The Elamite world / edited by Javier Alvarez-Mon, Gian Pietro Basello, and Yasmina Wicks.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Alvarez-Mon, Javier, editor.

Basello, Gian Pietro, editor.

Wicks, Yasmina, editor.

Series:

Routledge worlds.

The Routledge worlds

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elamite language--Grammar.

Elamite language.

Elam--History.

Elam.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (993 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2018.

Summary:

"Amongst the civilizations to participate in the dynamic processes of contact and interchange that gave rise to complex societies in the ancient Near East, Elam has remained one of the most obscure, at times languishing in the background of scholarly inquiry. In recent years, however, an increasing body of academic publications have suggested that the legacy of Elam was more considerable and long-lasting than previously estimated.The Elamite World assembles a group of forty international scholars to contribute their expertise to the production of a solid, lavishly illustrated, English language treatment of Elamite civilization, covering topics such as its physical setting, historical development, languages and people, material culture, art, science, religion and society. Also treated are the legacy of Elam in the Persian empire and its presence in the modern world. This comprehensive and ambitious survey seeks for Elam, hardly a household name, a noteworthy place in our shared cultural heritage. It will be both a valuable introductory text for a general audience and a definitive reference source for students and academics."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

part, I Imagining Elam: The history of research and its sources

chapter Introduction / Javier Álvarez-Mon Gian Pietro Basello Yasmina Wicks

chapter One Ælam regio

Elam in Western scholarship from the Renaissance to the late 19th century / Daniel T. Potts

chapter Two Elam and the Bible / Peter Dubovský

chapter Three France and Elam / Nicole Chevalier

chapter Four Between orientalism and Persomania

The presentation of the Iranian collections at the Louvre / Marianne Cotty

chapter Five Elamite forgeries and the antiquities market / Oscar White Muscarella

part, II The land and peoples of Elam

chapter Six Physical geography and environment of Elam / Cameron A. Petrie Morteza Djamali Matthew D. Jones

chapter Seven Metals and mining / Barbara Helwing

chapter Eight The peoples of Elam / Ran Zadok

chapter Nine Elamites and Iranians 1 / Jan Tavernier

part, III Elam through history

chapter Ten The birth of Elam in history / Piotr Steinkeller

chapter Eleven The Old Elamite period / Luca Peyronel

chapter Twelve Elam in the Middle Elamite period / Behzad Mofidi-Nasrabadi

chapter Thirteen The last centuries of Elam

The Neo-Elamite period / Elynn Gorris Yasmina Wicks

part, IV Close encounters on the eastern and western fronts

chapter Fourteen Great Domino games

From Elam, looking eastwards / Massimo Vidale

chapter Fifteen Elam and Babylonia c. 1400–1100 BC / Ran Zadok

chapter Sixteen Elam and Assyria / Peter Dubovský

chapter Seventeen Propaganda and symbolism

Representations of the Elamites at the time of Ashurbanipal 1 / Shahrokh Razmjou

part, V Language and writing in Elam

chapter Eighteen Prehistoric administrative technologies and the ancient Near Eastern redistribution economy

The case of greater Susiana / Denise Schmandt-Besserat

chapter Nineteen The proto-Elamite writing system / Jacob L. Dahl

chapter Twenty Linear Elamite writing / François Desset

chapter Twenty-One The Elamite language / Jan Tavernier

chapter Twenty-Two Writing in Elam / Jean-Jacques Glassner

chapter Twenty-Three Elamite royal inscriptions / Florence Malbran-Labat

chapter Twenty-Four Elamite administration / Gian Pietro Basello Grazia Giovinazzo

part, VI The material culture of Elam

chapter Twenty-Five Elamite architecture / Behzad Mofidi-Nasrabadi

chapter Twenty-Six Elamite ceramics / Bernadette K. McCall

chapter Twenty-Seven The metal arts of Elam / François Bridey

chapter Twenty-Eight The industry of vitreous materials in Elam / Noëmi Daucé

chapter Twenty-Nine Origins of monumental sculpture in Elam

Two case studies / Holly Pittman

chapter Thirty The sculptural arts of Elam / Javier Álvarez-Mon

chapter Thirty-One Glyptic in the 4th–2nd millennium / Enrico Ascalone

chapter Thirty-Two Glyptic in the 1st millennium / Mark B. Garrison

chapter Thirty-Three Elamite dress and textiles 1 / Trudy S. Kawami

part, VII Elamite society

chapter Thirty-Four Cuneiform culture and science, calendars, and metrology in Elam / Gian Pietro Basello Enrico Ascalone

chapter Thirty-Five Elamite religion and ritual / Enrique Quintana

chapter Thirty-Six Elamite funerary practices / Hermann Gasche Steven W. Cole

chapter Thirty-Seven Women of Elam / Aurelie Daems

chapter Thirty-Eight Music / Bo Lawergren

part, VIII The legacy of Elam

chapter Thirty-Nine Elamite administrative and religious heritage in the Persian heartland / Wouter F.M. Henkelman

chapter Fourty The Elamite artistic heritage of Persia / Javier Álvarez-Mon

chapter Fourty-One Elam in Achaemenid studies / Adriano V. Rossi.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 1, 2018).

ISBN:

1-317-32984-8

1-315-65803-8

1-317-32983-X

9781315658032

OCLC:

1019648279