in the ancient world. Member of the COST Action CA22145, Computational Techniques for Tabletop Games Heritage (GameTable) and co-leader of WG5 (Dissemination, Implementation and Education). Field archaeologist.

Forthcoming publications:

Carè, B. forthcoming, Astragaloi. A “Toy” story, Liége.

Carè, B. (ed.). forthcoming, Astragalomania. New perspectives in the Study of Knucklebones in the Ancient World, Berlin.

Research and publications

Publications

25 publications

Astragalomania: New Perspectives in the Study of Knucklebones in the Ancient World
Carè, Barbara (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2024), ISBN: 978-3-11-061595-1 | Book

Back to the Game: Reframing Play and Games in Context. XXI Board Game Studies Annual Colloquium, International Society for Board Game Studies, April, 24-26, 2018, Benaki Museum – Italian School of Archaeology at Athens, Lisbon, Associação Ludus, 2021
Schädler Ulrich, Carè Barbara, Dasen Véronique (2022) | Book

Bones of bronze: New observations on the astragalus bone metal replicas
Carè, B. (Annuario della Scuola di Archeologica Italiana di Atene e delle missioni italiane in Oriente, 2019) | Book

L'enfant et la mort dans l'Antiquité III. Le matériel associé aux tombes d'enfants: Actes de la table ronde internationale organisée à la Maison méditerranéenne des sciences de l'homme (MMSH) d'Aix-en-Provence, 20-22 janvier 2011
Alexandridou, Alexandra; Barbet, Gérald; Bel, Valérie; Bénichou-Safar, Hélène; Bouffier, Sophie; Carè, Barbara; Dasen, Véronique; Dedet, Bernard; Dubois, Céline; El-Din, Mervat Seif; El-Fattah, Ahmed Abd; El-Maksoud, Mohamed Abd; Elia, Diego; Guimier-Sorbets, Anne-Marie; Hermary, Antoine; Huysecom-Haxhi, Stéphanie; Jaeggi, Sandra; Kotitsa, Zoé; Larminat, Solenn de; Lepetz, Sébastien; Mariaud, Olivier; Marshall, Amandine; Meirano, Valeria; Moliner, Manuel; Nenna, Marie-Dominique; Papadopoulos, Stratis; Papaikonomou, Irini-Despina; Pisani, Marcella; Scilabra, Carla; Stroszeck, Jutta ([S.I.]: Publications du Centre Camille Jullian, 2015) | Book

Back to the Game: Reframing Play and Games in Context. XXI Board Game Studies Annual Colloquium, International Society for Board Game Studies, April, 24-26, 2018, Benaki Museum – Italian School of Archaeology at Athens, Lisbon, Associa̧ cão Ludus, 2021
Carè Barbara AND Dasen Véronique AND Schädler Ulrich (2022) | Edited book

L’homme est ludens ... et la femme ? , in in Sophie Lalanne (dir.), Didier Lett et Dominique Picco, Une histoire des femmes en Europe (des grottes aux Lumières). Objets, images, textes, Paris, 2024.
Barbara Carè (2024), ISBN: SBN 978-2-200-63653-1 | Book chapter

Athènes, une cité ludique ? L'importance des jeux dans la vie quotidienne , in Zenodo
Barbara Carè, Véronique Dasen (2024) | Book chapter

L'astragale réexaminé : jeu, rites et violence dans l'Antiquité classique , in Violence et jeu, de l'Antiquité à nos jours
Care, Barbara (Zenodo, 2023) | Book chapter

Pavement Designs and Game Boards from Public Spaces of Ancient Athens: A Review Across the Board
Barbara Caré (2022) | Book chapter

L’astragalo in tomba nel mondo greco: un indicatore infantile? Vecchi problemi e nuove osservazioni a proposito di un aspetto del costume funerario
Barbara Carè (2012) | Book chapter

