Palmyrena: City, Hinterland and Caravan Trade between Orient and Occident
Proceedings of the Conference held in Athens, December 1-3, 2012
Edited by Jørgen Christian Meyer Edited by Eivind Heldaas Seland Edited by Nils Anfinset
Paperback (Published)
(April 2016)
ISBN: 9781784912796
8.07 x 11.46 inches
Price: $90.00
In stock
The contributions to this volume address the archaeology and history of the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra. Bringing together papers presented at a conference in Athens in December 2012 as a part of the Syrian-Norwegian research project Palmyrena: City, Hinterland and Caravan Trade between Orient and Occident, it reflects international research and fieldwork that was going on until the outbreak of the Syrian civil war.
Introduction (Jorgen Christian Meyer, Eivind Heldaas Seland, Nils Anfinset)
Palmyra, Pastoral Nomads, and City-State Kings in the Old Babylonian Period: Interaction in the Semi-Arid Syrian Landscape (Kristina J. Hesse)
The Venice of the Sands: Palmyrene Trade Revisited (Michael Sommer)
Trade Across Frontiers: Foreign Relations of a Caravan City (Michal Gawlikowski)
Palmyra and the Chinese Silk Trade (Marta Zuchowska)
The Palmyrene Temple in Rome and Palmyra's Trade with the West (Taco T. Terpstra)
The Road from Palmyra to Damascus in the Tabula Peutingeriana (Paola Mior)
The Stage of Palmyra: Colonnaded Streets, Spaces for Communication and Activities in the Eastern Roman Empire (Claudia Buhrig)
Geophysical Prospection by Ground- and Space-based Methods of the Ancient Town of Palmyra (Syria) (Roland Linck)
The Palmyrene Gods in the Works of M. I. Rostovtzeff and C. Hopkins (Pavel Alipov)
A Roman Residential House in the 'Hellenistic' Town of Palmyra: Archaeology, Function and Urban Aspects - Vessel Glass (Christine Ertel and Rene Ployer)
Seleucid, Roman, and Mesopotamian Influence in Palmyrene Pottery and the Question of a Palmyrene Identity (Christiane Romer-Strehl)
Excavation of No.129-b House Tomb at the North Necropolis in Palmyra (Kiyohide Saito)
The Vessels in Palmyrene Banquet Scenes: Tomb BWLH and BWRP and Tomb TYBL (Saeko Miyashita)
On the Human Skeletal Remains Excavated from the Underground Tombs in Palmyrab (Takahiro Nakahashi)
Inorganic Impurities in Teeth of the Ancient Inhabitants of Palmyra (K. Yoshimura, Shiqin Wu, T. Nakahashi and S. Saito)
Agriculture in Byzantine Palmyrena (Knut Krzywinski and Jonatan Krzywinski)
Dr Phil. Jørgen Christian Meyer is professor in Ancient History at the Department of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies and Religion, University of Bergen, Norway. From 2008 to 2013 he was head of the project entitled Palmyrena: City, Hinterland and Caravan Trade between Orient and Occident.
- Edited by Jørgen Christian Meyer
- Edited by Eivind Heldaas Seland
- Edited by Nils Anfinset
Similar Books
Boğazköy Tablets in the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations (Bo 9032–Bo 9097)
Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesinde Bulunan Boğazköy Tabletleri (Bo 9032–Bo 9097)
Volume 4
Caesar’s Visions and Impact on the Roman Empire
Revisiting the Archaeological and Historical Record of the 40s BC
Volume 2
Connecting the Dots: Counting, Writing, and the Beginnings of Civilization
The Secret Lives of Clay Tokens: A Memoir
Construction Processes in Historical Western Societies (5th c. BC – 10th c. AD)
Case Studies on Techniques, Models, and Costs
Curating the Prehistoric Past
Studies on West Asian Archaeology and Beyond in Honour of Yoshihiro Nishiaki
Etruscan and Roman Hellenistic Anatomical ex votos
Reassessing Popular Religious Expressions in Central Italy
Volume 8
Exploring Gender Dynamics across the Ancient Near East
Collected Essays of Gender and Methodology in the Ancient Near East (GeMANE) 4 and 5
Volume 7
Ḫattušaš utnē išḫameški
Hittite and Other Ancient Near Eastern Studies Presented to Piotr Taracha on the Occasion of His 65th Birthday
Invisible Labour in Antiquity
Visualizing Obscure Work in the Ancient Mediterannean and West Asia
Volume 1
Kultur – Kontakt – Kultur
Beiträge anlässlich der 66. Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale in Frankfurt/Main und Mainz, 25.–29. Juli 2022
Volume 35
Late Antique villae in the Balkans (3rd–7th c. AD): Current Research Questions and Perspectives
HAEMUS Companion to the Late Antique Balkans 1
Volume 4
Money of Mercenaries in the Cimmerian Bosporus
From the Mithridatic Wars to the Roman-Bosporan War of AD 45-49
Volume 45
