Culture through Objects: Ancient Near Eastern Studies in Honour of P. R. S. Moorey (Griffith Institute Publications)

<p>Published in honour of P. R. S. Moorey, one of the foremost Near Eastern scholars of his generation, this book brings together nineteen studies on the archaeology of the ancient Near East. The volume focuses on three main themes that have been central to Moorey's extensive contributions to the field: tracking cultural transfers, understanding images, and the study of ancient materials and manufacture. Ranging widely in time and space from Egypt to Central Asia and from the Neolithic to the Sasanian period, the studies are linked by their shared methodology, namely a commitment to the crucial role played by objects in the reconstruction of past cultures and the recognition of the importance of contextual analysis in evaluating the material evidence. Topics include: the origins of pharaonic iconography, the spread of writing, stone vessels, prehistoric figurines, the iconography of seals, early metallurgy, ancient cuisine and the use of works of art in ancient societies.</p>

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Potts, Timothy

Roaf, M.

Stein, Diana

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Griffith Institute

Published in honour of P. R. S. Moorey, one of the foremost Near Eastern scholars of his generation, this book brings together nineteen studies on the archaeology of the ancient Near East. The volume focuses on three main themes that have been central to Moorey's extensive contributions to the field: tracking cultural transfers, understanding images, and the study of ancient materials and manufacture. Ranging widely in time and space from Egypt to Central Asia and from the Neolithic to the Sasanian period, the studies are linked by their shared methodology, namely a commitment to the crucial role played by objects in the reconstruction of past cultures and the recognition of the importance of contextual analysis in evaluating the material evidence. Topics include: the origins of pharaonic iconography, the spread of writing, stone vessels, prehistoric figurines, the iconography of seals, early metallurgy, ancient cuisine and the use of works of art in ancient societies.

This second published fascicule of the Final Report on the excavations at Tepe Nush-i Jan, in western Iran, provides a summary log of the five seasons of excavation conducted between 1967 and 1977 as well as a comprehensive description of the nature of the monumental, exceptionally well preserved buildings of the site's main Median occupation. The excavations at Tepe Nush-i Jan were sponsored by the British Institute of Persian Studies and the present account is co-authored by David Stronach, who directed the project from its inception, and by Michael Roaf, who served as the assistant director for all but the first of the five seasons. At a time when most of the colorful Herodotean version of Median history is being increasingly doubted, and at a moment when even the existence of a unified pre-Achaemenid Median kingdom is being seriously questioned, the authors contend that one of the best guides to the contributions that the Medes themselves made to the history, religion and material culture of Iran in the 7th and 6th centuries BC is likely to come from the identification and excavation of further sites from western and northern Iran that can be shown to share certain of the more distinctive characteristics of the extensively excavated Median settlement at Tepe Nush-i Jan.

Nush-i Jan I. The Major Buildings of the Median Settlement (British Institute of Persian Studies)

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