Temples and Sanctuaries from the Early Iron Age Levant : Recovery After Collapse /

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The vision for this impressive work on temple architecture in the Levant grew out of the author's work on Roman temple designs on the Iberian Peninsula and continual references to Semitic influences on the designs of sanctuaries both on the Peninsula and in North Africa. It was assumed that Pho...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mierse, William E. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Winona Lake, Indiana : Eisenbrauns, 2012.
Series:History, archaeology, and culture of the Levant.
Subjects:
Temples > Middle East.
Architecture, Ancient > Middle East.
Iron age > Middle East.
ARCHITECTURE > Buildings > Religious.
Architecture, Ancient
Iron age
Temples
Edat del ferro > Orient Mitjà.
Edat del ferro.
Arquitectura antiga.
Temples.
Middle East
Orient Mitjà.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations
  • Another Study of Levantine Temples?
  • Earlier Work
  • Type of Study
  • Textual Material
  • Design of the Book
  • Geography and People
  • The Physical Geography
  • The Human Geography
  • Patterns of Trade
  • A Sacred Landscape
  • Iron Age Temple Remains
  • Iron Age Absolute Chronology and Stratigraphy
  • Iron Age IA Sites: 1200â€?1000 b.c.e.
  • Iron Age IIA Sites: Tenth Century b.c.e.
  • Iron Age IIB Sites: Ninthâ€?Late Eighth Centuries b.c.e.
  • Iron Age IIC Sites: Late Eighth Century to the Mid-Sixth Century b.c.e.Architectural Patterns: A Post-colonial “Nationalist Revivalâ€??
  • Conclusion
  • Continuity
  • Construction Techniques
  • Plans and Orientation
  • Conclusion
  • New Forms
  • Building Techniques
  • Building Forms
  • Architectural Sculpture
  • Aegean Elements
  • Plans
  • Conclusion
  • Societal Forces and Early Iron Age Temple-Building
  • The Creative and Intellectual Aspects of Temple-Building
  • The Economics and Politics of Temple-Building
  • Levantine Architecture Goes West
  • Phoenicians and GreeksThe First Settlements
  • A Second Phoenician Colonization
  • Conclusion
  • Conclusion
  • Collapse and Regeneration
  • The Spread of the Levantine Forms
  • Bibliography
  • Maps and Illustrations

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