Death-Ritual and Social Structure in Classical Antiquity

Ian Morris (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

288 Seiten

1992
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-37611-2 (ISBN)

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In this innovative book Dr Morris seeks to show the many ways in which the excavated remains of burials can and should be a major source of evidence for social historians of the ancient Graeco-Roman world. Burials have a far wider geographical and social range than the surviving literary texts, which were mainly written for a small elite. They provide us with unique insights into how Greeks and Romans constituted and interpreted their own communities. In particular, burials enable the historian to study social change. Ian Morris illustrates the great potential of the material in these respects with examples drawn from societies as diverse in time, space and political context as archaic Rhodes, classical Athens, early imperial Rome and the last days of the western Roman empire.

1. The anthropology of a dead world; 2. 'Mos Romanus': cremation and inhumation in the Roman empire; 3. 'Dem bones': skeletal remains; 4. Taking it with you: grave-goods and Athenian democracy; 5. Monuments to the dead: display and wealth in classical Greece; 6. Famous last words: the inscribed tombstone; 7. At the bottom of the graves: an example of analysis; 8. Conclusion; Bibliographical essay; Bibliography; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	22.10.1992
Reihe/Serie	Key Themes in Ancient History
Zusatzinfo	12 Tables, unspecified; 48 Line drawings, unspecified
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 226 mm
Gewicht	410 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Sozialgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	0-521-37611-4 / 0521376114
ISBN-13	978-0-521-37611-2 / 9780521376112
Zustand	Neuware