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Mortuary Landscapes of North Africa
Contributor(s): Stone, David (Editor), Stirling, Lea (Editor)
ISBN: 0802090834     ISBN-13: 9780802090836
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
OUR PRICE:   $105.45  
Product Type: Hardcover
Published: November 2006
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Archaeology
Dewey: 306.909
Series: Phoenix Supplementary Volumes
Physical Information: 1" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.20 lbs) 270 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - North Africa
 
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Publisher Description:

Cemetery and landscape studies have been hallmarks of North African archaeology for more than one hundred years. Mortuary Landscapes of North Africa is the first book to combine these two fields by considering North African cemeteries within the context of their wider landscapes. This unique perspective allows for new interpretations of notions of identity, community, imperial influence, and sacred space.

Based on a wealth of material research from current fieldwork, this collection of essays investigates how North African funerary monuments acted as regional boundaries, markers of identity and status, and barometers of cultural change. The essays cover a broad range in terms of space and time - from southern Libya to eastern Algeria, and from the seventh century BCE to the seventh century CE. A comprehensive introduction explains the importance of the 'landscape perspective' that these studies bring to North African funerary monuments, while individual case-studies address such topics as the African way of death among the Garamantes, the ritual reasons for the location of certain Early Christian tombs, Punic burials, Roman cupula tombs, and the effects of rapid state formation and imperial incorporation on tomb builders. Unique in both scope and perspective, this volume will prove invaluable to a cross-section of archaeological scholars.


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