Athena Itonia : geography and meaning of an ancient Greek war goddess /
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With Athena Itonia: Geography and Meaning of an Ancient Greek War Goddess Gerald V. Lalonde offers the first comprehensive history of the martial cult of Athena Itonia, from its origins in Greek prehistory to its demise in the Roman imperial age. The Itonian goddess appears first among the Thessalians and eventually as the patron deity of their famed cavalry. Archaic poets attest to "Athena, warrior goddess" and her festival games at the Itoneion near Boiotian Koroneia. The cult also came south to Athens, probably with the mounted Thessalian allies of Peisistratos. Hellenistic decrees from Amorgos tell of elaborate festival sacrifices to Athena Itonia, likely supplications for protection of the islanders and their maritime trade when piracy plagued the Cyclades after collapse of the Greek naval forces that policed the Aegean Sea. This will be an indispensable volume for all interested in the social, political, and military uses of ancient Greek religious cult and the geography, chronology, and circumstances of its propagation among Greek poleis and federations.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. :
9789004416390
A Study of the Geography of 1 Enoch 17-19 : "No One Has Seen What I Have Seen" /
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A Study of the Geography of 1 Enoch 17-19 examines the travels of the patriarch Enoch who is given a guided tour of extraordinary and at times terrifying places located throughout the cosmos. Coblentz Bautch clarifies the text of 1 Enoch 17-19 by explaining how the sites described relate to one another geographically and by reconstructing the mental map of the geography that lies behind the textual descriptions. Especially provocative is the consideration of sources from the ancient Near East, Hebrew Bible and the world of Hellenistic Judaism that may have informed the world view of 1 Enoch 17-19 and parallel traditions. Through this study an important facet of apocalypses is illumined: their portrayal of geography and sacred space.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789047402251
9789004131033
Aspects of ancient institutions and geography : studies in honor of Richard J.A. Talbert /
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In Aspects of Ancient Institutions and Geography colleagues and students honor Richard J.A. Talbert for his numerous contributions and influence on the fields of ancient history, political and social science, as well as cartography and geography. This collection of original and useful examinations is focused around the core theme of Talbert's work - how ancient individuals and groups organized their world, through their institutions and geography. The first half of the book considers institutional history in chapters on such diverse topics as the Roman Senate, Roman provincial politics and administration, healing springs, gladiators, and soldiers. Chapters on the geography of Thucydides and Alexander III, imperial geography, tracking letters and using sundials round out the second half of the book.
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1 online resource (xvi, 354 pages) : illustrations, maps. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004283725 :
1572-0500 ; :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
Toponymy on the periphery : placenames of the Eastern Desert, Red Sea, and south Sinai in Egyptian documents from the early dynastic until the end of the New Kingdom /
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"In Toponymy on the Periphery, Julien Charles Cooper conducts a study of the rich geographies preserved in Egyptian texts relating to the desert regions east of Egypt. These regions, filled with mines, quarries, nomadic camps, and harbours are often considered as an unimportant hinterland of the Egyptian state, but this work reveals the wide explorations and awareness Egyptians had of the Red Sea and its adjacent deserts, from the Sinai in the north to Punt in the south. The book attempts to locate many of the placenames present in Egyptian texts and analyse their etymology in light of Egyptian linguistics and the various foreign languages spoken in the adjacent deserts and distant shores of the Red Sea"--
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xvii, 718 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 618-685) and indexes. :
9789004361690 :
0169-9601 ;
Toponymy on the periphery : placenames of the Eastern Desert, Red Sea, and south Sinai in Egyptian documents from the early dynastic until the end of the New Kingdom /
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"In Toponymy on the Periphery, Julien Charles Cooper conducts a study of the rich geographies preserved in Egyptian texts relating to the desert regions east of Egypt. These regions, filled with mines, quarries, nomadic camps, and harbours are often considered as an unimportant hinterland of the Egyptian state, but this work reveals the wide explorations and awareness Egyptians had of the Red Sea and its adjacent deserts, from the Sinai in the north to Punt in the south. The book attempts to locate many of the placenames present in Egyptian texts and analyse their etymology in light of Egyptian linguistics and the various foreign languages spoken in the adjacent deserts and distant shores of the Red Sea".
