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Agency in Ancient Writing

Author : Joshua Englehardt
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
ISBN 13 : 1457174022
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (571 download)

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Download or read book Agency in Ancient Writing written by Joshua Englehardt and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2012-12-15 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Through the lens of agency, contributors successfully rethink the nature of ancient texts. In so doing they ably demonstrate that when a new theoretical orientation is applied to a taken-for-granted category of data it invigorates both the data and our understanding of the past." —Marcia-Anne Dobres, University of Main Individual agents are frequently evident in early writing and notational systems, yet these systems have rarely been subjected to the concept of agency as it is traceable in archeology. Agency in Ancient Writing addresses this oversight, allowing archeologists to identify and discuss real, observable actors and actions in the archaeological record. Embracing myriad ways in which agency can be interpreted, ancient writing systems from Mesoamerica, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Crete, China, and Greece are examined from a textual perspective as both archaeological objects and nascent historical documents. This allows for distinction among intentions, consequences, meanings, and motivations, increasing understanding and aiding interpretation of the subjectivity of social actors. Chapters focusing on acts of writing and public recitation overlap with those addressing the materiality of texts, interweaving archaeology, epigraphy, and the study of visual symbol systems. Agency in Ancient Writing leads to a more thorough and meaningful discussion of agency as an archaeological concept and will be of interest to anyone interested in ancient texts, including archaeologists, historians, linguists, epigraphers, and art historians, as well as scholars studying agency and structuration theory.

Agency in Ancient Writing

Author : Joshua Englehardt
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
ISBN 13 : 1607322099
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book Agency in Ancient Writing written by Joshua Englehardt and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2012-12-15 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Individual agents are frequently evident in early writing and notational systems, yet these systems have rarely been subjected to the concept of agency as it is traceable in archeology. Agency in Ancient Writing addresses this oversight, allowing archeologists to identify and discuss real, observable actors and actions in the archaeological record. Embracing myriad ways in which agency can be interpreted, ancient writing systems from Mesoamerica, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Crete, China, and Greece are examined from a textual perspective as both archaeological objects and nascent historical documents. This allows for distinction among intentions, consequences, meanings, and motivations, increasing understanding and aiding interpretation of the subjectivity of social actors. Chapters focusing on acts of writing and public recitation overlap with those addressing the materiality of texts, interweaving archaeology, epigraphy, and the study of visual symbol systems. Agency in Ancient Writing leads to a more thorough and meaningful discussion of agency as an archaeological concept and will be of interest to anyone interested in ancient texts, including archaeologists, historians, linguists, epigraphers, and art historians, as well as scholars studying agency and structuration theory.

Literacy in Ancient Everyday Life

Author : Anne Kolb
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110594064
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Literacy in Ancient Everyday Life written by Anne Kolb and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2018-08-21 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the significance of literacy for everyday life in the ancient world. It focuses on the use of writing and written materials, the circumstances of their use, and different types of users. The broad geographic and chronologic frame of reference includes many kinds of written materials, from Pharaonic Egypt and ancient China through the early middle ages, yet a focus is placed on the Roman Empire.

Agency and Identity in the Ancient Near East

Author : Sharon R. Steadman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134945515
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (349 download)

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Download or read book Agency and Identity in the Ancient Near East written by Sharon R. Steadman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agency theory examines the relationship between individuals or groups when one party is doing work on behalf of another. 'Agency and Identity in the Ancient Near East' offers a theoretical study of agency and identity in Near Eastern archaeology, an area which until now has been largely ignored by archaeologists. The book explores how agency theory can be employed in reconstructing the meaning of spaces and material culture, how agency and identity intersect, and how the availability of a textual corpus may impact on the agency approach. Ranging from the Neolithic to the Islamic period, 'Agency and Identity in the Ancient Near East' covers sites located in Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Palestine, and Israel. The volume includes contributions from philology, art, history, computer simulation studies, materials science, and the archaeology of settlement and architecture.

The Materiality of Texts from Ancient Egypt

Author :
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004375279
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book The Materiality of Texts from Ancient Egypt written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-10-08 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Materiality of Texts from Ancient Egypt offers nine articles with new approaches to the material aspects of writing, writing supports, and scribal practice from Pharaonic to Late Antique Egypt. Case studies include Greek and Egyptian papyri and ostraca, inscriptions and graffiti. (40w)

Writing and Society in Ancient Cyprus

Author : Philippa M. Steele
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107169674
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Writing and Society in Ancient Cyprus written by Philippa M. Steele and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-10-25 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book to explore the development and importance of writing in ancient Cypriot society over 1,500 years.

Writing and the Ancient State

Author : Haicheng Wang
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107028124
Total Pages : 435 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Writing and the Ancient State written by Haicheng Wang and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-05-12 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writing and the Ancient State is a comparative study of the use of writing to create and maintain order in early states.

Ancient Writing and Its Influence

Author : B. L. Ullman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781597405065
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Ancient Writing and Its Influence written by B. L. Ullman and published by . This book was released on 2008-11 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Biblical Exegesis without Authorial Intention?

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 900437955X
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Biblical Exegesis without Authorial Intention? written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-03-27 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Biblical Exegesis without Authorial Intention? Interdisciplinary Approaches to Authorship and Meaning, Clarissa Breu offers contributions with a wide range of approaches to the question of the author in biblical interpretation. The volume is an invitation to revisit this question.

Women's Writing of Ancient Mesopotamia

Author : Charles Halton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 110705205X
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Women's Writing of Ancient Mesopotamia written by Charles Halton and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology translates and discusses texts authored by women of ancient Mesopotamia.

