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The archaeology of verbal and nonverbal meaning : Mesopotamian domestic architecture and its textual dimension

Title
The archaeology of verbal and nonverbal meaning : Mesopotamian domestic architecture and its textual dimension / Paolo Brusasco.
Author
Brusasco, Paolo.
Publication
Oxford, England : Archaeopress : Available from Hadrian Books, 2007.

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Description
v, 147 p. : ill., maps, plans; 30 cm.
Summary
"Mesopotamian houses excavated at Ur and Nippur represent a unique archaeological context for the analysis of the interaction of verbal and nonverbal sign systems in that archaeologists can combine archival evidence of the III-II millennium BC with well-preserved house layouts. This work provides a general framework for the interpretation of other sites where textual evidence is absent or not in context. Although the aims of the book are multiple, the main objective is theoretical: The author goes beyond the interpretation of Mesopotamian domestic sociology and offers a semiotic theory of verbal and nonverbal meanings, useful for archaeology in general"--Publisher's web site.
Series Statement
BAR international series ; 1631
Alternative Title
Mesopotamian domestic architecture and its textual dimension
Subject
  • Architecture, Domestic > Iraq
  • Architecture, Ancient > Iraq
  • Dwellings > Iraq > History > To 1500
  • Semiotics and archaeology > Iraq
  • Visual communication > Iraq > History > To 1500
  • Semiotics and archaeology
  • Ur (Extinct city)
  • Nippur (Extinct city)
  • Iraq > Antiquities
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-139) and index.
ISBN
  • 9781407300450 (pbk.)
  • 1407300458 (pbk.)
LCCN
2007407682
OCLC
  • ocn144617065
  • SCSB-1438443
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library