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Time and temporality in the ancient world / edited by Ralph M. Rosen.

Title
Time and temporality in the ancient world / edited by Ralph M. Rosen.
Publication
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, c2004.

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Additional Authors
  • Rosen, Ralph Mark
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • University of Pennsylvania. Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
Description
216 p. : ill., 1 map, 1 plan; 23 cm.
Subject
  • Time perception > History > Congresses
  • Time > History > Congresses
  • Chronology, Historical > Congresses
  • Time > History > To 1500 > Congresses
Genre/Form
  • Conference papers and proceedings
  • History
Note
  • "The chapters in this volume were originally presented at a conference at the University of Pennsylvania in April 2002"--Pref.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Ancient time across time / Ralph M. Rosen -- Temporality and the study of prehistory / John C. Barrett -- Shaping life in the Late Prehistoric and Romano-British periods / Chris Gosden -- Scholarly conceptions and quantifications of time in Assyria and Babylonia, c. 750-250 BCE / Eleanor Robson -- Concepts of time in classical India / Ludo Rocher -- Cyclical and teleological time in the Hebrew Bible / Marc Brettler -- Temporality and the fabric of space-time in early Chinese thought / David W. Pankenier -- Topographies of time in Hesiod / Alex Purves -- Greek chronographic traditions about the first Olympic Games / Astrid Möller -- Pagan and Christian notions of the week in the 4th century CD Western Roman Empire / Michele Renee Salzman.
ISBN
1931707677
OCLC
  • 54962516
  • SCSB-10297407
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library