Author: Lena Åström
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art objects, Cypriot
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Studies on the Arts and Crafts of the Late Cypriote Bronze Age
Author: Lena Åström
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art objects, Cypriot
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art objects, Cypriot
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Mortuary Ritual and Society in Bronze Age Cyprus
Author: Priscilla Keswani
Publisher: Equinox Publishing Ltd.
ISBN: 9781904768036
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
A ground-breaking investigation of burial practices and social transformations in the era when Cypriot agricultural communities moved from village to urban life and became major players in the eastern Mediterranean copper trade. The author develops an innovative theoretical and methodological approach that enables her to define and elucidate the shifting spatial relationships between tombs and habitation areas, the elaboration of rituals involving secondary treatment and collective burial, and changing patterns of mortuary expenditure and symbolism throughout the Bronze Age. Keswani proposes that during the Early-Middle Bronze periods, the growing elaboration of mortuary festivities and their crucial importance in negotiating status hierarchies contributed to the intensification of Cypriot copper production and the expansion of interregional exchange relations. Subsequent changes in mortuary practice suggest that the importance of collective burial rites and traditional modes of ritual display diminished over the course of the Late Bronze Age, as urban institutions multiplied and the bases of social prestige were transformed.
Publisher: Equinox Publishing Ltd.
ISBN: 9781904768036
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
A ground-breaking investigation of burial practices and social transformations in the era when Cypriot agricultural communities moved from village to urban life and became major players in the eastern Mediterranean copper trade. The author develops an innovative theoretical and methodological approach that enables her to define and elucidate the shifting spatial relationships between tombs and habitation areas, the elaboration of rituals involving secondary treatment and collective burial, and changing patterns of mortuary expenditure and symbolism throughout the Bronze Age. Keswani proposes that during the Early-Middle Bronze periods, the growing elaboration of mortuary festivities and their crucial importance in negotiating status hierarchies contributed to the intensification of Cypriot copper production and the expansion of interregional exchange relations. Subsequent changes in mortuary practice suggest that the importance of collective burial rites and traditional modes of ritual display diminished over the course of the Late Bronze Age, as urban institutions multiplied and the bases of social prestige were transformed.
Swords and Daggers in Late Bronze Age Canaan
Author: Sariel Shalev
Publisher: Franz Steiner Verlag
ISBN: 9783515081986
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
At the heart of this study of the history of the sword and dagger in Canaan between c.1550 and 1000 BC lies a catalogue of 190 examples, all of which are illustrated. The catalogue supports a detailed discussion of typology. Ten types are identified by their tang and hilt shape as well as their cultural influences from Egypt and the Aegean. A final synthesis considers technological and social aspects of the daggers and swords, usually found as grave goods, such as what they reveal about Canaanite burial customs, metalworking and contact with Egypt.
Publisher: Franz Steiner Verlag
ISBN: 9783515081986
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
At the heart of this study of the history of the sword and dagger in Canaan between c.1550 and 1000 BC lies a catalogue of 190 examples, all of which are illustrated. The catalogue supports a detailed discussion of typology. Ten types are identified by their tang and hilt shape as well as their cultural influences from Egypt and the Aegean. A final synthesis considers technological and social aspects of the daggers and swords, usually found as grave goods, such as what they reveal about Canaanite burial customs, metalworking and contact with Egypt.
Provenience Studies and Bronze Age Cyprus
Author: Arthur Bernard Knapp
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
In the archaeological reconstruction of prehistoric production and exchange systems, the use of provenience techniques has assumed a high profile. The primary aim of such archaeometric work has been the objective identification of non-local materials, and the isolation or elimination of specific stone, metal or clay sources. However, the important step of specifying and examining critically the relationships between archaeological data, human action, analytical results, and cultural interpretation has seldom been taken.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
In the archaeological reconstruction of prehistoric production and exchange systems, the use of provenience techniques has assumed a high profile. The primary aim of such archaeometric work has been the objective identification of non-local materials, and the isolation or elimination of specific stone, metal or clay sources. However, the important step of specifying and examining critically the relationships between archaeological data, human action, analytical results, and cultural interpretation has seldom been taken.
