The archaeology of death in Roman Syria : burial, commemoration, and empire /

This book sheds new light on funerary customs in Roman Syria, offering a novel way of understanding its provincial culture.

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Main Author: Jong, Lidewijde de (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, [2017]
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505 0 |a Cover; Half title; Frontispiece; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables and Charts; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Locating the Dead: Space, Landscape, and Cemetery Organization; 2 The Tomb: Architecture and Decoration; 3 Gifts for the Dead: Function and Distribution of Grave Goods; 4 The Dead: Bones, Portraits, and Epitaphs; 5 Funerary Beliefs: Differentiation, Continuity, and Change in Ritual; 6 The Global and the Local: Romanization, Globalization, and the Syrian Cemetery; Postscript; Appendix 1. Sites; Appendix 2. Tomb Types 
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