The Elamite world / edited by Javier Álvarez-Mon, Gian Pietro Basello, and Yasmina Wicks.
| Other author | Álvarez-Mon, Javier. |
| Other author | Basello, Gian Pietro. |
| Other author | Wicks, Yasmina. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : Routledge, 2018. |
| Description | xxv, 868 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 26 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Series | Routledge worlds |
| Contents | Introduction / Javier Álvarez-Mon, Gian Pietro Basello, and Yasmina Wicks. Part I. Imagining Elam: the history of research and its sources. Aelam regio : Elam in Western scholarship from the Renaissance to the late 19th century / Daniel T. Potts -- Elam and the Bible / Peter Dubovský -- France and Elam / Nicole Chevalier -- Between orientalism and Persomania: The presentation of the Iranian collections at the Louvre / Marianne Cotty -- Elamite forgeries and the antiquities market / Oscar White Muscarella. Part II. The land and peoples of Elam. Physical geography and environment of Elam / Cameron A. Petrie, Morteza Djamali, Matthew D. Jones -- Metals and mining / Barbara Helwing -- The peoples of Elam / Ran Zadok -- Elamites and Iranians / Jan Tavernier. Part III. Elam through history. The birth of Elam in history / Piotr Steinkeller -- The Old Elamite period / Luca Peyronel -- Elam in the Middle Elamite period / Behzad Mofidi-Nasrabadi -- The last centuries of Elam: the Neo-Elamite period / Elynn Gorris and Yasmina Wicks. Part IV. Close encounters on the eastern and western fronts. Great Domino games: From Elam, looking eastwards / Massimo Vidale -- Elam and Babylonia c. 1400-1100 BC / Ran Zadok -- Elam and Assyria / Peter Dubovský -- Propaganda and symbolism: Representations of the Elamites at the time of Ashurbanipal / Shahrokh Razmjou. Part V. Language and writing in Elam. Prehistoric administrative technologies and the ancient Near Eastern redistribution economy: The case of greater Susiana / Denise Schmandt-Besserat -- The proto-Elamite writing system / Jacob L. Dahl -- Linear Elamite writing / François Desset -- The Elamite language / Jan Tavernier -- Writing in Elam / Jean-Jacques Glassner -- Elamite royal inscriptions / Florence Malbran-Labat -- Elamite administration / Gian Pietro Basello and Grazia Giovinazzo. Part VI. The material culture of Elam. Elamite architecture / Behzad Mofidi-Nasrabadi -- Elamite ceramics / Bernadette K. McCall -- The metal arts of Elam / François Bridey -- The industry of vitreous materials in Elam / Noëmi Daucé -- Origins of monumental sculpture in Elam: Two case studies / Holly Pittman -- The sculptural arts of Elam / Javier Álvarez-Mon -- Glyptic in the 4th-2nd millennium / Enrico Ascalone -- Glyptic in the 1st millennium / Mark B. Garrison -- Elamite dress and textiles / Trudy S. Kawami. Part VII. Elamite society. Cuneiform culture and science, calendars, and metrology in Elam / Gian Pietro Basello, Enrico Ascalone -- Elamite religion and ritual / Enrique Quintana -- Elamite funerary practices / Hermann Gasche and Steven W. Cole -- Women of Elam / Aurelie Daems -- Music / Bo Lawergren. Part VIII. The legacy of Elam. Elamite administrative and religious heritage in the Persian heartland / Wouter F.M. Henkelman -- The Elamite artistic heritage of Persia / Javier Álvarez-Mon -- Elam in Achaemenid studies / Adriano V. Rossi. |
| Summary | "Amongst the civilizations to participate in the dynamic processes of contact and interchange that gave rise to complex societies in the ancient Near East, Elam has remained one of the most obscure, at times languishing in the background of scholarly inquiry. In recent years, however, an increasing body of academic publications have suggested that the legacy of Elam was more considerable and long-lasting than previously estimated. The Elamite World assembles a group of forty international scholars to contribute their expertise to the production of a solid, lavishly illustrated, English language treatment of Elamite civilization, covering topics such as its physical setting, historical development, languages and people, material culture, art, science, religion and society. Also treated are the legacy of Elam in the Persian empire and its presence in the modern world. This comprehensive and ambitious survey seeks for Elam, hardly a household name, a noteworthy place in our shared cultural heritage. It will be both a valuable introductory text for a general audience and a definitive reference source for students and academics"-- Page i |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Issued in other form | Ebook version : 9781317329831 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2022435427 |
| ISBN | 9781138999893 |
| ISBN | 113899989X |
| ISBN | (ePub ebook) |
| ISBN | (PDF ebook) |
| ISBN | (Mobipocket ebook) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
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