Ritual dynamics in the ancient Mediterranean : agency, emotion, gender, representation /
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"From 29 September to 2 October 2008 the Collaborative Centre of Excellence 619 'Ritual Dynamics' at the University of Heidelberg ... organized the Conference 'Ritual Dynamics and the Science of Ritual'-- Pref., pages [7]. :
390 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9783515099165
3515099166 (pbk.) :
https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/staffView?searchId=3462&recPointer=0&recCount=25&searchType=0&bibId=17068963
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Commemorating the nation : collective memory, public commemoration, and national identity in twentieth-century Egypt /
: Published on behalf of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies. : xiii, 337 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-327) and index. : 0970819919
A year in the life of ancient Egypt /
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AFRICAN HISTORY : BCE TO C 500 CE. Based on years of prestigious academic work, Professor Rosalie David cleverly presents every aspect of life in ancient Egypt through the lives of various characters, all based on mummies from the Manchester Museum of whom Professor Rosalie David has led the study. Characters hail from all walks of life, including royalty, nobles, officials, craftsmen and peasants, allowing us an insight into absolutely every aspect of everyday, ritual and religious life in ancient Egypt. The book provides an overview of the many dynasties and kingdoms of ancient Egypt before beginning to tell the story of the lives of one family. All three seasons of inundation, planting and growing, and harvesting are covered as well as all ritual and religious events, including birth and death.
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263 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 26 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-261). :
1473822394
9781473822399
Constructing History, Culture and Inequality : The Betsileo in the Extreme Southern Highlands of Madagascar /
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During the early 20th century, a group of ex-slaves established a frontier society in the no-man's-land of the extreme Southern Highlands of Madagascar. First settlers skilfully deployed a fluid set of Malagasy customs to implant a myth of themselves as tompon-tany or "masters of the land". Eventually, they created a land monopoly to reinforce their legitimacy and to exclude later migrants. Some of them were labelled andevo ("slave" or "slave descent"). The tompon-tany prohibited the andevo from owning land, and thereby from having tombs. This book focuses on the plight of the tombless andevo, and how their ascribed impurity and association with infertility, illness, death and misfortune made them an essential part of the tompon-tany world-view.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004492417
9789004124608
Indonesian megaliths : a forgotten cultural heritage /
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An exploration of Indonesian megaliths based on scientific documents and field visits, this work highlights misunderstood - and sometimes threatened by destruction - aspects of Indonesian cultural heritage and offers a unique perspective on megalithic monuments abandoned for several centuries in the archipelago.
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Previously issued in print: 2018. :
1 online resource (viii, 104 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781784918446 (ebook) :
Social identity and status in the Classical and Hellenistic Northern Peloponnese : the evidence from burials /
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Classical and Hellenistic cemeteries can give us more than descriptions and styles of pottery, art and burial architecture; they can speak of people, societies, social conventions as well as of social distinctions. This book aims to employ and illustrate the unique strengths of burial evidence and its contribution to the understanding of social identity and status in the Classical and Hellenistic Northern Peloponnese.
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Previously issued in print: 2016. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
9781784915070 (ebook) :
Estudios sobre el África romana : culturas e imaginarios en transformación /
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These collected papers are for those who have their gaze fixed on the fascinating mosaic of cultures that was the North-African world from the moment Rome appeared in the region. Most articles are dedicated to the world of images, but other subjects include Historiography, Archaeology of Architecture, and Libyan-Berber ethnicities.
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Previously issued in print: 2018. :
1 online resource (xvi, 352 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
9781784919085 (ebook) :