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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Cambridge, United Kingdom :
Cambridge University Press,
[2017]
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- 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
- List of Online AppendicesBibliography; Index