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004422216
The Spatial Factor in African History : The Relationship of the Social, Material, and Perceptual /
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The authors of this inter-disciplinary collection examine the role of space in six areas of West, Central and East Africa during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. They demonstrate the active quality of space and analyze the ways in which people have contested and shaped space, including responses to crises. In addition, a lengthy essay re-interprets tropical African history, 1800-1930, using spatial theory. Contributors look at how people have constructed mental maps, used discourse to organize territories, and perceived social landscapes. The studies employ a tri-level approach, one that moves from specific places to regions to macro-regional or transnational systems and back again. Authors draw upon written and oral sources to reconstruct the past and employ innovative mapping techniques to illustrate spatial dynamics.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789047405627
9789004139138
The excavations at Khirbet el-Maqatir : 1995-2001 and 2009-2016.
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Khirbet el-Maqatir lies 16 km north of Jerusalem. The Associates for Biblical Research excavated 14 summer seasons and 5 winter seasons between 1995 and 2016. Volume 2 reports on the remains of a Late Hellenistic/Early Roman village, and a Byzantine ecclesiastical complex.
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Also issued in print: 2023. :
1 online resource (viii, 391 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour) :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781803272122 (PDF ebook) : :
Open access.
Student map manual, historical geography of the Bible lands /
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To accompany: The Land between, a regional study guide to the land of the Bible / James M. Monson. Highland Park, IL : Institute of Holy Land Studies, c1983. 288 p.
Includes indexes. :
1 atlas (117 pages in various pagings) : color maps ; 31 x 24 cm.
Early Buddhist transmission and trade networks mobility and exchange within and beyond the northwestern borderlands of South Asia /
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This exploration of early paths for Buddhist transmission within and beyond South Asia retraces the footsteps of monks, merchants, and other agents of cross-cultural exchange. A reassessment of literary, epigraphic, and archaeological sources reveals hisorical contexts for the growth of the Buddhist saṅgha from approximately the 5th century BCE to the end of the first millennium CE. Patterns of dynamic Buddhist mobility were closely linked to transregional trade networks extending to the northwestern borderlands and joined to Central Asian silk routes by capillary routes through transit zones in the upper Indus and Tarim Basin. By examining material conditions for Buddhist establishments at nodes along these routes, this book challenges models of gradual diffusion and develops alternative explanations for successful Buddhist movement.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004194588 :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
Bridging the gap : disciplines, times, and spaces in dialogue.
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Three volumes present the proceedings of the 6th Broadening Horizons Conference, which took place at the Freie Universität Berlin from 24-28 June, 2019. This volume contains 14 papers from Session 4 - Crossing Boundaries: Connectivity and Interaction; and Session 6 - Landscape and Geography: Human Dynamics and Perceptions.
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Also issued in print: 2022.
Selected conference papers.
"This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License"--Title page verso. :
1 online resource (iv, 222 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781803273419 (PDF ebook) : :
Open access.
Use of space and domestic areas : functional organisation and social strategies : proceedings of the XVIII UISPP World Congress (4-9 June 2018, Paris, France).
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The organization of inhabited space is the direct expression of the deep integration of societies with their cultural and natural environment. Contributions in this volume show the progress of research in terms of understanding the use of space on different scales, from the household to the village, focusing on Neolithic and Bronze Age contexts.
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Also issued in print: 2021.
Conference proceedings. :
1 online resource (iv, 137 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781803271378 (PDF ebook) : :
Open access.
The Geography /
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"Translation based upon ... Latin and Greek texts" [and later editions] -- P. xiii.
At head of title : Claudius Ptolemy
Includes reproductions of maps and some text from the Codex Ebnerianus and reproductions of two maps from 16th cent. printed eds. of the Geographia: the Ruysch world map (from the 1508 ed.), and the Lorenz Fries world map (from the 1522 ed.)
Translation of the Geographia and dedication of the 1460 ms. ed. (Codex Ebnerianus) prepared by Donnus Nicholas [Nicolaus] Germanus.
Unabridged republication in reduced dimensions of the limited ed. : Geography of Claudius Ptolemy. New York : New York Public Library, 1932. :
1 atlas (xvi, 167, ca. 121 pages) : illustrations, maps ; 31 cm. :
0486268969