Composite artefacts in the Ancient Near East :  exhibiting an imaginative materiality, showing a genealogical nature / 
edited by Silvana Di Paolo. 
 - Summertown, Oxford :  Archaeopress Publishing Ltd,  (c)2018. 
 - 1 online resource (1 online resource (vi, 96 pages)) :  illustrations (black and white, and colour) 
 - Archaeopress ancient Near Eastern archaeology ;  3 .
<br/><br/> Previously issued in print: 2018.  Available through Archaeopress Digital Subscription Service. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Silvana Di Paolo --  Introduction: New Lines of Enquiry for Composite Artefacts?; Section 1. The Planning: Materiality and Imagination; Silvana Di Paolo --  From Hidden to Visible. Degrees of Mental and Material Construction of an 'Integrated Whole' in the Ancient Near East; Alessandro Di Ludovico --  A Composite Look at the Composite Wall Decorations in the Early History of Mesopotamia; Section 2. Symbols in Action; Chikako Watanabe --  Composite Animals Representing the Property of Thunder in Mesopotamia.; Elisa Roßberger --  Shining, Contrasting, Enchanting: Composite Artefacts from the Royal Tomb of Qatna; Megan Cifarelli --  Entangled Relations over Geographical and Gendered Space: Multi-Component Personal Ornaments at Hasanlu; Section 3. Sum of Fragments, Sum of Worlds; Jean M. Evans --  Composing Figural Traditions in the Mesopotamian Temple; Frances Pinnock --  Polymaterism in Early Syrian Ebla; Anna Paule --  Near Eastern Materials, Near Eastern Techniques, Near Eastern Inspiration: Colourful Jewellery from Prehistoric, Protohistoric and Archaic Cyprus. 
<br/><br/> This volume represents a first attempt to conceptualise the construction and use of composite artefacts in the Ancient Near East by looking at the complex relationships between environments, materials, societies and materiality. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781784918545 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBB8I6755  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>019081346  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Antiquities--Social aspects--History--Middle East--To 1500.<br/>Technology and civilization--History--To 1500.<br/>Material culture.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS62  / .C667 2018 DS56