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Burial and Ancient Society
Author | : Ian Morris |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0521387388 |
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This study of the changing relationships between burial rituals and social structure in Early Iron Age Greece will be required reading for all archaeologists working with burial evidence, in whatever period. This book differs from many topical studies of state formation in that unique and particular developments are given as much weight as those factors which are common to all early states. The ancient literary evidence and the relevant historical and anthropological comparisons are extensively drawn on in an attempt to explain the transition to the city-state, a development which was to have decisive effects for the subsequent development of European society.
Death Ritual and Social Structure in Classical Antiquity
Author | : Ian Morris |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 1992-10-22 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0521376114 |
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In this innovative book Dr Morris seeks to show the many ways in which the excavated remains of burials can and should be a major source of evidence for social historians of the ancient Graeco-Roman world. Burials have a far wider geographical and social range than the surviving literary texts, which were mainly written for a small elite. They provide us with unique insights into how Greeks and Romans constituted and interpreted their own communities. In particular, burials enable the historian to study social change. Ian Morris illustrates the great potential of the material in these respects with examples drawn from societies as diverse in time, space and political context as archaic Rhodes, classical Athens, early imperial Rome and the last days of the western Roman empire.
Remembering the Dead in the Ancient Near East
Author | : Benjamin W. Porter,Alexis T. Boutin |
Publsiher | : University Press of Colorado |
Total Pages | : 311 |
Release | : 2014-12-02 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781457188220 |
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Remembering the Dead in the Ancient Near East is among the first comprehensive treatments to present the diverse ways in which ancient Near Eastern civilizations memorialized and honored their dead, using mortuary rituals, human skeletal remains, and embodied identities as a window into the memory work of past societies. In six case studies teams of researchers with different skillsets—osteological analysis, faunal analysis, culture history and the analysis of written texts, and artifact analysis—integrate mortuary analysis with bioarchaeological techniques. Drawing upon different kinds of data, including human remains, ceramics, jewelry, spatial analysis, and faunal remains found in burial sites from across the region’s societies, the authors paint a robust and complex picture of death in the ancient Near East. Demonstrating the still underexplored potential of bioarchaeological analysis in ancient societies, Remembering the Dead in the Ancient Near East serves as a model for using multiple lines of evidence to reconstruct commemoration practices. It will be of great interest to students and scholars of ancient Near Eastern and Egyptian societies, the archaeology of death and burial, bioarchaeology, and human skeletal biology.
Encyclopedia of Society and Culture in the Ancient World
Author | : Peter I. Bogucki |
Publsiher | : Facts on File |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Civilization, Ancient |
ISBN | : 0816069417 |
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Contains alphabetically arranged entries, from adornment to crime and punishment, that provide information about culture and society in the ancient world and includes photographs and maps.
Society and Death in Ancient Egypt
Author | : Janet E. Richards |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 270 |
Release | : 2005-03-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0521840333 |
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Janet Richards considers social stratification in Middle Kingdom Egypt, exploring the assumption that a 'middle class' arose during this period. By focusing on the entire range of mortuary behavior, she shows how Middle Kingdom Egyptian practices and landscapes relating to death reveal information about the living society.
Mortuary Variability and Social Diversity in Ancient Greece
Author | : Nikolas Dimakis,Tamara M. Dijkstra |
Publsiher | : Archaeopress Publishing |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : Burial |
ISBN | : 1789694426 |
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This volume brings together early career scholars working on funerary customs in Greece from the Early Iron Age to the Roman period. Papers present various thematic and interdisciplinary analysis in which funerary contexts provide insights on individuals, social groups and communities.
Death and Burial in the Roman World
Author | : J. M. C. Toynbee |
Publsiher | : JHU Press |
Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 1996-10-31 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0801855071 |
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The most comprehensive book on Roman burial practices—now available in paperback Never before available in paperback, J. M. C. Toynbee's study is the most comprehensive book on Roman burial practices. Ranging throughout the Roman world from Rome to Pompeii, Britain to Jerusalem—Toynbee's book examines funeral practices from a wide variety of perspectives. First, Toynbee examines Roman beliefs about death and the afterlife, revealing that few Romans believed in the Elysian Fields of poetic invention. She then describes the rituals associated with burial and mourning: commemorative meals at the gravesite were common, with some tombs having built-in kitchens and rooms where family could stay overnight. Toynbee also includes descriptions of the layout and finances of cemeteries, the tomb types of both the rich and poor, and the types of grave markers and monuments as well as tomb furnishings.
Burials Migration and Identity in the Ancient Sahara and Beyond
Author | : M. C. Gatto,D. J. Mattingly,N. Ray,M. Sterry |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 589 |
Release | : 2019-02-14 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781108474085 |
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Places burial traditions at the centre of Saharan migrations and identity debate, with new technical data and methodological analysis.