Tradition : transmission of culture in the ancient world /
This lavishly illustrated book takes readers from prehistoric Santorini to Late Antique Rome to analyze the role of tradition in the transmission of culture and the creation, maintenance and negotiation of identity in the ancient world. Covering a wide array of subjects, including cultic rituals and...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Copenhagen :
Museum Tusculanum,
2015.
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| Series: | Acta Hyperborea ;
14. |
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| Summary: | This lavishly illustrated book takes readers from prehistoric Santorini to Late Antique Rome to analyze the role of tradition in the transmission of culture and the creation, maintenance and negotiation of identity in the ancient world. Covering a wide array of subjects, including cultic rituals and the use of magical objects and symbols, votive traditions in Greek sanctuaries, funerary portraits and Iron Age pottery, Tradition reveals how culture inheres in each, and how actions and objects alike play a role in culture's continuation and change. With its thoroughly interdisciplinary approach, Tradition breaks new ground in studies of the classical and ancient world. |
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| Physical Description: | 493 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9788763542586 8763542587 |