Ancient Archives and Archival Traditions

Zusatztext ...a remarkable glimpse of the wider horizon which disciplinary boundaries usually discourage us from seeing. Informationen zum Autor Maria Brosius is Lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Newcastle Klappentext This interdisciplinary study offers a systematic approach to ancient archival documents from the Near East! the Mycenean world! and classical Greece. The contributions aim to achieve a richer understanding of archival documents--by addressing questions of formal aspects of creating! writing! and storing ancient documents--and to discover how concepts of record-keeping were adapted by different ancient societies in the ancient world. Zusammenfassung An interdisciplinary study that offers a systematic approach to ancient archival documents from the Near East, the Mycenean world, and classical Greece. This book addresses questions of formal aspects of creating, writing, and storing ancient documents, and how concepts of record-keeping were adapted by different societies in the ancient world.

Product details

• Authors: Maria Brosius
• Assisted by: Maria Brosius (Editor), Maria (Lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Newcastle) Brosius (Editor), Brosius Maria (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.03.2003
• EAN: 9780199252459
• ISBN: 978-0-19-925245-9
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 224 mm x 28 mm
• Series: Oxford Studies in Ancient Documents; Oxford Studies in Ancient Docu; Oxford Studies in Ancient Documents; Oxford Studies in Ancient Docu
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); History: specific events & topics, HISTORY / Ancient / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / World, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, General & world history, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, History: specific events and topics, Ancient History, Archaeology by period / region, General and world history, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Library, archive and information management, Library, Archive & Information Management