The mysterious wall paintings of Teleilat Ghassul, Jordan : in context /

The mysterious wall paintings of Teleilat Ghassul, Jordan : in context /

This volume is primarily concerned with the re-analysis of the wall paintings from the Jordanian Chalcolithic period (ca. 4700-3700 BC) settlement site of Teleilat Ghassul, first excavated in 1929 by scholars from the Pontifical Biblical Institute Rome and latterly by Australians from the University...

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Main Author: Drabsch, Bernadette (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, [2015]

Series: Monographs of the Sydney University Teleilat Ghassul Project ; 3.
Archaeopress archaeology.

Subjects:

Mural painting and decoration > Jordan > Ghassul Site.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Jordan > Ghassul Site.
Copper age > Jordan.
Ghassul Site (Jordan)

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Call Number: GN778.3.G48 D72 2015

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Summary:This volume is primarily concerned with the re-analysis of the wall paintings from the Jordanian Chalcolithic period (ca. 4700-3700 BC) settlement site of Teleilat Ghassul, first excavated in 1929 by scholars from the Pontifical Biblical Institute Rome and latterly by Australians from the University of Sydney. The seven major paintings were re-analysed using a methodology based on contextualisation, digital reconstruction, experimental replication and subject analysis.
Physical Description:1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour).
Audience:Specialized.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781784911713 (PDF ebook) :