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Mortuary differentiation and social structure in the Middle Helladic Argolid, 2000-1500 B.C /
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In this volume the archaeological, anthropological and radiocarbon data from selected sites of the Middle Helladic period are integrated to determine if there was variation between individual burials, groupings and cemeteries and to reconstruct change through time. This work was done for selective Argive sites, namely Lerna, Asine and Aspis.
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Also issued in print: 2023. :
1 online resource (422 pages) : illustrations (colour) :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789696264 (PDF ebook) :
LBK realpolitik : an archaeometric study of conflict and social structure in the Belgian early Neolithic /
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The causes and consequences of violence and warfare have long interested social scientists, historians, and philosophers. While economic motivations for conflict are among the most commonly discussed drivers of human violence, prehistorians have often downplayed economic factors when studying non-state society. This volume explores linkages between conflict and socioeconomic organization during the early Neolithic of eastern Belgium (c.5200-5000 BC), using compositional analysis of ceramics from Linienbandkeramik villages to assess production organization and map intercommunity connections against the backdrop of increasing evidence for conflict.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781784910891 (PDF ebook) :
The Image of an Ottoman City : Imperial Architecture and Urban Experience in Aleppo in the 16th and 17th Centuries /
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This urban and architectural study of Aleppo, a center of early modern global trade, draws upon archival and narrative texts, architectural evidence, and contemporary theoretical discussions of the relation between imperial ideology, urban patterns and rituals, and architectural form. The first two centuries of Ottoman rule fostered tremendous urban development and reorientation through judiciously sited acts of patronage. Monumental structures endowed by Ottoman officials both introduced a new imperial architecture from Istanbul and incorporated formal elements from the local urban visual language. By viewing the urban and social contexts of these acts, tracing their evolution over two centuries, and examining their discussion in Ottoman and Arabic sources, this book proposes a new model for understanding the local reception and adaptation of imperial forms, institutions and norms.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789047404224
9789004124547
The role of Anglo-Saxon great hall complexes in kingdom formation, in comparison and in context AD 500-750 /
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Examining the role of great hall complexes in kingdom formation through an expansive and ambitious study, this text incorporates new fieldwork, new quantitative methodologies and new theoretical models for the emergence of high-status settlements and the formation and consolidation of supra-regional socio-political units.
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1 online resource (xvi, 350 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789693881 (ebook) :
Experiencing Etruscan pots : ceramics, bodies and images in Etruria /
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In a world without plastics, ceramics, alongside organic containers, were used for almost every substance which required protection or containment: from perfume to porridge. The experience of an Etruscan person, living day to day, would have been filled with interactions with ceramics, making them objects which can recall intimate transactions in the past to the archaeologist in the present. Characterising that experience of Etruscan pottery is the concern of this book. What was it like to use and live with Etruscan pottery? How was the interaction between an Etruscan pot structured and constituted? How can that experience be related back to bigger questions about the organisation of Etruscan society, its increasingly urban nature and relationship with other Mediterranean cultures?
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). :
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Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9781784910570 (PDF ebook) :
Arab settlements : tribal structures and spatial organizations in the Middle East between Hellenistic and early Islamic periods /
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How can the built environment help in the understanding of social and economic changes involving ancient local communities? 'Arab Settlements' aims to shed light on the degree to which economic and political changes affected social and identity patterns in the regional context from the Nabatean through to the Umayyad and Abbasid periods.
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"Available both in print and Open Access"--Homepage. :
1 online resource (xii, 252 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789693621 (ebook) :
Flavian Rome : culture, image, text /
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The politics, literature and culture of ancient Rome during the Flavian principate (69-96 ce) have recently been the subject of intense investigation. In this volume of new, specially commissioned studies, twenty-five scholars from five countries have combined to produce a critical survey of the period, which underscores and re-evaluates its foundational importance. Most of the authors are established international figures, but a feature of the volume is the presence of young, emerging scholars at the cutting edge of the discipline. The studies attend to a diversity of topics, including: the new political settlement, the role of the army, change and continuity in Rome's social structures, cultural festivals, architecture, sculpture, religion, coinage, imperial discourse, epistemology and political control, rhetoric, philosophy, Greek intellectual life, drama, poetry, patronage, Flavian historians, amphitheatrical Rome. All Greek and Latin text is translated.
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1 online resource (xvii, 754 pages) : illustrations, plans. :
Includes bibliographical references (p. 685-717) and indexes. :
9789004217157 :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
Throwing Down the Verbal Gauntlet : The Arabic Invective of Jarīr and al-Farazdaq /
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Throwing Down the Verbal Gauntlet<.i> showcases Arab "rapper" poets Jarīr and al-Farazdaq. This eighth-century duo is best known for a series of verbal battles (flytings) they carried out over several decades. Verbal Gauntlet argues that these poets performed in order to elevate their own prestige, just as rappers do in modern-day "Dozens" battles. These were performances for performance's sake, a first for a genre traditionally associated with settling tribal disputes. The book provides a new interpretation of this poetry and changes the way we see the intertwining roles of poet, opponent, and audience.
