| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 208 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour). |
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text file |
| Series |
Archaeopress Roman archaeology
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Archaeopress Roman archaeology.
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| Note |
Previously issued in print: 2018. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
This is a comprehensive multidisciplinary analysis of rural cult centres in the Hauran (southern Syria) from the pre-Roman to the Roman period (100 BC-AD 300). This volume re-evaluates the significance of contacts between the elite of the Hauran and other cultures of the Near East in shaping cult sites. |
| Audience |
Specialized. |
| Note |
Available through Archaeopress Digital Subscription Service. |
| Contents |
Chapter 1 -- Introduction; Chapter 2 -- The geographical and historical background of the Hauran; Chapter 3 -- Rural cult centres in their pre-provincial political context; Chapter 4 -- 'A religious cultural identity' of the Hauran in the pre-provincial period; Chapter 5 -- 'A rural religious cultural identity' of the Hauran in the provincial period; Chapter 6 -- Rural cult centres as meeting places for their religious and economic function; Chapter 7 -- Conclusion; Bibliography; Appendix; Gazetteer. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Semitic cults -- Syria -- Hauran -- History -- To 1500.
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Semitic cults. |
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Syria -- Hauran. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1500 |
| Subject |
Hauran (Syria) -- Antiquities.
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Syria -- History -- 333 B.C.-634 A.D.
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Syria -- Hauran.
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Excavations (Archaeology) |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Archaeopress, publisher.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781784919542 |
| ISBN |
1784919551 |
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9781784919559 (electronic book) |
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