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Rural cult centres in the Hauran : part of a broader network of the Near East (100 BC-AD 300)
- Title
- Rural cult centres in the Hauran : part of a broader network of the Near East (100 BC-AD 300) / Francesca Mazzilli.
- Author
- Mazzilli, Francesca
- Publication
- Summertown, Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, [2018]
- ©2018
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- Description
- viii, 200 pages : illustrations, maps; 29 cm.
- Summary
- "Rural Cult Centres in the Hauran: Part of the broader network of the Near East (100 BC-AD 300) challenges earlier scholars' emphasis on the role played by local identities and Romanisation in religion and religious architecture in the Roman Empire through the first comprehensive multidisciplinary analysis of rural cult centres in the Hauran (southern Syria) from the pre-Roman to the Roman period. The Hauran is an interesting and revealing area of study because it has been a geographical cross-point between different cultures over time. Inspired by recent theories on interconnectivity and globalisation, the monograph argues that cult centres, and the Hauran itself, are part of a human network at a macro level on the basis of analysis of archaeological, architectural, sculptural and epigraphic evidence and landscape. As a result of this multi-disciplinary approach, the text also re-assesses the social meaning of these sanctuaries, discusses the identity of the elite group that contributed financially to the building of sanctuaries, and attempts to reconstruct ritual and economic activities in cult centres. This book re-evaluates the significance of contacts between the elite of the Hauran and other cultures of the Near East in shaping cult sites; it includes a first catalogue of rural cult centres of the Hauran in the appendix."-- Back cover.
- Series Statement
- Archaeopress Roman archaeology ; 51
- Uniform Title
- Archaeopress Roman archaeology ; 51.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 144-161).
- Call Number
- JFG 19-87
- ISBN
- 1784919543
- 9781784919542
- OCLC
- 1084426870
- Author
- Mazzilli, Francesca, author.
- Title
- Rural cult centres in the Hauran : part of a broader network of the Near East (100 BC-AD 300) / Francesca Mazzilli.
- Publisher
- Summertown, Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, [2018]
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Archaeopress Roman archaeology ; 51Archaeopress Roman archaeology ; 51.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 144-161).
- Chronological Term
- To 1500
- Research Call Number
- JFG 19-87