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The World of the Nabataeans - Volume 2 of the International Conference The World of the Herods and the Nabataeans held at the British Museum, 17-19 April, 2001

English · Paperback / Softback

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Contents
Konstantinos D. Politis: Prologue
Norman Lewis: The Rediscovery of Petra, 1807-1818
Robert Wenning: The Nabataeans in History (Before AD 106)
John F. Healey: Nabataeans Inscriptions: Language and Script
John R. Bartlett: Nabataean Religion
Joseph Patrich: Nabataean Art between East and West: A methodical Assessment
Laurent Tholbecq: Nabataean Monumental Architecture
Bernhard Kolb: Nabataean Dwellings: Domestic Architecture and Interior Decoration
David Graf: Nabataeans under Roman Rule (After AD 106)
Konstantinos D. Politis: Nabataean Cultural Continuity into the Byzantine Period
Fazwi Zayadine: The Spice Trade from South Arabia and India to Nabataea and Palestine
John P. Oleson: Nabataean Water Supply, Irrigation and Agriculture
Jacqueline Studer: Animal Exploitation in the Nabataean World
Peter J. Parr: The Urban Development of Petra
Hero Granger-Taylor: Textiles of the Graeco-Roman Period from the Dead Sea Region
Stephan G. Schmid: Nabataean Fine-ware Pottery
James R. B. Mason: Experimenting the Manufacture of Nabataean Fine-ware Pottery
Julian M. C. Bowsher: Monetary Interchange in Nabataean Petra
Steven Rosen: The Nabataeans as Pastoral Nomads. An Archaeological Perspective
Zaki Aslan: The Cultural and Heritage Management of Petra p Glen W. Bowersock: Conclusion

List of contents

Aus dem Inhalt:
Konstantinos D. Politis:Prologue
Norman Lewis:The Rediscovery of Petra, 1807-1818
Robert Wenning:The Nabataeans in History (Before AD 106)
John F. Healey:Nabataeans Inscriptions: Language and Script
John R. Bartlett:Nabataean Religion
Joseph Patrich:Nabataean Art between East and West: A methodical Assessment
Laurent Tholbecq:Nabataean Monumental Architecture
Bernhard Kolb:Nabataean Dwellings: Domestic Architecture and Interior Decoration
David Graf:Nabataeans under Roman Rule (After AD 106)
Konstantinos D. Politis:Nabataean Cultural Continuity into the Byzantine Period
Fazwi Zayadine:The Spice Trade from South Arabia and India to Nabataea and Palestine
John P. Oleson:Nabataean Water Supply, Irrigation and Agriculture
Jacqueline Studer:Animal Exploitation in the Nabataean World
Peter J. Parr:The Urban Development of Petra
Hero Granger-Taylor:Textiles of the Graeco-Roman Period from the Dead Sea Region
Stephan G. Schmid:Nabataean Fine-ware Pottery
James R. B. Mason:Experimenting the Manufacture of Nabataean Fine-ware Pottery
Julian M. C. Bowsher:Monetary Interchange in Nabataean Petra
Steven Rosen:The Nabataeans as Pastoral Nomads. An Archaeological Perspective
Zaki Aslan:The Cultural and Heritage Management of Petra p Glen W. Bowersock: Conclusion

Report

"both volumes will long remain standard references on the Herodian and Nabataean cultures as well as a model for a conference presenting a combined image of syncretic cultures." Zbigniew T. Fiema Arctos 43, 2009

Product details

Assisted by Konstantino D Politis (Editor), Konstantinos D. Politis (Editor)
Publisher Franz Steiner Verlag
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 01.01.2007
 
EAN 9783515088169
ISBN 978-3-515-08816-9
No. of pages 392
Weight 950 g
Illustrations zahlr. Abb.
Series Alte Geschichte
Oriens et Occidens
Oriens et Occidens
Alte Geschichte
Subject Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity

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