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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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Details
- 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
- 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