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Jewelry from the Iron Age II Levant

Golani, Amir (2013). Jewelry from the Iron Age II Levant. Fribourg / Göttingen: Academic Press / Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.

Abstract

Jewelry has always had an irresistible allure yet in the past also had a significance and function within society that went far beyond ornamentation. Jewelry is an important, if often forgotten facet of material culture. Its study is inter-disciplinary, involving archaeology, anthropology, art history, historical/textual studies, and research of materials and manufacturing techniques. While the renowned jewelry from regions such as Egypt and Mesopotamia has been studied, that of the southern Levant has received only limited attention, yet research of its archaeological/contextual, technological and socio-cultural perspectives is illuminating.
The book is a final publication of the author‘s doctoral dissertation made available to the archaeological and academic community at large. It is geared to be a working tool for archaeologists dealing in this period and region and to scholars who study its arts and crafts. The book provides a handy typological structure for jewelry classification as well as a comprehensive andf useful catalogue for research in this and related fields. In addition, it illustrates the significance, meaning and functions of jewelry and the development of the jeweler‘s craft in the southern Levant during the first and second millennia BCE.

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Item Type:Monograph
Communities & Collections:Special Collections > Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis. Series Archaeologica
Dewey Decimal Classification:200 Religion
290 Other religions
930 History of ancient world (to ca. 499)
Language:English
Date:2013
Deposited On:25 Apr 2017 12:35
Last Modified:31 Jul 2020 01:03
Publisher:Academic Press / Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Series Name:Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis. Series Archaeologica
Volume:34
Number of Pages:330
ISBN:978-3-7278-1733-5
OA Status:Green
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