The archaeology of death in Roman Syria : burial, commemoration, and empire /

Jong, Lidewijde de,

The archaeology of death in Roman Syria : burial, commemoration, and empire / Lidewijde de Jong. - Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, (c)2017.. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover; Half title; Frontispiece; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables and Charts; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Locating the Dead: Space, Landscape, and Cemetery Organization; 2 The Tomb: Architecture and Decoration; 3 Gifts for the Dead: Function and Distribution of Grave Goods; 4 The Dead: Bones, Portraits, and Epitaphs; 5 Funerary Beliefs: Differentiation, Continuity, and Change in Ritual; 6 The Global and the Local: Romanization, Globalization, and the Syrian Cemetery; Postscript; Appendix 1. Sites; Appendix 2. Tomb Types List of Online AppendicesBibliography; Index

This book sheds new light on funerary customs in Roman Syria, offering a novel way of understanding its provincial culture.



9781108224222


Funeral rites and ceremonies--Syria.
Burial--Syria.
Human remains (Archaeology)--Syria.
Death.


Electronic Books.

GT3150 / .A734 2017