Elam and Persia

ISBN-13: 9781575061665 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 512 str.

Opis

The essays contained in this book are part of a continuing reassessment of the nature and significance of Elam in the early 1st millennium B.C., with a focus on the relationship between Elamite culture of the Neo-Elamite period and the emerging Persian culture in southwestern Iran in the 7th and 6th centuries B.C. The conception of this volume goes back to the 2003 meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research that took place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where two sessions were dedicated to the rich cultural heritage of ancient Iran; it was also the first time that Iranian archaeology was represented at ASOR since the Iranian Revolution. This volume contains 14 contributions by leading scholars in the discipline, organized into 3 sections: (1) archaeology, (2) texts, and (3) images (art history).