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Far from the river: physical and metaphorical use of the territory and its water resources in Early and Middle Bronze Age Syria

Published in Origini n. XLII/2018. Rivista annuale del Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Antichità – “Sapienza” Università di Roma | Preistoria e protostoria delle civiltà antiche – Prehistory and protohistory of ancient civilizations

by Davide Nadali, Frances Pinnock ...

The development of the so-called secondary urban civilizations is related to the capacity/necessity to exploit ecosystems different from those created by the presence of large rivers. In north inner Syria the different ecosystems and the possibilities they offered were exploited in a most effective way, leading to the birth and development of complex urban systems, which flourished during the ... Read more

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The development of the so-called secondary urban civilizations is related to the capacity/necessity to exploit ecosystems different from those created by the presence of large rivers. In north inner Syria the different ecosystems and the possibilities they offered were exploited in a most effective way, leading to the birth and development of complex urban systems, which flourished during the
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Origini - XLII

Preistoria e Protostoria delle Civiltà Antiche - Prehistory and Protohistory of Ancient Civilizations

by Marcella Frangipane, Linda Manzanilla, Guillermo Algaze, Reinhard Bernbeck, Pascal Butterlin, Andrea Cardarelli, Alberto Cazzella, R. Alan Covey, Terence N. D'Altroy0, Pierre de Miroschedji1, Gary M. Feinman2, Maria Carmela Gatto3, Dominique Michelet4, Lucia Mori5, Davide Nadali6, Linda M. Nicholas7, Hans J. Nissen8, Philippe Nondédéo9, Frances Pinnock0, Susan Pollock1, Giulia Recchia2, David Wengrow3 ...

THEMATIC ISSUE: RETHINKING URBANIZATION AND ITS LIVING LANDSCAPES FROM THE INSPIRING PERSPECTIVE OF A GREAT “MAESTRO” Edited by Marcella Frangipane and Linda Manzanilla INTRODUCTION. THE MANY DIMENSIONS OF THE “CITY” IN EARLY SOCIETIES Marcella Frangipane THE ORIGINS OF CIVIC LIFE – A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE David Wengrow MESOPOTAMIA AND NEIGHBOURING REGIONS SIXTY YEARS AFTER CITY INVINCIBLE, SURVEYS ... Read more

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THEMATIC ISSUE: RETHINKING URBANIZATION AND ITS LIVING LANDSCAPES FROM THE INSPIRING PERSPECTIVE OF A GREAT “MAESTRO” Edited by Marcella Frangipane and Linda Manzanilla INTRODUCTION. THE MANY DIMENSIONS OF THE “CITY” IN EARLY SOCIETIES Marcella Frangipane THE ORIGINS OF CIVIC LIFE – A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE David Wengrow MESOPOTAMIA AND NEIGHBOURING REGIONS SIXTY YEARS AFTER CITY INVINCIBLE, SURVEYS
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Origini - XXXIX

Preistoria e protostoria delle civiltà antiche - Prehistory and protohistory of ancient civilizations

by Giorgia Agresti, Silvia Alaura, Ebru Albayrak, Mario Amore, Magda Bordigoni, Filippo Bozzo, Giorgio Brocato, Isabella Caneva, Patrizia Costa, Gian Maria Di Nocera, Emilia Gallo, Philip Jones, Coskun Köysu, Cristina Lemorini, Federico Manuelli, Francesco Marano, Azzurra Mascelloni, Naomi F. Miller, Federico Moresi, Lucia Mori, Davide Nadali, Marco Pacciarelli, Fabio Parenti, Giancarlo Pastura, Claudia Pelosi, Holly Pittman, Elena Pizzo, Andrea Polcaro, Fabio Rossi, Ulderico Santamaria, Antonio Tagliacozzo, Halil Tekin, Flavia Venditti, Daniela Zampetti, Nadine Mine Yar ...

