From microcosm to macrocosm : individual households and cities in ancient egypt and nubia /
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As reflected in the title "From Microcosm to Macrocosm : Individual households and cities in Ancient Egypt and Nubia", both a micro-approach introducing microhistories of individual sites according to recent archaeological fieldwork incorporating interdisciplinary methods as well as general patterns and regional developments in Northeast Africa are discussed. This combination of research questions on the micro-level with the macro-level provides new Information about cities and households in Ancient Egypt and Nubia and makes the book unique. Architectural studies as well as analyses of material culture and the new application of microarchaeology, here especially of micromorphology and archaeometric applications, are presented as case studies from sites primarily dating to the New Kingdom (Second Millennium BC).
The rich potential of well-preserved but still not completely explored sites in modern Sudan, especially as direct comparison for already excavated sites located in Egypt, is in particular emphasised in the book. Settlement archaeology in Egypt and Nubia has recently moved away from a strong textual approach and generalised studies to a more site-specific approach and household studies. This new bottom-up approach applied by current fieldwork projects is demonstrated in the book. The volume is intended for all specialists at settlements sites in Northeast Africa, for students of Egyptology and Nubian Studies, but it will be of interest to anyone working in the field of settlement archaeology.
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260 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), charts, maps, plans ; 28 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9789088905988
Die orientalische Stadt : Kontinuität, Wandel, Bruch : 1. Internationales Colloquium der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft, 9.-10. Mai 1996 in Halle/Saale /
: Maps on three folded leaves in pocket. : xiii, 409 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 9783930843244 : Nabil
Water and Roman urbanism : towns, waterscapes, land transformation and experience in Roman Britain /
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Water and Roman Urbanism: Towns, Waterscapes, Land Transformation and Experience in Roman Britain offers a new perspective for investigating Roman settlement and how urban spaces were created and experienced by focusing on the relationship between settlement and water and the meanings attributed to these places. Rather than a descriptive approach to the urban fabric it emphasises social context and cultural meaning through interpretative frameworks of analysis. Central are the cultural and experiential implications of water forming part of towns, rather than economic and practical arguments, and the way in which these places were used and altered over time. The book emphasises a social approach and has considerable implications for our understanding of life in the Roman period as a whole.
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1 online resource (xiii, 278 pages) :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004249752 :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
Syrie : memoire et civilisation /
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Exhibition organised by the Institut du monde arabe and by the Ministere de la culture de la Republique arabe syrienne.
Catalogue of an exhibition held by the Institut du monde arabe, Paris, 1993, September 14 - 1994, February 28. :
487 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 482-487). :
2080124250
9782080124258
2906062588
9782906062580
Visions d'Orient : des cites mesopotamiennes a la Jerusalem des croises : la donation Camille Aboussouan /
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Accompanying CD-ROM contains indexed color reproductions and descriptive text for over 1600 objects in the Aboussouan collection.
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207 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-205). :
2711843793
9782711843794