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15 produkter
Household Studies in Complex Societies
(Micro) Archaeological and Textual Approaches
Häftad, 2015
445 kr
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The volume is the result of the Ninth Annual University of Chicago Oriental Institute PostDoc Seminar, held on March 16-17, 2013. Twenty scholars specialized in the Old and New World from all over Europe and the US came together to find new approaches in the study of households in complex …
Late Third Millennium in the Ancient Near East
Chronology, C14, and Climate Change
Häftad, 2017
211 kr
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During the late third millennium BC one of the biggest transformations of the ancient Near East took place, affecting almost all regions from Egypt to Anatolia and from the Mediterranean Sea to the Iranian plateau. This period not only saw the collapse of urbanization in the southern Levant at the …
Structures of Power
Law and Gender Across the Ancient Near East and Beyond
Av Ilan Peled
Häftad, 2018
192 kr
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This volume publishes the proceedings of the eleventh annual University of Chicago Oriental Institute Seminar. Its central goal is to present a cross-cultural study of the intersection between law and gender relations in the ancient world, with a focus on the ancient Near East. When reflecting upon …
Irrigation in Early States
New Directions
Häftad, 2022
655 kr
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The cross-cultural studies in this volume reexamine the role of irrigation in early states. Ranging geographically from South America and the southwestern United States to North Africa, the Middle East and Asia, they describe the physical attributes and environments of early irrigation systems; …
Seen Not Heard
Composition, Iconicity, and the Classifier Systems of Logosyllabic Scripts
Häftad, 2023
609 kr
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Traditionally, writing—a graphic, multidimensional form of communication—has been approached as a vehicle for representing, and therefore conveying, the spoken word. Moving beyond this manner of analysis, this volume interrogates writing as a medium that is not simply a handmaiden to oral and aural …
Pomp, Circumstance, and the Performance of Politics
Acting Politically Correct in the Ancient World
Häftad, 2024
519 kr
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When we imagine ancient political life, we think of powerful rulers and awe-inspiring monuments, not grassroots movements. But if the cacophony of our modern political discourse can teach us anything, it is that negotiating power and legitimacy is an ongoing conversation, not a monologue. Pomp, …
Outward Appearance versus Inward Significance
Addressing Identities through Attire in the Ancient World
Inbunden, 2025
582 kr
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This volume takes a multidisciplinary and comparative approach to dress studies in the ancient world. Spanning a wide geographic spectrum, from the Near East and North Africa to the Mediterranean world and the Americas, it explores the cultural, social, and political significance of attire. It …
Changing Social Identity with the Spread of Islam
Archaeological Perspectives
Häftad, 2004
305 kr
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This volume addresses the topical interest in Islam, studying the process of its spread throughout the medieval world and the process of conversion to this religion and adoption of its cultural life. The evidence is presented in a series of essay reports on archaeological approaches in current …
Religion and Power
Divine Kingship in the Ancient World and Beyond
Häftad, 2008
389 kr
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This volume represents a collection of contributions presented during the Third Annual University of Chicago Oriental Institute Seminar Religion and Power: Divine Kingship in the Ancient World and Beyond, held at the Oriental Institute, February 23-24, 2007. The purpose of this conference was to …
Divination and Interpretation of Signs in the Ancient World
Av Amar Annus
Häftad, 2010
435 kr
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The concept of sign, a portent observed in the physical world, which indicates future events, is found in all ancient cultures, but was first developed in ancient Mesopotamian texts. This branch of Babylonian scientific knowledge extensively influenced other parts of the world, and similar texts …
Slaves and Households in the Near East
Häftad, 2011
389 kr
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The seventh in the Oriental Institute Seminar Series, this volume contains papers that emerged from the seminar "Slaves and Households in the Near East" held at the Oriental Institute March 5-6, 2010. Despite widespread mention of enslaved people in historical records from the ancient, medieval and …
Iconoclasm and Text Destruction in the Ancient Near East and Beyond
Häftad, 2012
239 kr
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The eighth in the Oriental Institute Seminar Series, this volume contains papers that emerged from the seminar Iconoclasm and Text Destruction in the Ancient Near East and Beyond, held at the Oriental Institute April 8-9, 2011. The purpose of the conference was to analyze the cases of and reasons …
Heaven on Earth
Temples, Ritual, and Cosmic Symbolism in the Ancient World
Häftad, 2013
188 kr
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The volume is the result of the eighth Annual University of Chicago Oriental Institute Seminar, held on March 2-3, 2012. Seventeen speakers, from both the US and abroad, examined the interconnections between temples, ritual, and cosmology from a variety of regional specializations and theoretical …
Margins of Writing, Origins of Cultures
New Approaches to Writing and Reading in the Ancient Near East. Papers from a Symposium held February 25-26, 2005
Av Seth Sanders, Sarite Sanders
Häftad, 2006
426 kr
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Who invented national literature? What is the relationship between script, identity, and history? Recorded history began in the ancient Near East, but we are just beginning to explore the powerful creative relationship between writing and the political identities of the Near East's cultures. This …
Performing Death
Social Analyses of Funerary Traditions in the Ancient Near East and Mediterranean
Häftad, 2007
377 kr
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This volume represents a collection of contributions presented by the authors during the Second Annual University of Chicago Oriental Institute Seminar "Performing Death: Social Analyses of Funerary Traditions in the Ancient Mediterranean," held at the Oriental Institute, February 17-18, 2006. The …
