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Pilgrimage and Household in the Ancient Near East - Softcover

Mccorriston, Joy

 
9780521137607: Pilgrimage and Household in the Ancient Near East
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0521137608 ISBN 13: 9780521137607
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Synopsis

In this book, Joy McCorriston examines the continuity of traditions over millennia in the Near East. Tracing the phenomenon of pilgrimage in pre-Islamic Arabia up through the development of the Hajj, she defines its essential characteristics and emphasizes the critical role that pilgrimage plays in enabling and developing socioeconomic transactions. Indeed, the social identities constructed through pilgrimage are key to understanding the long-term endurance of the phenomenon. In the second part of the book, McCorriston turns to the household, using cases of ancient households in Mesopotamian societies, both in the private and public spheres. Her conclusions tie together broader theoretical implications generated by the study of the two phenomena and offer a new paradigm for archaeological study, which has traditionally focused on transitions to the exclusion of continuity of traditions.

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About the Author

Joy McCorriston is Associate Professor of Anthropology at The Ohio State University. She has published forty academic articles and book chapters on the origins of food production, the development of agricultural economies through the Bronze Age and Southern Arabian prehistory. She currently leads the Ancient Human Social Dynamics in Arabia Project in Oman.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521137608
ISBN 13 
9780521137607
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
312