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Lived Religion in the Ancient Mediterranean World
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 647

Lived Religion in the Ancient Mediterranean World

The Lived Ancient Religion project has radically changed perspectives on ancient religions and their supposedly personal or public character. This volume applies and further develops these methodological tools, new perspectives and new questions. The religious transformations of the Roman Imperial period appear in new light and more nuances by comparative confrontation and the integration of many disciplines. The contributions are written by specialists from a variety of disciplinary contexts (Jewish Studies, Theology, Classics, Early Christian Studies) dealing with the history of religion of the Mediterranean, West-Asian, and European area from the (late) Hellenistic period to the (early) Middle Ages and shaped by their intensive exchange. From the point of view of their respective fields of research, the contributors engage with discourses on agency, embodiment, appropriation and experience. They present innovative research in four fields also of theoretical debate, which are “Experiencing the Religious”, “Switching the Code”, „A Thing Called Body“ and “Commemorating the Moment”.

Aristocrats and Statehood in Western Iberia, 300-600 C.E.
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 325

Aristocrats and Statehood in Western Iberia, 300-600 C.E.

In a distant corner of the late antique world, along the Atlantic river valleys of western Iberia, local elite populations lived through the ebb and flow of empire and kingdoms as historical agents with their own social strategies. Contrary to earlier historiographical accounts, these aristocrats were not oppressed by a centralized Roman empire or its successor kingdoms; nor was there an inherent conflict between central states and local elites. Instead, Damián Fernández argues, there was an interdependency of state and local aristocracies. The upper classes embraced state projects to assert their ascendancy within their communities. By doing so, they enacted statehood at the local level, ...

The Human Factor
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 510

The Human Factor

The Human Factor establishes a foundation for the study of ancient demography in the Iberian Peninsula, focusing on its largest province, Hispania Citerior/Tarraconensis. The authors take a multidisciplinary approach, compiling archaeological, epigraphic, architectonic, osteological, and genetic datasets. This comprehensive and detailed study of a single province is necessary to generate accurate demographic estimates and to compare it with datasets from other regions and historical periods. By examining the province of Hispania Citerior/Tarraconensis in depth, the authors provide a detailed understanding of demographic patterns, urbanism, and urbanization rates over time, and link them with...

Medieval Territories
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 420

Medieval Territories

This volume brings together 18 case studies investigating territory in the Middle Ages from an archaeological perspective. It offers contributions from prestigious professors, such as Flocel Sabaté and Jesús Brufal, and a selected set of young researchers. It promotes new perspectives on territory studies through innovative research methods. The case studies are organized chronologically from the end of the Roman Empire to the end of the Middle Ages, focusing especially on cases in Portugal, Spain and Italy, in order to provide a Mediterranean perspective. The volume explores a range of topics, from aspects of methodological informatics in the valley of Ager in Catalonia, the evolution of prosperous cities in the Middle Ages (such as Braga, Pisa and Milan), the transformation of the early medieval rural space to the long evolution of island territories (Sardinia), and the influence of the military actions, the political power and the religious architecture on the landscape in the Iberian and the Italian Peninsula, among other topics. As such, this publication offers a variety of new insights into the study of medieval territory.

International Congress of Roman Frontier Studies 20
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1684

International Congress of Roman Frontier Studies 20

This massive three volume set publishes the proceedings of the 2006 Limes conference which was held in Leon, a total of 138 contributions. Naturally these cover a vast range of topics related to Roman military archaeology and the Roman frontiers. The archaeology of the Roman military in Spain, and contributions by Spanish scholars are prominent, whilst other themes include the internal frontiers, the end of the frontiers and the barbarians in the empire, the fortified town in the late Roman period, soldiers on the move and the early development of frontiers . Further sessions had a regional focus. Majority of essays in English, some in Spanish, German and Italian

Actas de los X Cursos Monográficos sobre el Patrimonio Histórico
  • Language: es
  • Pages: 446

Actas de los X Cursos Monográficos sobre el Patrimonio Histórico

  • Categories: Art

Se abordan en esta obra cinco temas del Patrimonio Histórico: “La peritación de obras de arte”, “Patrimonio y turismo. Rentabilidad económica y social del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural”, “Patrimonio arquitectónico. Paisaje y Territorio”, “Exposiciones temporales. De la teoría a la práctica” y “Técnicas aplicadas al Patrimonio”.

National Union Catalog
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1032

National Union Catalog

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1983
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  • Publisher: Unknown

Includes entries for maps and atlases.

Conimbriga: Revista de Arqueologia Vol. 55
  • Language: pt-BR
  • Pages: 353

Conimbriga: Revista de Arqueologia Vol. 55

Iniciada em 1959, apresenta maioritariamente trabalhos de arqueologia romana, mas inclui também artigos sobre arqueologia pré-histórica e História Antiga em geral. Os artigos, redigidos principalmente em português, são antecedidos de sumários em francês ou inglês; no entanto, está a inserir, cada vez mais, trabalhos noutras línguas.

Roman Roads
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 442

Roman Roads

This volume aims to present the current state of research on Roman roads and their foundations in a combined historical and archaeological perspective. The focus is on the diverse local histories and the varying degrees of significance of individual roads and regional networks, which are treated here for the most important regions of the empire and beyond. The assembled contributions will be of interest to historians, archaeologists and epigraphers, since they tackle matters as diverse as the technical modalities of road-building, the choice of route, but also the functionality and the motives behind the creation of roads. Roman roads are further intimately related to various important aspec...

Towards a History of the Basque Language
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 374

Towards a History of the Basque Language

Questions related to the origin and history of the Basque language spark considerable interest, since it is the only surviving pre-Indo-European language in western Europe. However, until now, there was no readily available source in English providing answers to these questions or giving an overview of past and current research in this area. This book is intended to partly fill this void. The book contains both state-of-the-art papers which summarize our knowledge about particular areas of Basque historical linguistics, and articles presenting new hypotheses and points of view based on hard evidence and careful analysis. All contributors to this volume have demonstrated expertise in the topic within Basque historical linguistics that their chapter addresses. Two classical articles by the late Luis Michelena are included in English translation. In addition, the book includes studies on diachronic phonology, morphology and syntax. The relation of Basque to other languages is also investigated in a couple of chapters.