THIS ISSUE CONTAINS THE ROLE OF BURINS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH ART THROUGH TRACE ANALYSIS AT THE UPPER PALAEOLITHIC SITE OF POLESINI CAVE (LATIUM, ITALY) Flavia Venditti, Cristina Lemorini, Magda Bordigoni, Daniela Zampetti, Mario Amore, Antonio Tagliacozzo THE STATE OF THE LATE NEOLITHIC POTTERY OF DOMUZTEPE IN THE TURKISH EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN Halil Tekin SIGN AND IMAGE: REPRESENTATIONS OF ... Read more

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THIS ISSUE CONTAINS THE ROLE OF BURINS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH ART THROUGH TRACE ANALYSIS AT THE UPPER PALAEOLITHIC SITE OF POLESINI CAVE (LATIUM, ITALY) Flavia Venditti, Cristina Lemorini, Magda Bordigoni, Daniela Zampetti, Mario Amore, Antonio Tagliacozzo THE STATE OF THE LATE NEOLITHIC POTTERY OF DOMUZTEPE IN THE TURKISH EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN Halil Tekin SIGN AND IMAGE: REPRESENTATIONS OF
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The early stages of the Sumerian city at Tell Zurghul: new results from recent excavations

Published in Origini n. XXXIX/2016. Rivista annuale del Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Antichità – “Sapienza” Università di Roma | Preistoria e protostoria delle civiltà antiche – Prehistory and protohistory of ancient civilizations

by Andrea Polcaro, Davide Nadali ...

Series Book 4 - Origini n. XXXIX
Published in Origini n. XXXIX/2016. Rivista annuale del Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Antichità – “Sapienza” Università di Roma | Preistoria e protostoria delle civiltà antiche – Prehistory and protohistory of ancient civilizations | In February 2015 a joint archaeological expedition of Sapienza Università di Roma and Perugia University started excavations of the site of Tell Zurghul, in the Dhi ... Read more

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Published in Origini n. XXXIX/2016. Rivista annuale del Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Antichità – “Sapienza” Università di Roma | Preistoria e protostoria delle civiltà antiche – Prehistory and protohistory of ancient civilizations | In February 2015 a joint archaeological expedition of Sapienza Università di Roma and Perugia University started excavations of the site of Tell Zurghul, in the Dhi
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Envisioning the Past Through Memories

How Memory Shaped Ancient Near Eastern Societies

Edited by Dr Davide Nadali ...

Series series Cultural Memory and History in Antiquity
Memory is a constructed system of references, in equilibrium, of feeling and rationality. Comparing ancient and contemporary mechanisms for the preservation of memories and the building of a common cultural, political and social memory, this volume aims to reveal the nature of memory, and explores the attitudes of ancient societies towards the creation of a memory to be handed down in words, ... Read more

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Memory is a constructed system of references, in equilibrium, of feeling and rationality. Comparing ancient and contemporary mechanisms for the preservation of memories and the building of a common cultural, political and social memory, this volume aims to reveal the nature of memory, and explores the attitudes of ancient societies towards the creation of a memory to be handed down in words,
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Giuseppe Ungaretti, the Master of Hermeticism, Translated In English

by Alessandro Baruffi ...

The most comprehensive English translation of the work of Giuseppe Ungaretti (1888 – 1970,) the leading representative of the experimental literary movement called Hermeticism, or Hermetic poetry. This edition includes poems from all of his major collections: "Porto Sepolto (1916,) “L'allegria di naufragi” (1919,)"L'allegria" (1931,) “Sentimento del tempo” (1933,) and "Il dolore," (1947.) ... Read more

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The most comprehensive English translation of the work of Giuseppe Ungaretti (1888 – 1970,) the leading representative of the experimental literary movement called Hermeticism, or Hermetic poetry. This edition includes poems from all of his major collections: "Porto Sepolto (1916,) “L'allegria di naufragi” (1919,)"L'allegria" (1931,) “Sentimento del tempo” (1933,) and "Il dolore," (1947.)
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Woven Threads

Patterned Textiles of the Aegean Bronze Age

Edited by Maria C. Shaw, Anne P. Chapin ...