Record-Making and Record-Keeping in Early Societies

Author : Geoffrey Yeo
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 042962008X
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (296 download)

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Download or read book Record-Making and Record-Keeping in Early Societies written by Geoffrey Yeo and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-04-21 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Record-Making and Record-Keeping in Early Societies provides a concise and up-to-date survey of early record-making and record-keeping practices across the world. It investigates the ways in which human activities have been recorded in different settings using different methods and technologies. Based on an in-depth analysis of literature from a wide range of disciplines, including prehistory, archaeology, Assyriology, Egyptology, and Chinese and Mesoamerican studies, the book reflects the latest and most relevant historical scholarship. Drawing upon the author’s experience as a practitioner and scholar of records and archives and his extensive knowledge of archival theory and practice, the book embeds its account of the beginnings of recording practices in a conceptual framework largely derived from archival science. Unique both in its breadth of coverage and in its distinctive perspective on early record-making and record-keeping, the book provides the only updated and synoptic overview of early recording practices available worldwide. Record-Making and Record-Keeping in Early Societies will be of interest to academics, researchers, and students engaged in the study of archival science, archival history, and the early history of human culture. The book will also appeal to practitioners of archives and records management interested in learning more about the origins of their profession.

Ancient Writing and Its Influence

Author : Bernhold Louis Ullman
Publisher : MIT Press (MA)
ISBN 13 : 9780262710015
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Ancient Writing and Its Influence written by Bernhold Louis Ullman and published by MIT Press (MA). This book was released on 1969-01-15 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Oxford Illustrated History of the Book

Author : James Raven
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191007501
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Illustrated History of the Book written by James Raven and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-07-31 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 14 original essays, The Oxford Illustrated History of the Book reveals the history of books in all their various forms, from the ancient world to the digital present. Leading international scholars offer an original and richly illustrated narrative that is global in scope. The history of the book is the history of millions of written, printed, and illustrated texts, their manufacture, distribution, and reception. Here are different types of production, from clay tablets to scrolls, from inscribed codices to printed books, pamphlets, magazines, and newspapers, from written parchment to digital texts. The history of the book is a history of different methods of circulation and dissemination, all dependent on innovations in transport, from coastal and transoceanic shipping to roads, trains, planes and the internet. It is a history of different modes of reading and reception, from learned debate and individual study to public instruction and entertainment. It is a history of manufacture, craftsmanship, dissemination, reading and debate. Yet the history of books is not simply a question of material form, nor indeed of the history of reading and reception. The larger question is of the effect of textual production, distribution and reception - of how books themselves made history. To this end, each chapter of this volume, succinctly bounded by period and geography, offers incisive and stimulating insights into the relationship between books and the story of their times.

Holy War in Ancient Israel

Author : Gerhard von Rad
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1579103464
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (791 download)

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Download or read book Holy War in Ancient Israel written by Gerhard von Rad and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2000-04-17 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the beginning, holy war has been viewed as a 'sacred institution' and a 'cultic act of religious community' by the people of Israel. Appearing here in English for the first time, Gerhard von Rad has provided a definitive study of the theory of holy war and its development throughout biblical history. Von Rad gives a definitive and articulate exposition of a typically disturbing theme within the Old Testament, arguing that holy war is not only Yahweh acting alone, but inspired Israelites, who because they envisioned God fighting on their behalf, felt obligated and inspired to fight even more fervently.

The Ancient Highlands of Southwest China

Author : Alice Yao
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190493798
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book The Ancient Highlands of Southwest China written by Alice Yao and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-01-04 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although long considered to be a barren region on the periphery of ancient Chinese civilization, the southwest massif was once the political heartland of numerous Bronze Age polities. Their distinctive material tradition--intricately cast bronze kettle drums and cowrie shell containers--has given archaeologists and historians a glimpse of the extraordinary wealth, artistry, and power exercised by highland leaders over the course of the first millennium BC. In the first century BC, Han imperial conquest reduced local power and began a process of cultural assimilation. Instead of a clash between center and periphery or barbarism and civilization, this book examines the classic study of imperial rule as a confrontation between different political temporalities. The author provides an archaeological account of the southwest where Bronze Age landscape formations and funerary traditions bring to light a history of competing warrior cultures and kingly genealogies. In particular, the book illustrates how mourners used funerals and cemetery mounds to transmit social biographies and tribal affiliations across successive generations. Han incorporation thus entangled the orders of state time with the generational cycles of local factions, foregrounding the role of time in the production of power relations in imperial frontiers. The book extends approaches to empires to show how prehistoric time frames continue to shape the futures of frontier subjects despite imperial efforts to unify space and histories.

Writing and Power in the Roman World

Author : Hella Eckardt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108418058
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Writing and Power in the Roman World written by Hella Eckardt and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the material practice of ancient literacy through a contextual examination of Roman writing equipment.

The Social and Cultural Contexts of Historic Writing Practices

Author : Philip John Boyes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1789254817
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (892 download)

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Download or read book The Social and Cultural Contexts of Historic Writing Practices written by Philip John Boyes and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writing is not just a set of systems for transcribing language and communicating meaning, but an important element of human practice, deeply embedded in the cultures where it is present and fundamentally interconnected with all other aspects of human life. 'The Social and Cultural Contexts of Historic Writing Practices' explores these relationships in a number of different cultural contexts and from a range of disciplinary perspectives, including archaeological, anthropological and linguistic. It offers new ways of approaching the study of writing and integrating it into wider debates and discussions about culture, history and archaeology.