Rural cult centres in the Hauran : part of a broader network of the Near East (100 BC-AD 300) / Francesca Mazzilli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mazzilli, Francesca, author.

Series:

Archaeopress Roman archaeology ; 51.

Archaeopress Roman archaeology ; 51

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Semitic cults--Syria--Hauran--History--To 1500.

Semitic cults.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Syria--Hauran.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Antiquities.

History.

Hauran (Syria)--Antiquities.

Hauran (Syria).

Syria--History--333 B.C.-634 A.D.

Syria.

Syria--Hauran.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

viii, 200 pages : illustrations, maps ; 30 cm.

Other Title:

Rural cult centers in the Hauran

Place of Publication:

Summertown, Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, [2018]

Language Note:

In English with some Ancient Greek inscriptions.

Summary:

"Rural Cult Centres in the Hauran: Part of the broader network of the Near East (100 BC-AD 300) challenges earlier scholars' emphasis on the role played by local identities and Romanisation in religion and religious architecture in the Roman Empire through the first comprehensive multidisciplinary analysis of rural cult centres in the Hauran (southern Syria) from the pre-Roman to the Roman period. The Hauran is an interesting and revealing area of study because it has been a geographical cross-point between different cultures over time. Inspired by recent theories on interconnectivity and globalisation, the monograph argues that cult centres, and the Hauran itself, are part of a human network at a macro level on the basis of analysis of archaeological, architectural, sculptural and epigraphic evidence and landscape. As a result of this multi-disciplinary approach, the text also re-assesses the social meaning of these sanctuaries, discusses the identity of the elite group that contributed financially to the building of sanctuaries, and attempts to reconstruct ritual and economic activities in cult centres. This book re-evaluates the significance of contacts between the elite of the Hauran and other cultures of the Near East in shaping cult sites; it includes a first catalogue of rural cult centres of the Hauran in the appendix."-- Back cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 144-161).

ISBN:

1784919543

9781784919542

OCLC:

1084426870

Publisher Number:

99981826923