Hellenistic And Roman Gerasa

Author : Achim Lichtenberger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9782503590196
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hellenistic and Roman Gerasa written by Achim Lichtenberger and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Graeco-Roman Decapolis city of Gerasa was a flourishing centre of population from the Late Hellenistic up to the Early Islamic period. It was also home to a vibrant ceramics industry. Kilns found throughout the city, with a concentration in the Hippodrome, suggest that Gerasa was in fact a mass-production centre in the Decapolis region over a number of centuries, manufacturing a vast array of material to suit the changing needs of daily life. Drawing on finds yielded during excavations by the Danish-German Northwest Quarter Project and other archaeological projects, as well as the research undertaken within the Ceramics in Context project, this volume evaluates the pottery from Gerasa produced in the Late Hellenistic and Roman periods. Typology, development over time, and variations in the Gerasene pottery are explored, and rare examples of imported material are analysed in order to shed light both on the inner workings of the city, and on the networks that extended beyond Gerasa's walls. The contributions gathered here examine the archaeology and history of Gerasa and assess ceramic remains alongside other finds from both the city and neighbouring urban centres. In doing so, they seek to contextualize this material in a broader cultural and historical context, and to improve our understanding of consumption, trading, and networks in the wider Decapolis area."--Back cover.

Author : Achim Lichtenberger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9782503585048
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hellenistic and Roman Gerasa written by Achim Lichtenberger and published by . This book was released on 2020-08 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines local and imported ceramic wares from Gerasa, exploring this material in a broader cultural and historical context in order to improve our understanding of consumption, trading, and networks in the wider Decapolis area.00The Graeco-Roman Decapolis city of Gerasa was a flourishing centre of population from the Late Hellenistic up to the Early Islamic period. It was also home to a vibrant ceramics industry. Kilns found throughout the city, with a concentration in the Hippodrome, suggest that Gerasa was in fact a mass-production centre in the Decapolis region over a number of centuries, manufacturing a vast array of material to suit the changing needs of daily life.00Drawing on finds yielded during excavations by the Danish-German Northwest Quarter Project and other archaeological projects, as well as the research undertaken within the Ceramics in Context project, this volume evaluates the pottery from Gerasa produced in the Late Hellenistic and Roman periods. Typology, development over time, and variations in the Gerasene pottery are explored, and rare examples of imported material are analysed in order to shed light both on the inner workings of the city, and on the networks that extended beyond Gerasa?s walls. The contributions gathered here examine the archaeology and history of Gerasa and assess ceramic remains alongside other finds from both the city and neighbouring urban centres. In doing so, they seek to contextualize this material in a broader cultural and historical context, and to improve our understanding of consumption, trading, and networks in the wider Decapolis area.00Achim Lichtenberger and Rubina Raja are professors of classical archaeology and directors of the Danish-German Jerash Northwest Quarter Project. They are the founders of Jerash Papers.

Author : Ted Kaizer
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004167358
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Variety of Local Religious Life in the Near East written by Ted Kaizer and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2008 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This interdisciplinary collection of articles brings out the variety of local and regional patterns of worship in the Near East, and in this manner contributes to our quest for understanding the polytheistic cults of the region as a whole.

Author : Ted Kaizer
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1444339826
Total Pages : 580 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Companion to the Hellenistic and Roman Near East written by Ted Kaizer and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2022-01-06 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover a comprehensive and cross-disciplinary handbook exploring several sub-regions and key themes perfect for a new generation of students A Companion to the Hellenistic and Roman Near East delivers the first complete handbook in the area of Hellenistic and Roman Near Eastern history. The book is divided into sections dealing with interdisciplinary source material, each with a great deal of regional variety and engaging with several key themes. It integrates discussions of the classical Near East with the typical undergraduate teaching syllabus in the Anglo-Saxon world. All contributors in this edited volume are leading scholars in their field, with a combination of established researchers and academics, and emerging voices. Contributors hail from countries across several continents, and work in various disciplines, including Ancient History, Archaeology, Art History, Epigraphy, Numismatics, and Oriental Studies. In addition to furthering the integration of the Levantine lands in the classical periods into the teaching canon, the book offers readers: The first comprehensively structured Companion and edited handbook on the Hellenistic and Roman Near East Extensive regional and sub-regional variety in the cross-disciplinary source material A way to compensate for the recent destruction of monuments in the region and the new generation of researchers’ inability to examine these historical stages in person An integration of the study of the Hellenistic and Roman Near East with traditional undergraduate teaching syllabi in the Anglo-Saxon world Perfect for undergraduate history and classics students studying the Near East, A Companion to the Hellenistic and Roman Near East will also earn a place in the libraries of graduate students and scholars working within Near Eastern studies, as well as interested members of the public with a passion for history.

Author : Antoni A. Ostrasz†
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1784918148
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Hippodrome of Gerasa written by Antoni A. Ostrasz† and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2020-04-23 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the study of Roman circuses and the complex fieldwork for the restoration of the Jarash Hippodrome, a work in progress abruptly ended by the untimely death of Antoni A. Ostrasz in 1996. It aims to provide researchers as well as restorers of ancient monuments with unparalleled insights of architectural studies for anastyloses.

Author : Paul Cartledge
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 0415262771
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hellenistic and Roman Sparta written by Paul Cartledge and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This original and compelling account of later Spartan history challenges the conventional misperception of Spartan 'decline' after the loss of her status as a great power on the battlefield in 371 BC.

Author : David Kennedy
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472537742
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gerasa and the Decapolis written by David Kennedy and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-11-20 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the Long Classical Millennium (fourth century BC to eighth century AD), Northwest Jordan was part of two worlds, looking west to the Mediterranean as well as east towards the Arabian desert. It was not only a collection of distinctive micro-regions but a 'virtual island', isolated by geography on all sides. Here one finds historical and archaeological data of an intensity and quality probably superior to that of any region in the Near East other than Israel. This book exploits some of that evidence to explain the character of an unusual region with a dense network of cities and an unexpected surge of settlement which reached a peak and extent not encountered again until the mid-twentieth century. It explores and develops some of the principal themes one may investigate for the region of Northwest Jordan, but which often apply to the Near East as a whole.

Author : Iain Browning
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jerash and the Decapolis written by Iain Browning and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jerash, with Petra and Palmyra, is one of the three great classical city sites of the Near East. Set in a wide, fertile valley in the hills of Gilead in Jordan, Jerash is above all an outstanding example of a rich Roman provincial town, both in its plan and its architecture. It is also the best preserved of the cities of the Decapolis, a group of settlements of Hellenistic origin, first referred to in the Bible, whose shared history and culture extended from the time of Alexander the Great, through the Roman and Byzantine periods, to the advent of Islam. In addition to its magnificent legacy of Roman remains, Jerash has some fine examples of Byzantine art and architecture. To put the site into context, the author explores the history of Jerash and the other Decapolis cities, including the adventures and researches of the nineteenth- and twentieth-century travellers and scholars. Against this background, Jerash as it is today is then described and illustrated with 146 architectural drawings, plans, reconstructions, photographs and maps. Of special interest are the nineteenth-century photographs, which show what dramatic changes have taken place in the last hundred years.

Author : Svenska Cypern expedition
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Swedish Cyprus Expedition: pt.3.The Hellenistic and Roman periods in Cyprus,by O.Vessberg and A.Westholm written by Svenska Cypern expedition and published by . This book was released on 1934 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Shimon Applebaum
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004666648
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Judaea in Hellenistic and Roman Times written by Shimon Applebaum and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-08-14 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: