Publication

2015 - Museum Tusculanum Press

Language

English

Word Count

120,000 words, Guess

Page Count

480 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139788763542586
  • ISBN-108763542587
  • Library of Congress Control Number2015400459
  • OCLC Control Number891615947
  • Better World Books9788763542586
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Classifications

  • LCCCB311
  • LCCDE59 .T73 2015
  • LCCDE46 .T73x 2015

Description

This lavishly illustrated book takes readers from prehistoric Santorini to Late Antique Rome to analyze the role of tradition in the transmission of culture and the creation, maintenance, and negotiation of identity in the ancient world. Covering a wide array of subjects, including cultic rituals and the use of magical objects and symbols, votive traditions in Greek sanctuaries, funerary portraits, and Iron Age pottery, Tradition reveals how culture inheres in each, and how actions and objects alike play a role in culture's continuation and change. With its thoroughly interdisciplinary approach, Tradition breaks new ground in studies of the classical and ancient world. --

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