Pilgrimage and household in the ancient near East
| 1. Verfasser: |
McCorriston, Joy, 1961-
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Cambridge : New York.
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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| Umfang/Format: |
xix, 291 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm. |
Inhaltsangabe:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Why pilgrimage?
- 3. Pilgrimage practice in Arabian antiquity
- 4. The cattle shrine at Kheshiya and the origins of pilgrimage societies
- 5. Household practice in Mesopotamian antiquity
- 6. Neolithic houses and social practice in space
- 7. Landscape and the tempo of social practice: expanding the scale of habitus
- 8. Conclusions.
