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Author : Elspeth Dusinberre
Release : 2005-11-21
Genre : Antiques & Collectibles
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Book Synopsis Gordion Seals and Sealings by : Elspeth Dusinberre
Download or read book Gordion Seals and Sealings written by Elspeth Dusinberre. This book was released on 2005-11-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accompanying CD-ROM contains ... "[a]dditional figures accompanying the volume." -- disc label.
Author : Keith DeVries
Release : 1980-01-29
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis From Athens to Gordion by : Keith DeVries
Download or read book From Athens to Gordion written by Keith DeVries. This book was released on 1980-01-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nine papers in this volume, presented by former colleagues and students of the late Rodney S. Young, are representative of Young's archaeological interests: Athens, where he received his archaeological training, and Gordion, where he achieved his greatest successes. This book will prove valuable to students and scholars interested in the interconnections between Greece and Anatolia from the Bronze Age through classical times. University Museum Papers 1
Author : John Curtis
Release : 2010-03-30
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The World of Achaemenid Persia by : John Curtis
Download or read book The World of Achaemenid Persia written by John Curtis. This book was released on 2010-03-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interest and fascination in Achaemenid Persia has burgeoned in recent years. It is time for a major new appraisal of the glorious civilization founded by Cyrus the Great and continued by his successors, the Great Kings Darius I, Xerxes and Artaxerxes I. This volume offers precisely that: a sustained and comprehensive overview of the field of Achaemenid studies by leading scholars and experts. It discusses all aspects of Achaemenid history and archaeology between 550 BCE and 330 BCE, and embraces the whole vast territory of the Persian Empire from North Africa to India and from Central Asia to the Persian Gulf. Topics covered in this title include aspects of Achaemenid religion, administration, material culture, ethnicity, gender and the survival of Achaemenid traditions. The publication of the book is an event: it represents a watershed not only in better appreciation and understanding of the rich and complex cultural heritage established by Cyrus, but also of the lasting significance of the Achaemenid kings and the impact that their remarkable civilization has had on wider Persian and Middle Eastern history. First published by I.B.Tauris in association with the Iran Heritage Foundation
Author : Elspeth R. M. Dusinberre
Release : 2013-04-29
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Empire, Authority, and Autonomy in Achaemenid Anatolia by : Elspeth R. M. Dusinberre
Download or read book Empire, Authority, and Autonomy in Achaemenid Anatolia written by Elspeth R. M. Dusinberre. This book was released on 2013-04-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Achaemenid Persian Empire (550-330 BCE) was a vast and complex sociopolitical structure that encompassed much of modern-day Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Israel, Egypt, Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan, and included two dozen distinct peoples who spoke different languages, worshiped different deities, lived in different environments, and had widely differing social customs. This book offers a radical new approach to understanding the Achaemenid Persian Empire and imperialism more generally. Through a wide array of textual, visual, and archaeological material, Elspeth R. M. Dusinberre shows how the rulers of the empire constructed a system flexible enough to provide for the needs of different peoples within the confines of a single imperial authority and highlights the variability in response. This book examines the dynamic tensions between authority and autonomy across the empire, providing a valuable new way of considering imperial structure and development.
Author : Lynn E. Roller
Release : 2011-09-01
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis Incised Drawings from Early Phrygian Gordion by : Lynn E. Roller
Download or read book Incised Drawings from Early Phrygian Gordion written by Lynn E. Roller. This book was released on 2011-09-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1950, the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology began excavations at the ancient Phrygian capital of Gordion in central Turkey. The Museum's Gordion Project continues today, with researchers from many disciplines and with many specializations contributing to a growing—and sometimes changing—body of information and understanding about this complex and multifaceted site, inhabited by peoples and diverse civilizations for millennia. In this volume of Gordion Special Studies, Lynn E. Roller focuses on a series of stone blocks with incised figural and abstract drawings recovered from early Phrygian structures at Gordion. The great majority of the incised stones come from a single structure within the Early Phrygian citadel at Gordion known as Megaron 2, a stone building with several remarkable features and a likely candidate for the citadel's temple. The volume begins with a description of the excavation of the stones and a discussion of Megaron 2. Next is an analysis of the subject matter of the drawings by type, describing scenes of human figures, animals, architectural drawings, geometric patterns, and formless marks. A discussion follows of the sources from which the drawings could have been taken and of parallels with similar scenes and designs on objects in other media from Gordion and other contemporary sites in Anatolia. The fourth section proposes an explanatory hypothesis on the origin of the drawings, and considers who could have made them and why. Parallels with comparable drawings from Anatolia and the Near East are discussed here. The final section summarizes the contribution of the drawings to our understanding of the development of the Early Phrygian material at Gordion. University Museum Monograph, 130
