The archaeology of death in Roman Syria : burial, commemoration, and empire /

This book sheds new light on funerary customs in Roman Syria, offering a novel way of understanding its provincial culture.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jong, Lidewijde de (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, [2017]
Temas:
Funeral rites and ceremonies > Syria.
Burial > Syria.
Human remains (Archaeology) > Syria.
Death.
Death
Funérailles > Rites et cérémonies > Syrie.
Sépulture > Syrie.
Restes humains (Archéologie) > Syrie.
Mort.
deaths.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Death & Dying.
Burial
Classical antiquities
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Human remains (Archaeology)
Syria > Antiquities, Roman.
Syria
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Half title; Frontispiece; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables and Charts; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Locating the Dead: Space, Landscape, and Cemetery Organization; 2 The Tomb: Architecture and Decoration; 3 Gifts for the Dead: Function and Distribution of Grave Goods; 4 The Dead: Bones, Portraits, and Epitaphs; 5 Funerary Beliefs: Differentiation, Continuity, and Change in Ritual; 6 The Global and the Local: Romanization, Globalization, and the Syrian Cemetery; Postscript; Appendix 1. Sites; Appendix 2. Tomb Types
  • List of Online AppendicesBibliography; Index

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