EAN13
9789042945449
ISBN
978-90-429-4544-9
Éditeur
PEETERS
Date de publication
Collection
POLISH PUBLICAT (4)
Nombre de pages
486
Dimensions
30 x 21 x 1,1 cm
Poids
2060 g
Langue
anglais
Fiches UNIMARC
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From Sacred to Everyday

Common Wares and Amphorae from Chhim in the Sidon Hinterland

Peeters

Polish Publicat

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The volume is the outcome of intermittent studies on the archaeological
pottery assemblage excavated from Chhim, an ancient village site in the
mountains of central Lebanon. It is the first such comprehensive presentation of common wares and amphorae from the rural hinterland of
Phoenicia in classical Antiquity and the Late Antique period. Unbecoming at first glance, these ceramics, which are the fabric of
everyday life, as well as Hellenistic Phoenician tableware, have told
their own story. Presented in the cultural and economic context of
central Phoenicia, taking into consideration local and regional
histories, as well as evolving pottery-making traditions over time,
these relatively modest vessels have mirrored a dynamic transition of
Chhim from an isolated, if hallowed, hilltop sanctuary to a pulsing
production site, one of the biggest producers of olive oil in the Sidon
hinterland, and subsequently to a deserted village sinking into oblivion.
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