The Journal of Hellenic Studies
Author:
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Category : Greece
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Vols. 1-8, 1880-87, plates published separately and numbered I-LXXXIII.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Greece
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Vols. 1-8, 1880-87, plates published separately and numbered I-LXXXIII.
Beyond Babylon
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 1588392953
Category : Art, Ancient
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
This important volume describes the art created in the second millennium B.C. for royal palaces, temples, and tombs from Mesopotamia, Syria, and Anatolia to Cyprus, Egypt, and the Aegean.
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 1588392953
Category : Art, Ancient
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
This important volume describes the art created in the second millennium B.C. for royal palaces, temples, and tombs from Mesopotamia, Syria, and Anatolia to Cyprus, Egypt, and the Aegean.
Cypro-Minoan Inscriptions
Author: Silvia Ferrara
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 019969382X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
The first comprehensive archaeological catalogue of all the inscriptions written in the un-deciphered syllabary of Late Bronze Age Cyprus (1500-1200 BC): Cypro-Minoan script. Each object is analysed, illustrated, and accompanied by a detailed commentary on the context of recovery and typological characteristics with full bibliographical references.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 019969382X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
The first comprehensive archaeological catalogue of all the inscriptions written in the un-deciphered syllabary of Late Bronze Age Cyprus (1500-1200 BC): Cypro-Minoan script. Each object is analysed, illustrated, and accompanied by a detailed commentary on the context of recovery and typological characteristics with full bibliographical references.
The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art
Author: Vassos Karageorghis
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 1588396258
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
The Cesnola Collection of antiquities from Cyprus preserves the island’s artistic traditions from prehistoric through Roman times and represents the first large group of ancient Mediterranean works to enter the museum’s collection. This catalogue, which focuses on Cypriot terracottas, was originally published in 2004 as a CD-ROM, and is now available in a more accessible format. It contains nearly 500 works dating from between about 2000 B.C. and the 2nd century A.D. from one of the most expansive collections of Cypriot art in the world. Illustrations of each object are accompanied by a detailed catalogue entry, including a brief bibliography. In addition, fifteen commentaries make the catalogue a perfect introduction to Cypriot terracottas and the colorful world of ancient life and mythology.
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 1588396258
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
The Cesnola Collection of antiquities from Cyprus preserves the island’s artistic traditions from prehistoric through Roman times and represents the first large group of ancient Mediterranean works to enter the museum’s collection. This catalogue, which focuses on Cypriot terracottas, was originally published in 2004 as a CD-ROM, and is now available in a more accessible format. It contains nearly 500 works dating from between about 2000 B.C. and the 2nd century A.D. from one of the most expansive collections of Cypriot art in the world. Illustrations of each object are accompanied by a detailed catalogue entry, including a brief bibliography. In addition, fifteen commentaries make the catalogue a perfect introduction to Cypriot terracottas and the colorful world of ancient life and mythology.
Archaeology Under Fire
Author: Lynn Meskell
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113464390X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
The Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean are some of the most politically charged regions in which archaeology is implicated. Historically, they played a formative role in the birth of archaeology as a discipline. Archaeology Under Fire addresses archaeology's role in current political issues, including the ethnic cleansing in the Balkans, the division of Cyprus, and the continued destruction of Beirut. The contributors consider the positive role of the past as a means of reconciliation, whether it be in Turkey, Israel, and the Gulf. They advocate a responsible global archaeology, and an awareness of contemporary issues can only enhance this aim.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113464390X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
The Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean are some of the most politically charged regions in which archaeology is implicated. Historically, they played a formative role in the birth of archaeology as a discipline. Archaeology Under Fire addresses archaeology's role in current political issues, including the ethnic cleansing in the Balkans, the division of Cyprus, and the continued destruction of Beirut. The contributors consider the positive role of the past as a means of reconciliation, whether it be in Turkey, Israel, and the Gulf. They advocate a responsible global archaeology, and an awareness of contemporary issues can only enhance this aim.
Early and Middle Bronze Age Pottery of the Cesnola Collection in the Stanford University Museum
Author: Paola Villa
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pottery
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pottery
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description