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1 online resource (240 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004716261
Non-Marxian Historical Materialism: Reconstructions and Comparisons /
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The authors of this book reconstruct the philosophical, methodological and theoretical assumptions of non-Marxian historical materialism, a theory of historical process authored by Leszek Nowak (1943-2009), a co-founder of the Poznań School of Methodology. In the first part of the book, philosophical assumptions of this theory are compared with the concepts of Robert Nozick, Immanuel Wallerstein, André Gunder Frank and analytical Marxism. In the second part, non-Marxian historical materialism is compared with the concepts of Eva Etzioni-Halevy, Andrzej Falkiewicz, Robert Michels, Vilfredo Pareto, Theda Skocpol and Karl August Wittfogel.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004507296
9789004507265
Die Römische Villa als Indikator provinzialer Wirtschafts- und Gesellschaftsstrukturen /
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The investigation of the Roman villa and its economic structures in the western provinces of the Roman Empire has clearly shown that rural settlement developed at different paces and intensities that largely depended on the specific region in which a villa landscape was intended and created. The progress of Romanisation was strongly linked to the existence of pre- Roman infrastructure in a given region. This existing infrastructure was at first acquired and successively intensified by the Romans. In its sum, the Roman villa economy was a complex and dynamic system that in its configuration vastly differed, according to the specific province. Still, the system essentially served clear functional purposes such as self-subsistence and, ideally, surplus production for the supply of the Roman military in newly conquered provinces.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). :
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9781784911690 (PDF ebook) :
Religion and the Everyday Life of Manichaeans in Kellis : Beyond Light and Darkness /
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Religion is never simply there . In Religion and the Everyday Life of Manichaeans in Kellis , Mattias Brand shows where and when ordinary individuals and families in Egypt practiced a Manichaean way of life. Rather than portraying this ancient religion as a well-structured, totalizing community, the fourth-century papyri sketch a dynamic image of lived religious practice, with all the contradictions, fuzzy boundaries, and limitations of everyday life. Following these microhistorical insights, this book demonstrates how family life, gift-giving, death rituals, communal gatherings, and book writing are connected to our larger academic debates about religious change in late antiquity.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004510296
9789004508224
Religion and the Everyday Life of Manichaeans in Kellis : Beyond Light and Darkness /
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Religion is never simply there . In Religion and the Everyday Life of Manichaeans in Kellis , Mattias Brand shows where and when ordinary individuals and families in Egypt practiced a Manichaean way of life. Rather than portraying this ancient religion as a well-structured, totalizing community, the fourth-century papyri sketch a dynamic image of lived religious practice, with all the contradictions, fuzzy boundaries, and limitations of everyday life. Following these microhistorical insights, this book demonstrates how family life, gift-giving, death rituals, communal gatherings, and book writing are connected to our larger academic debates about religious change in late antiquity.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004510296
9789004508224
(Un)Learning to Be Human? : Collected Essays on Critical Posthumanism, Volume 1 /
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Critical posthumanism is a theory paradigm that has become hugely influential across the humanities and social sciences in the last twenty years. This volume collects essays written over the last decade by one of the founders and leading figures of this movement. Originally a reaction to accelerated technological and media change that challenges traditional notions of what it means to be human, posthumanism (as opposed to transhumanism) has developed into a general critique and reappraisal of life after humanism and anthropocentrism. The essays collected here are dealing with aspects of education, technology, politics, media and art, and share a focus on how to critique and unlearn traditional understandings of humanness and (re)learn what it means to be human differently.
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1 online resource (255 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004708266
Purity and Holiness : The Heritage of Leviticus /
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Purity has long been recognized as one of the essential drives which determines humankind's relationship with the holy. Codes of purity and impurity, dealing with such far-ranging topics as 'external stains' and 'inner remorse', represent the physical and 'bodily' side of religious experience and provide the key to the understanding of human orientation to nature, and the structure of society, including even relationships between the sexes. Starting with the Hebrew Bible, a number of articles study some rather neglected passages from both exegetical and cultural-anthropological standpoints. Next, it is shown that the concept of purity is far more central to the New Testament than previously thought. Luke is portrayed as a Jewish-oriented writer. The discussion of purity in Mark is compared with Rabbinical and Qumranic material. Patristic discussions of purity reflect both allegorical and literal interpretations, while rabbinical rulings display a fine sense for detail and realia. Biblical references to illness are interpreted both in Christian and Jewish traditions as a metaphor for immoral behavior. The present collection of studies proceeds far beyond other collections on purity, studying both the medieval and modern periods. Purity rules, in both Christian and Jewish society, do not disappear in the Middle Ages, but become increasingly stronger. Sometimes there appear unexpected and surprising similarities between both societies. Modern society sees a decline in the importance of purity, reflecting a growing ambiguous attitude to the relationship between the body and the holy. A feminist perspective is also provided, examining the intertwined relationship between religion, gender and power. Exegesis, archaeology, liturgy, anthropology and even architecture are all used to study the complex phenomena of purity in their religious and social dimensions from both Christian and Jewish perspectives.
