Ömür Harman¿ah

Cities and the Shaping of Memory in the Ancient Near East

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Produktbeschreibung

This book investigates the practice of constructing cities in the ancient Near East, bringing together architecture and cultural history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 372
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 699g
• ISBN-13: 9781107533745
• ISBN-10: 1107533740
• Artikelnr.: 42463807

Autorenporträt

Ömür Harman¿ah is Associate Professor of ¿Art History at ¿the University¿ of Illinois, Chicago¿. ¿His research focuses on the history of architecture and cities in the ancient Near East, as well as questions of place, landscape and memory.¿ He has been directing¿ the Yalburt Yaylasi Archaeological Landscape Project, a regional survey in west-¿¿central Turkey ¿since 2010¿. In the past he has worked on archaeological projects in Turkey and Greece, including Gordion, Ayanis, Kerkenes Dä and Isthmia. His articles have been published in journals such as the Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology, Archaeological Dialogues and the Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Landscapes of change: cities, politics, and memory
3. The land of Aur: the making of Assyrian landscapes
4. City and the festival: monuments, urban space, and spatial narratives
5. Upright stones: architectural technologies and the poetics of urban space
6. Cities, place, and desire.