Series Book 22 - Ancient Textiles
Woven textiles are produced by nearly all human societies. This volume investigates evidence for patterned textiles (that is, textiles woven with elaborate designs) that were produced by two early Mediterranean civilizations: the Minoans of Crete and the Mycenaeans of mainland Greece, that prospered during the Aegean Bronze Age, c. 3000–1200 BC, contemporary with Pharaonic Egypt. Both could boast ... Read more

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Woven textiles are produced by nearly all human societies. This volume investigates evidence for patterned textiles (that is, textiles woven with elaborate designs) that were produced by two early Mediterranean civilizations: the Minoans of Crete and the Mycenaeans of mainland Greece, that prospered during the Aegean Bronze Age, c. 3000–1200 BC, contemporary with Pharaonic Egypt. Both could boast
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Reliving Pompeii

The Adventures of an Archaeologist

by Marisa de Spagnolis ...

Reliving Pompeii tells the story of a unique archaeological adventure experienced by an archaeologist at the beginning of her career "forced" by circumstances to move from Rome to Pompeii, where she lived and worked for many years. The author lived in the ancient city of Pompeii and worked as an archaeologist in the Pompeian territory, bringing to light a Pandora’s Box of archaeological ... Read more

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Reliving Pompeii tells the story of a unique archaeological adventure experienced by an archaeologist at the beginning of her career "forced" by circumstances to move from Rome to Pompeii, where she lived and worked for many years. The author lived in the ancient city of Pompeii and worked as an archaeologist in the Pompeian territory, bringing to light a Pandora’s Box of archaeological
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The Archaeology of Malta

From the Neolithic through the Roman Period

by Claudia Sagona ...

Series series Cambridge World Archaeology
The Maltese archipelago is a unique barometer for understanding cultural change in the central Mediterranean. Prehistoric people helped reshape the islands' economy and when Mediterranean maritime highways were being established, the islands became a significant lure to Phoenician colonists venturing from their Levantine homeland. Punic Malta also sat at the front line of regional hostilities ... Read more

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The Maltese archipelago is a unique barometer for understanding cultural change in the central Mediterranean. Prehistoric people helped reshape the islands' economy and when Mediterranean maritime highways were being established, the islands became a significant lure to Phoenician colonists venturing from their Levantine homeland. Punic Malta also sat at the front line of regional hostilities
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The Etruscans

Lost Civilizations

by Lucy Shipley ...

Series Book 6 - Lost Civilizations
The Etruscans were a powerful and influential civilization in ancient Italy. But despite their prominence, they are often misrepresented as mysterious – a strange, unknowable people whose language and culture have largely vanished. Lucy Shipley’s history of the Etruscans presents a different picture: of a people who traded with Greece and shaped the development of Rome, who inspired Renaissance ... Read more

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The Etruscans were a powerful and influential civilization in ancient Italy. But despite their prominence, they are often misrepresented as mysterious – a strange, unknowable people whose language and culture have largely vanished. Lucy Shipley’s history of the Etruscans presents a different picture: of a people who traded with Greece and shaped the development of Rome, who inspired Renaissance
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A Companion to the Etruscans

Edited by Sinclair Bell, Alexandra A. Carpino ...

Series series Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
This new collection presents a rich selection of innovative scholarship on the Etruscans, a vibrant, independent people whose distinct civilization flourished in central Italy for most of the first millennium BCE and whose artistic, social and cultural traditions helped shape the ancient Mediterranean, European, and Classical worlds.Includes contributions from an international cast of both ... Read more

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This new collection presents a rich selection of innovative scholarship on the Etruscans, a vibrant, independent people whose distinct civilization flourished in central Italy for most of the first millennium BCE and whose artistic, social and cultural traditions helped shape the ancient Mediterranean, European, and Classical worlds.Includes contributions from an international cast of both
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Dressing the Dead in Classical Antiquity

by Maureen Carroll, John Peter Wild ...

Naked we come into the world, but we are extraordinarily unlucky if naked we leave it. It is a human reaction to cover the dead with textiles. This volume presents the results of new and ground-breaking research in the UK and abroad on clothing and textiles in the context of death and burial in Classical Antiquity, from the fifth century BC to the fifth century AD. The geographical scope ... Read more

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Naked we come into the world, but we are extraordinarily unlucky if naked we leave it. It is a human reaction to cover the dead with textiles. This volume presents the results of new and ground-breaking research in the UK and abroad on clothing and textiles in the context of death and burial in Classical Antiquity, from the fifth century BC to the fifth century AD. The geographical scope
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