Epigraphic Evidence is an accessible guide to the responsible use of Greek and Latin inscriptions as sources for ancient history. It introduces the types of historical information supplied by inscriptional texts and the methods with which they can be used. It outlines the limitations as well as the advantages of the different types of evidence covered. Epigraphic Evidence includes a general introduction, a guide to the arrangement of the standard corpora inscriptions and individual chapters on local languages and native cultures, epitaphs and the ancient economy amongst...
Epigraphic Evidence is an accessible guide to the responsible use of Greek and Latin inscriptions as sources for ancient history. It introduc...
This text aims to provide an accessible guide to the responsible use of Greek and Latin inscriptions as sources for ancient history by presenting a series of essays focused on a few central topics. It is intended as an introduction to the types of historical information supplied by inscriptional texts and a guide to the methods by which they can profitably be exploited. Each essay attempts to outline the limitations as well as the advantages of the type of epigraphic evidence with which it is concerned. The book includes a general introduction and a guide to the arrangement of the standard...
This text aims to provide an accessible guide to the responsible use of Greek and Latin inscriptions as sources for ancient history by presenting a se...
The first book to explore the religious dimensions of the family and the household in ancient Mediterranean and West Asian antiquity.
Advances our understanding of household and familial religion, as opposed to state-sponsored or civic temple cults
Reconstructs domestic and family religious practices in Egypt, Greece, Rome, Israel, Mesopotamia, Ugarit, Emar, and Philistia
Explores many household rituals, such as providing for ancestral spirits, and petitioning of a household's patron deities or of spirits associated with the house itself
Examines lifecycle...
The first book to explore the religious dimensions of the family and the household in ancient Mediterranean and West Asian antiquity.
Ancient Documents and their Contexts contains the proceedings of the First North American Congress of Greek and Latin Epigraphy (San Antonio, Texas, 4-5 January 2011). It gathers seventeen papers presented by scholars from North America, Europe, and Australia at the first formal meeting of classical epigraphists sponsored by the American Society of Greek and Latin Epigraphy. Ranging from technical discussions of epigraphic formulae and palaeography to broad consideration of inscriptions as social documents and visual records, the topics and approaches represented reflect the variety of...
Ancient Documents and their Contexts contains the proceedings of the First North American Congress of Greek and Latin Epigraphy (San Antonio, T...
On Human Bondage--a critical reexamination of Orlando Patterson's groundbreaking Slavery and Social Death--assesses how his theories have stood the test of time and applies them to new case studies.
Discusses the novel ideas of social death and natal alienation, as Patterson first presented them 35 years ago and as they are understood today
Brings together exciting new work by a group of esteemed historians of slavery, as well as a final chapter by Patterson himself that responds to and expands upon the other contributions
Provides insights into...
On Human Bondage--a critical reexamination of Orlando Patterson's groundbreaking Slavery and Social Death--assesses how his theories ...