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1 online resource :
9789004421394
9789004114180
A Companion to Medieval Canonization Processes : New Contexts, Perspectives, and Comparisons /
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Canonizations, which officially proclaimed a person's sanctity, were complex, embracing theological, judicial, social, and cultural aspects of medieval Christianity. The dossiers manifest the theological ponderings while also revealing the devotional practices, daily life, and troubles of those not learned in canon law or theology. This volume offers tools for comprehending canonization processes by investigating their judicial background and structural elements, as well as devotional aspects reflected in the depositions. It approaches canonization processes in a three-fold way: as a phenomenon of the past, as a source material with methodological challenges, and as a specific field of historical studies. Furthermore, this volume engages in innovative methodological discussions and illuminates the state-of-the-art and topical new themes. Contributors include: Christian Krötzl, Maria Teresa Fattori, Didier Lett, Saku Pihko, Jenni Kuuliala, Nicole Archambeau, Adelheid Russenberger, Jyrki Nissi, Laura Ackerman Smoller, Sari Katajala-Peltomaa, Marika Räsänen, and Jonathan Greenwood.
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1 online resource (354 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004726833
Sikh News in India, 1864-1924 : Colonial Reports on Vernacular Newspapers of Punjab Volume One: Royalties, Reformers, and Organizations /
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This handbook, divided into four volumes, presents the first English translations of newspaper articles about the Sikhs published in the weekly press reports for Punjab between 1864 and 1924. Covering press material from over 300 newspapers, the book provides insights into the broader landscape of print media in Indian languages and how discussions on the Sikhs in the press evolved in response to changing imperial policies and politics. In a growing field of research on print cultures and publics in colonial India, the book offers unique source material for a nuanced and localized understanding of the history of the Sikhs in Punjab. Invaluable to both scholars and students of history, Punjabi society, religion and politics. This is volume 1 of a 4-volume set.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004707061
Sikh News in India, 1864-1924 : Colonial Reports on Vernacular Newspapers of Punjab Volume Three: Migration, Representation, and Reform /
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This handbook, divided into four volumes, presents the first English translations of newspaper articles about the Sikhs published in the weekly press reports for Punjab between 1864 and 1924. Covering press material from over 300 newspapers, the book provides insights into the broader landscape of print media in Indian languages and how discussions on the Sikhs in the press evolved in response to changing imperial policies and politics. In a growing field of research on print cultures and publics in colonial India, the book offers unique source material for a nuanced and localized understanding of the history of the Sikhs in Punjab. Invaluable to both scholars and students of history, Punjabi society, religion and politics. This is volume 3 of a 4-volume set.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004707108
Sikh News in India, 1864-1924 : Colonial Reports on Vernacular Newspapers of Punjab Volume Four: Politics of Repression and Reconciliation /
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This handbook, divided into four volumes, presents the first English translations of newspaper articles about the Sikhs published in the weekly press reports for Punjab between 1864 and 1924. Covering press material from over 300 newspapers, the book provides insights into the broader landscape of print media in Indian languages and how discussions on the Sikhs in the press evolved in response to changing imperial policies and politics. In a growing field of research on print cultures and publics in colonial India, the book offers unique source material for a nuanced and localized understanding of the history of the Sikhs in Punjab. Invaluable to both scholars and students of history, Punjabi society, religion and politics. This is volume 4 of a 4-volume set.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004707122
Sikh News in India, 1864-1924 : Colonial Reports on Vernacular Newspapers of Punjab Volume Two: Religious Places, Practices, and Relations /
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This handbook, divided into four volumes, presents the first English translations of newspaper articles about the Sikhs published in the weekly press reports for Punjab between 1864 and 1924. Covering press material from over 300 newspapers, the book provides insights into the broader landscape of print media in Indian languages and how discussions on the Sikhs in the press evolved in response to changing imperial policies and politics. In a growing field of research on print cultures and publics in colonial India, the book offers unique source material for a nuanced and localized understanding of the history of the Sikhs in Punjab. Invaluable to both scholars and students of history, Punjabi society, religion and politics. This is volume 2 of a 4-volume set.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004707085
Anti-Jesuit Discourse in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1576-1632): : Arguments, Tropes, Figures /
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What do Jesuits have in common with spiders, flies, chameleons, owls, hawks, or Sirens? Rediscover provocative arguments, tropes, and figures that formed anti-Jesuit literature in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1576-1632). This monograph examines the structure and functions of these discursive elements, often reinforced by vivid metaphor, elaborated allegory, or malicious irony, through the lens of rhetorical strategies suitable for controversy, polemic, dispute, or parody. Due to this dual focus, both structural and functional, it enables the identification of pivotal images, stereotypes, clichés, and legends associated with the Society. Many of them fuelled and continue to fuel anti-Jesuit sentiment worldwide.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004728561