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Palmyrena : city, hinterland and caravan trade between Orient and Occident : proceedings of the conference held in Athens, December 1-3, 2012 / edited by JÃ ̧rgen Christian Meyer, Eivind Heldaas Seland and Nils Anfinset.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Meyer, JÃ ̧rgen Christian, editor.
Seland, Eivind Heldaas, editor.
Anfinset, Nils, editor.
JSTOR (Online Service)
George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
Series:
Archaeopress archaeology
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Excavations (Archaeology).
Tadmur (Syria)--History--Congresses.
Tadmur (Syria).
Tadmur (Syria)--Antiquities--Congresses.
Tadmur (Syria)--Commerce--Congresses.
Excavations (Archaeology)--Syria--Tadmur--Congresses.
Syria--Tadmur.
Genre:
Conference papers and proceedings.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (vi, 183 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color.
Place of Publication:
Oxford [England] : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd,, [2016]
System Details:
text file
Contents:
Introduction / JÃ ̧rgen Christian Meyer, Eivind Heldaas Seland, Nils Anfinset
Palmyra, Pastoral Nomads, and City-State Kings in the Old Babylonian Period: Interaction in the Semi-Arid Syrian Landscape / Kristina J. Hesse
The Venice of the Sands: Palmyrene Trade Revisited / Michael Sommer
Trade Across Frontiers: Foreign Relations of a Caravan City / Michał Gawlikowski
Palmyra and the Chinese Silk Trade / Marta Żuchowska
The Palmyrene Temple in Rome and Palmyra's Trade with the West / Taco T. Terpstra
The Road from Palmyra to Damascus in the Tabula Peutingeriana / Paola Mior
The Stage of Palmyra: Colonnaded Streets, Spaces for Communication and Activities in the Eastern Roman Empire / Claudia Bührig
Geophysical Prospection by Ground- and Space-based Methods of the Ancient Town of Palmyra (Syria) / Roland Linck
The Palmyrene Gods in the Works of M.I. Rostovtzeff and C. Hopkins / Pavel Alipov
A Roman Residential House in the 'Hellenistic' Town of Palmyra: Archaeology, Function and Urban Aspects - Vessel Glass / Christine Ertel and René Ploye
Seleucid, Roman, and Mesopotamian Influence in Palmyrene Pottery and the Question of a Palmyrene Identity / Christiane Römer-Strehl
Excavation of No. 129-b House Tomb at the North Necropolis in Palmyra / Kiyohide Saito
The Vessels in Palmyrene Banquet Scenes: Tomb BWLH and BWRP and Tomb TYBL / Saeko Miyashita
On the Human Skeletal Remains Excavated from the Underground Tombs in Palmyra / Takahiro Nakahashi
Inorganic Impurities in Teeth
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on print version record.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
ISBN:
9781784912802
1784912808
Publisher Number:
99984056167
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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