Gods and garments : textiles in Greek sanctuaries in the 7th to the 1st centuries BC
| 1. Verfasser: |
Brøns, Cecilie.
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Oxford :
Oxbow Books,
2017.
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| Umfang/Format: |
xii, 452 p. : ill. (some colour), maps (colour). |
| Schriftenreihe: |
Ancient textiles series ;
28 |
| Parallelausgabe: |
Gods and garments : textiles in Greek sanctuaries in the 7th to the 1st centuries BC. [Print] |
| Online Zugang: |
http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/dainst/detail.action?docID=4771267 |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Textiles comprise a vast and wide category of material culture and constitute a crucial part of the ancient economy. Yet, studies of classical antiquity still often leave out this important category of material culture, partly due to the textiles themselves being only rarely preserved in the archaeological record. This neglect is also prevalent in scholarship on ancient Greek religion and ritual, although it is one of the most vibrant and rapidly developing branches of classical scholarship. The aim of the present enquiry is, therefore, to introduce textiles into the study of ancient Greek religion and thereby illuminate the roles textiles played in the performance of Greek ritual and their wider consequences.
