Jebel Bishri in context : introduction to the archaeological studies and the neighbourhood of Jebel Bishri in central Syria : Proceedings of a Nordic research training seminar in Syria, May 2004 / edited by Minna Lönnqvist.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Silver, Minna

Series:

BAR international series ; 1817.

BAR international series ; 1817

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Syria--Antiquities.

Syria.

Antiquities.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Syria.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Physical Description:

vi, 126 pages : illustrations, maps ; 30 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Archaeopres., 2008.

Contents:

Towards a specialised food production: a look at Jebel Bishri / Nils Anfinset

Nomadic life in central and eastern Syria: a perspective from the present life on Badiyah to the Amorite nomadism in the bronze age / Bonnie Nilhamn

Aspects of intercultural relations in the old Babylonian period: the contacts between Mari and Hazor as a case study / Kristina Josephson Hesse

The archaeological potential of Assyro-Aramaean hostility on the Euphrates side of Jebel Bishri: implications of battlefield archaeology / Kim Darmark

Palmyra: identity expressed through architecture and art / Sermin Anadol

The tax law of Palmyra and the introduction of the Roman monetary system to Syria: a re-evaluation / Kenneth Lönnqvist

Trade routes of Palmyra, with special notes on western routes in the Palmyrene trade / Eivind Heldaas Seland

Dura Europos: the final siege and abandonment / Charlotte Stuhr Børlit

Fortresses and ecclesiae on the imperial frontier of Byzantium, the architectural influence of Constantinople on Resafa-Sergiopolis and Zenobia in Syria / Hanna-Riitta Toivanen.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781407303031

1407303031

OCLC:

248535428