Building Between The Two Rivers An Introduction To The Building Archaeology Of Ancient Mesopotamia

Author : Stefano Anastasio
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2020-08-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781789696042

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Building between the Two Rivers: An Introduction to the Building Archaeology of Ancient Mesopotamia by Stefano Anastasio Pdf

This volume introduces university students and scholars of Near Eastern archaeology to 'Building archaeology' methods as applied to the context of Ancient Mesopotamia. It helps the reader understand the principles underlying this discipline and to realise what knowledge and skills are needed, beyond those that are specific to archaeologists.

Author : Rabei G. Khamisy,Rafael Y. Lewis,Vardit Shotten-Hallel
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2023-05-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000869200

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Exploring Outremer Volume II by Rabei G. Khamisy,Rafael Y. Lewis,Vardit Shotten-Hallel Pdf

This collection is published in the Crusades Subsidia series in honour of Professor Adrian J. Boas, an archaeologist, historian and scholar who has contributed widely and significantly to the study and teaching of the Middle Ages. Professor Boas’ research encompasses the archaeology of the Latin East, military orders with particular emphasis on the Teutonic Order, material culture, architecture and medieval art, historiography, and not least, the Crusades and the Latin East. Exploring Outremer Volume II is a collection of 15 original essays by the leading scholars in the field on the history and archaeology of the Latin East. It covers aspects dealing with the history, archaeology, architecture and function of several castles and fortifications in the Latin Kingdom, and presents new studies on the material, including pottery, numismatics and many other finds. In addition, it includes a chapter dealing with landscape archaeology. This book will appeal to researchers and students alike interested in the Kingdom of Jerusalem and Duchies of Edessa and Antioch, as well as the Crusades and Crusading Orders.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9789004516458

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Building between Eastern and Western Mediterranean Lands by Anonim Pdf

This book explores the construction processes and the mechanisms of transmission of knowledge between the eastern and western Mediterranean lands from the late Roman period to the early centuries of Islam.

Author : A. Leo Oppenheim
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226177670

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Ancient Mesopotamia by A. Leo Oppenheim Pdf

"This splendid work of scholarship . . . sums up with economy and power all that the written record so far deciphered has to tell about the ancient and complementary civilizations of Babylon and Assyria."—Edward B. Garside, New York Times Book Review Ancient Mesopotamia—the area now called Iraq—has received less attention than ancient Egypt and other long-extinct and more spectacular civilizations. But numerous small clay tablets buried in the desert soil for thousands of years make it possible for us to know more about the people of ancient Mesopotamia than any other land in the early Near East. Professor Oppenheim, who studied these tablets for more than thirty years, used his intimate knowledge of long-dead languages to put together a distinctively personal picture of the Mesopotamians of some three thousand years ago. Following Oppenheim's death, Erica Reiner used the author's outline to complete the revisions he had begun. "To any serious student of Mesopotamian civilization, this is one of the most valuable books ever written."—Leonard Cottrell, Book Week "Leo Oppenheim has made a bold, brave, pioneering attempt to present a synthesis of the vast mass of philological and archaeological data that have accumulated over the past hundred years in the field of Assyriological research."—Samuel Noah Kramer, Archaeology A. Leo Oppenheim, one of the most distinguished Assyriologists of our time, was editor in charge of the Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute and John A. Wilson Professor of Oriental Studies at the University of Chicago.

Author : Alessandra Salvin
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781527516809

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Archaeological Perspectives on Houses and Households in Third Millennium Mesopotamian Society by Alessandra Salvin Pdf

There have been few studies in Ancient Near Eastern archaeology that have concentrated on domestic buildings, with little existent information about houses. This represents a serious lacuna in the knowledge of Mesopotamian culture, considering the importance of the house in society, as the main space of social dynamics. This book addresses this gap, analysing the characteristics and the variations of Mesopotamian houses in the third millennium, which represents a critical period for early urbanization. It identifies common aspects and differences, and relates those characteristics to the socio-economical history of the period to broaden the understanding of this interesting period in Mesopotamian culture. To examine variations and use of space, seven sites were analysed from north (Tell Melebiya, Titris Höyük, and Tell Taya), central (Khafajah and Tell Asmar) and south Mesopotamia (Tell Abu Salabikh and Shuruppak) for a total number of 68 house plans. Several aspects have been investigated, such as the size of households, the evidence of wealth, the concept of privacy, and the role of women in society. The database of houses collected in this book also offers a reference for other sites to analyse houses and households.

Author : Federico Buccellati,Sebastian Hageneuer,Sylva van der Heyden,Felix Levenson
Publisher : transcript Verlag
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9783839445389

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Size Matters - Understanding Monumentality Across Ancient Civilizations by Federico Buccellati,Sebastian Hageneuer,Sylva van der Heyden,Felix Levenson Pdf

When talking about monuments, size undeniably matters - or does it? But how else can we measure monumentality? Bringing together researchers from various fields such as archaeology, museology, history, sociology, Mesoamerican studies, and art history, this book discusses terminological and methodological approaches in both theoretical contributions and various case studies. While focusing on architectural aspects, this volume also discusses the social meaning of monuments, the role of forced and free labour, as well as textual monumentality. The result is a modern interdisciplinary take on an important concept which is notoriously difficult to define.

