Using images in late antiquity /
: This volume presents the proceedings of an international conference held at the Accademia of Danimarca in Rome 13-15 Jan 2010, organized inder the auspices of the research programme'art and social science in late antiquity... hosted by the Department of Classical Archaeology, Aarhus University. : viii, 312 pages,16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm. : Includes Bibliographical references and index. : 9781782972617
Roman and late antique wine production in the eastern Mediterranean : a comparative archaeological study at Antiochia ad Cragum (Turkey) and Delos (Greece) /
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Wine was an ever-present commodity that permeated the Mediterranean throughout antiquity. This book analyses the viticulture of two settlements, Antiochia ad Cragum and Delos, using results stemming from surface survey and excavation to assess their potential integration within the now well-known agricultural boom of the 5th-7th centuries AD.
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1 online resource (viii, 208 pages) : illustrations. :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789694031 (ebook) :
Designing identity : the power of textiles in late antiquity /
: Catalog of an exhibition held at New York University's Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, February 25, 2016-May 22, 2016. This exhibition catalogue explores the parallel histories of ancient textile production and consumption, and the modern business of collecting Late Antique textiles. : 159 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm : Includes bibliographical references. : 9780691169422
Transformations of the Inner Self in Ancient Religions /
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This collection of papers from two workshops - held in Heidelberg, Germany, in July 1996 and Jerusalem, Israel, in October 1997 - is concerned with anthropological rather than theological aspects of the Near Eastern and Mediterranean religions, ranging from the 'primary' religions of the archaic period and their complex developments in Egypt and Mesopotamia to the 'soteriological' movements and 'secondary' religions that emerged in Late Antiquity. The first part of the book focuses on \'Confession and Conversion\', while the second part is devoted to the topic of \'Guilt, Sin and Rituals of Purification\'. The primary purpose of this volume is to convey a sense of the dynamics and dialectical relationships between the various Near Eastern and Mediterranean religions from the archaic period to Late Antiquity.
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Two contributions in German, one in French. :
1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9789004379084 :
0169-8834 ;
The ovoid amphorae in the Central and Western Mediterranean : between the last two centuries of the Republic and the early days of the Roman Empire /
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Based on the proceedings of a workshop held at Seville University in 2015, this book looks at several series of amphorae created in the Late Republican Roman period, sharing a generally ovoid shape in their bodies - a group of material which, until now, has rarely been studied.
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Also issued in print: 2019. :
1 online resource (xii, 414 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789692976 (PDF ebook) :
Ceramics and Atlantic connections : late Roman and early medieval imported pottery on the Atlantic seaboard : international symposium, Newcastle University, March 26th-27th 2014 /
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Papers focus on the pottery of Mediterranean origin imported into the Atlantic, as well as ceramics of Atlantic production which had widespread distribution. They examine chronologies and relative distributions, and consider the composition of key Atlantic assemblages, revealing new insights into the networks of exchange between c. 400-700 AD.
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Conference proceedings. :
1 online resource (vi, 150 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789693386 (ebook) :
Dalmatia and the Mediterranean : portable archeology and the poetics of influence /
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Using the Braudelian concept of the Mediterranean this volume focuses on the condition of "coastal exchanges" involving the Dalmatian littoral and its Adriatic and more distant maritime network. Spalato and Ragusa intersect with Constantinople, Cairo and Spanish Naples just as Sinan, Palladio and Robert Adam cross paths in this liquid expanse. Concentrating on materiality and on the arts, architecture in particular, the authors identify portability and hybridity as characteristic of these exchanges, and tease out expected and unexpected serendipitous moments when they occurred. Focusing on translation and its instruments these essays expand the traditional concept of influence by thrusting mobility and the \'hardware\' of cultural transmission, its mechanisms, rather than its effects, into the foreground. Contributors include: Doris Behrens-Abouseif , SOAS, University of London ; Joško Belamarić , Institute of Art History , Split; Marzia Faietti , Uffizi , Florence; Jasenka Gudelj , University of Zagreb ; Cemal Kafadar , Harvard University ; Ioli Kalavrezou , Harvard University ; Suzanne Marchand , State University of Louisiana ; Erika Naginski , Harvard University ; Gülru Necipoğlu , Harvard University ; Goran Nikšić , City of Split , Split; Alina Payne , Harvard University ; Avinoam Shalem , Columbia University and David Young Kim , University of Pennsylvania
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004263918 :
2213-3399 ;
The wandering throne of Solomon : objects and tales of kingship in the Medieval Mediterranean /
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In The Wandering Throne of Solomon: Objects and Tales of Kingship in the Medieval Mediterranean Allegra Iafrate analyzes the circulation of artifacts and literary traditions related to king Solomon, particularly among Christians, Jews and Muslims, from the 10th to the 13th century. The author shows how written sources and objects of striking visual impact interact and describes the efforts to match the literary echoes of past wonders with new mirabilia . Using the throne of Solomon as a case-study, she evokes a context where Jewish rabbis, Byzantine rulers, Muslim ambassadors, Christian sovereigns and bishops all seem to share a common imagery in art, technology and kingship.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004305267 :
2213-3399 ; :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
Eastern medieval architecture : the building traditions of Byzantium and neighboring lands /
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The rich and diverse architectural traditions of the Eastern Mediterranean and adjacent regions are the subject of this book, including the social and cultural developments of the Byzantine Empire, the Caucasus, the Balkans, and Russia, as well as parallel developments in Crusader and early Islamic architecture.
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xxv, 783 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans (some color) ; 27 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 727-756) and index. :
9780190272739
Pilgrimage and Economy in the Ancient Mediterranean /
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In Pilgrimage and Economy in the Ancient Mediterranean , Anna Collar and Troels Myrup Kristensen bring together diverse scholarship to explore the socioeconomic dynamics of ancient Mediterranean pilgrimage from archaic Greece to Late Antiquity, the Greek mainland to Egypt and the Near East. This broad chronological and geographical canvas demonstrates how our modern concepts of religion and economy were entangled in the ancient world. By taking material culture as a starting point, the volume examines the ways that landscapes, architecture, and objects shaped the pilgrim's experiences, and the manifold ways in which economy, belief and ritual behaviour intertwined, specifically through the processes and practices that were part of ancient Mediterranean pilgrimage over the course of more than 1,500 years.
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1 online resource. :
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9789004428683
Perchement et réalités fortifiées en Méditerranée et en Europe, véme-xéme siecles = Fortified hilltop settlements in the Mediterranean and in Europe (5th-10th centuries) /
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The result of an international congress (Roquebrune-sur-Argens, October 2019) about the fortified hilltop settlements of Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages, papers present both brand new data and syntheses on wide contexts throughout the European continent, the Mediterranean basin and beyond.
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Also issued in print: 2023.
Selected conference papers. :
1 online resource (474 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781803272429 (PDF ebook) :