Back to the Game: Reframing Play and Games in Context An Introduction
Véronique Dasen AND Barbara Caré AND Ulrich Schädler, (2022) | Journal article

Where the children are: an insight into ‘age markers’ in western Greece. Astragali from the burial area of Locri Epizefiri
Barbara Carè, Journal of Greek Archaeology (2017) | Journal article

Le symbolisme des astragales
Carè, Barbara, Jeux et jouets gréco-romains, Archéothéma (2013) | Journal article

Il gioco degli astragali: un passatempo tra antico e moderno
Carè, Barbara, Il gioco degli astragali: un passatempo tra antico e moderno (2010) | Journal article

L'astragalo nel sepolcro meiraḱıon te kai parthénon máıgnion?: riflessioni per la rilettura di un costume funerario: i casi di Locri e Caulonia
Carè, Barbara, L’astragalo nel sepolcro meirakon te kai parthénon magnion? (2010) | Journal article

Alcune osservazioni sulle sepolture di defunti in età pre-adulta nelle necropoli greche d'Occidente: la diffusione dell'astragalo
Carè, Barbara, Alcune osservazioni sulle sepolture di defunti in età pre-adulta nelle necropoli greche d’Occidente (2006) | Journal article

Ancora sull'" astragalomania" a Locri Epizefiri. La documentazione dalla necropoli in contrada Lucifero
Carè, Barbara and Elia, Diego, Ancora sull’" astragalomania" a Locri Epizefiri. La documentazione dalla necropoli in contrada Lucifero (2004) | Journal article

Conchiglie in tomba tra Magna Grecia e Sicilia: contesti e proposte interpretative
Carè, Barbara, Ollus leto datus est. Architettura, topografia e rituali funerari nelle necropoli dell’Italia meridionale e della Sicilia fra antichità e medioevo. Atti del convegno internazionale di studi, Reggio Calabria: (2013) | Conference

Knucklebones from the Greek Necropolis of Locri Epizefiri, Southern Italy (VI-III century BC). Typological and functional analysis
Carè, Barbara, The Sound of Bones, ARCHAEOPlus. Schriften zur Archäologie und Archäometrie an der Paris Lodron-Universität Salzburg: (2013) | Conference

Beyond the grave: burial rituals and knucklebones at the State War Memorial of Thespiae, in R. Graells i Fabregat, M. Pérez Blasco, A. Pace (eds), Warriors at Play, Alicante, 2022, 185-199.
Carè, Barbara , do (2022) | Other

Il progetto WeMalp. I reperti ceramici: metodologie di lavoro e risultati preliminari, Annuario della Scuola Archeologica di Atene e delle Missioni Italiane in Oriente, 2021, 10-12.
Carè, Barbara , do (2021) | Other

Ένα παιχνίδι ή κάτι παραπάνω; Επανεξετάζοντας τον αστράγαλο στα αρχαιολογικά του συμφραζόμενα, in C. Gougouli (ed.), Play in Antiquity. Αρχαιολογία και Τέχνες, spring issue 2020, 56-65.
Carè, Barbara , do (2020) | Other

L'enfant aux osselets, in V. Dasen (ed.), "Ludique ! Jouer dans l'antiquité, Lugdunum (June 20-December 1)", Musée gallo-romain Fourvières, Lyon, 2019, 92-93.
Carè, Barbara , odo (2019) | Other

Osselets inscrits, in V. Dasen (ed.), "Ludique ! Jouer dans l'antiquité, Lugdunum (June 20-December 1)", Musée gallo-romain Fourvières, Lyon, 2019, 106-107.
Care, Barbara , odo (2019) | Other

La bambola e l'astragalo nelle tombe greche: testimonianze del mondo ludico infantile? in C. Lambrugo, C. Torre (eds.), Il gioco e i giochi nel mondo antico. Tra cultura materiale e immateriale, "Documenti e Studi", 55, Bari, 2013, 93-101.
Carè, Barbara , o (2013) | Other