Author : Ariane Thomas,Timothy Potts
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781606066492

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Mesopotamia by Ariane Thomas,Timothy Potts Pdf

Mesopotamia, in modern-day Iraq, was home to the remarkable ancient civilizations of Sumer, Akkad, Babylonia, and Assyria. From the rise of the first cities around 3500 BCE, through the mighty empires of Nineveh and Babylon, to the demise of its native culture around 100 CE, Mesopotamia produced some of the most powerful and captivating art of antiquity and led the world in astronomy, mathematics, and other sciences—a legacy that lives on today. Mesopotamia: Civilization Begins presents a rich panorama of ancient Mesopotamia’s history, from its earliest prehistoric cultures to its conquest by Alexander the Great in 331 BCE. This catalogue records the beauty and variety of the objects on display, on loan from the Louvre’s unparalleled collection of ancient Near Eastern antiquities: cylinder seals, monumental sculptures, cuneiform tablets, jewelry, glazed bricks, paintings, figurines, and more. Essays by international experts explore a range of topics, from the earliest French excavations to Mesopotamia’s economy, religion, cities, cuneiform writing, rulers, and history—as well as its enduring presence in the contemporary imagination.

Author : Tatyana Fedulova
Publisher : Progress Builders
Page : 11 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014-12-28
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781310171376

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Architecture of Ancient Mesopotamia by Tatyana Fedulova Pdf

Brief Guide to the History of Architectural Styles is a full-color illustrated edition of the classic study of the history of World's architecture. This handbook has been written by Tatyana Fedulova - Russian art critic, lecturer and popularizer of history of Fine Arts, the expert in the History of Art and Religion.

Author : Gunilla Malm
Publisher : British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015052982041

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Toward an Archaeology of Buildings by Gunilla Malm Pdf

This volume is an expos of building archaeological research works and building restorations. It is well known that buildings and their restorations mirror the dynamics of societies. Whether as a single monument, clustered in villages, towns, or cities, or even as single rooms or spaces, buildings and restorations result from socio-economic, political, or ideological power or expressions. But there are many different ways of looking at buildings and restorations in this respect, as the authors of this volume show. The 10 papers are presented in chronological order from ancient to modern times and the sites and areas under discussion include Crete, Mycenae, Pompeii, Scandinavia, Jamaica (Spanish Town) and Tongaat, South Africa.

Author : G.R.H. Wright
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 587 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2022-11-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004532335

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Ancient Building in Cyprus by G.R.H. Wright Pdf

Author : Michael Heinzelmann,Cathalin Recko
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3948465266

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Quantifying Ancient Building Economy by Michael Heinzelmann,Cathalin Recko Pdf

Author : Charles Gates
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 0415121825

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Ancient Cities by Charles Gates Pdf

Ancient Cities is unusual in presenting this wide range of Old World cultures in such comprehensive detail, giving equal weight to the Preclassical and Classical periods and in shoeing the links between these ancient cultures." "Ancient Cities will be essential reading for university students in archaeology, ancient history, and classical studies and will also appeal to students of ancient civilizations at high-school level."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Giovanni Curatola
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015070750677

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The Art and Architecture of Mesopotamia by Giovanni Curatola Pdf

"The masterpieces discussed in these chapters are depicted in 217 illustrations, most of them full-color photographs, and following the main text is a visual guide to Iraq's principal archaeological sites, which provides a further 247 black-and-white photographs, maps, and plans. With its authoritative, up-to-date text and this wealth of illustrations, The Art and Architecture of Mesopotamia is an invaluable publication for anyone with an interest in humanity's cultural heritage."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Ömür Harmanşah
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781107311183

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Cities and the Shaping of Memory in the Ancient Near East by Ömür Harmanşah Pdf

This book investigates the founding and building of cities in the ancient Near East. The creation of new cities was imagined as an ideological project or a divine intervention in the political narratives and mythologies of Near Eastern cultures, often masking the complex processes behind the social production of urban space. During the Early Iron Age (c.1200–850 BCE), Assyrian and Syro-Hittite rulers developed a highly performative official discourse that revolved around constructing cities, cultivating landscapes, building watercourses, erecting monuments and initiating public festivals. This volume combs through archaeological, epigraphic, visual, architectural and environmental evidence to tell the story of a region from the perspective of its spatial practices, landscape history and architectural technologies. It argues that the cultural processes of the making of urban spaces shape collective memory and identity as well as sites of political performance and state spectacle.

Author : George R. H. Wright
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Architecture antique
ISBN : STANFORD:36105215320206

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Ancient Building Technology by George R. H. Wright Pdf

The wealth of excavation of ancient buildings in the past 50 years and the resulting flood of publications has created a demand for a survey of building practice in antiquity. This two-volume work deals with the techniques of setting together the fabric of ancient buildings: the manual and mechanical operations involved; the materials, tools and equipment used. "Ancient" here means from very first beginnings (origins) to the end of Late Antiquity (i.e. about 600 A.D.); as manifested geographically in the Old World of Europe and the Middle East (not sub-Saharan Africa, Further Asia, the Far East or New World). Building (the product and the process) is limited to architectural building and looks at the technology of civil engineering only where it introduces novelties. Technology here means the system of techniques used in the process of building construction rather than the science or theory of building. The 10 chapters of this first volume are intended to give a general perspective of animal building in the light of evolutionary biology, then of building in the Palaeolithic, Neolithic, Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Levanto-Aegean, Achaemenid, Greek, Roman, Late Antique -Early Christian / Byzantine / Sassanian contexts (with a weighting towards the lesser known prehistoric beginnings and late antique end). The second volume will focus on the technical details: materials of construction, structural systems, principles of construction and forms of construction.