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Palaces and courtly culture in ancient Mesoamerica /
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Mesoamerica is one of the cradles of early civilizations in the ancient world, featuring a wide diversity of cultures exhibiting a high degree of social inequality and stratification. At the pinnacle of the society was the ruler, the court and the high elite. This social segment was responsible for the creation and consumption of the hallmarks of civilizations, including monumental architecture, great monolithic monuments and a wide array of highly decorated, exotic and exceptional material culture. As such royal courts defined the very tastes and styles that characterise entire civilizations. This volume collects eight recent and innovative studies on the subject rulership, palatial compounds and courtly culture by staff and students of the American Indian Languages and Culture studies programme at Department of Cross-cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
9781784910518 (PDF ebook) :
Beyond the legacy of Genghis Khan
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This publication offers a wide-ranging account of the Mongols in western and eastern Asia in the aftermath of Genghis Khan's disruptive invasions of the early thirteenth century, focusing on the significant cultural, social, religious and political changes that followed in their wake. The issues considered concern art, governance, diplomacy, commerce, court life, and urban culture in the Mongol world empire as originally presented at a 2003 symposium at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and now distilled in this volume. This collection of 23 papers by many of the main authorities in the field demonstrates both the scope and the depth of the current state of Mongol-related studies and will undoubtedly inspire and provoke further research. The text is profusely illustrated by 30 color and 112 black-and-white illustrations. Contributors are: Sheila S. Blair, Jonathan M. Bloom, Devin DeWeese, Teresa Fitzherbert, Bert G. Fragner, Robert Hillenbrand, Dietrich Huff, Ralph Kauz, Linda Komaroff, Dickran Kouymjian, Mark Kramarovsky, Donald P. Little, Charles Melville, David Morgan, Bernard O'Kane, Judith Pfeiffer, George Saliba, Noriyuki Shiraishi, Marianna Shreve Simpson, Eleanor Sims, John Masson Smith Jr., Abolala Soudavar, Oliver Watson and Elaine Wright.
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"Originally presented at a 2003 symposium at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art"--P. [4] of cover. :
1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references (p. [439]-502) and index. :
9789047418573 :
0929-2403 ;
bulletin of the American Research Center in Egypt, NUMBER 204 - SUMMER 2014
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Abydos 2013: Looting Damage Assessment -- CSI Abydos: Conservation & Scientific investigation of Wood Funerary Artifacts at the Abydos Middle Cemetery -- The Tomb of St. Shenoute of the White Monastery: Final Conservation and Documentation -- Chicago House Photographic Archive Documentation & Digital Backup Storage Proiect -- Preservation & interpretation of the Palace of Amenhotep lll at Malqata in Western Thebes -- Trans-Atlantic Egypt: Egyptian Revival Architecture in Britain & America -- Amok in the Land of the Khmers: The ARCE Trip to Cambodia -- Portland 2014: ARCE's 65th Annual Meeting.
bulletin of the American Research Center in Egypt, NUMBER 204 - SUMMER 2014
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Abydos 2013: Looting Damage Assessment -- CSI Abydos: Conservation & Scientific investigation of Wood Funerary Artifacts at the Abydos Middle Cemetery -- The Tomb of St. Shenoute of the White Monastery: Final Conservation and Documentation -- Chicago House Photographic Archive Documentation & Digital Backup Storage Proiect -- Preservation & interpretation of the Palace of Amenhotep lll at Malqata in Western Thebes -- Trans-Atlantic Egypt: Egyptian Revival Architecture in Britain & America -- Amok in the Land of the Khmers: The ARCE Trip to Cambodia -- Portland 2014: ARCE's 65th Annual Meeting.