Pilgrimage and household in the ancient near East / Joy McCorriston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCorriston, Joy, 1961-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pilgrims and pilgrimages--Arabian Peninsula--History.

Pilgrims and pilgrimages.

Households.

History.

Antiquities.

Arabian Peninsula--Antiquities.

Arabian Peninsula.

Households--Iraq--History.

Iraq--Antiquities.

Iraq.

Physical Description:

xix, 291 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

Summary:

"In this book, Joy McCorriston examines the continuity of traditions over millennia in the Near East by focusing on the traditions of pilgrimage and household"--Provided by publisher.

"In this book, Joy McCorriston examines the continuity of traditions over millennia in the Near East. Tracing the phenomenon of pilgrimage in pre-Islamic Arabia up through the development of the Hajj, she defines its essential characteristics and emphasizes the critical role that pilgrimage plays in enabling and developing socioeconomic transactions. Indeed, the social identities constructed through pilgrimage are key to understanding the long-term endurance of the phenomenon. In the second part of the book, McCorriston turns to the household, using cases of ancient households in Mesopotamian societies, both in the private and public spheres. Her conclusions tie together broader theoretical implications generated by the study of the two phenomena and offer a new paradigm for archaeological study, which has traditionally focused on transitions to the exclusion of continuity of traditions"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. Why pilgrimage?; 3. Pilgrimage practice in Arabian antiquity; 4. The cattle shrine at Kheshiya and the origins of pilgrimage societies; 5. Household practice in Mesopotamian antiquity; 6. Neolithic houses and the scales of social practice; 7. Landscape as habitus and the tempo of social practice; 8. Conclusions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780521768511

0521768519

9780521137607

0521137608

OCLC:

642351657