This volume aims to explore the role played by textiles in the ancient rituals of the Near East, including Egypt and Iran, from the third to the first millennium BC. The objective is to present an in-depth analysis of textiles and their ritual use in different historical periods and cultural contexts of the ancient Near East for the first time, as well as offering a contribution to the current scholarly debate on ritual studies in the light of textile research and development as a new and interdisciplinary field of studies within Humanities
Textiles in ritual and cultic practices in the Ancient Near East from the third to the first millennium BC. Proceedings of an international workshop in Copenhagen 6th to 7th October 2015 / Gaspa, Salvatore; Vigo, Matteo. - (2019), pp. 1-276.
Textiles in ritual and cultic practices in the Ancient Near East from the third to the first millennium BC. Proceedings of an international workshop in Copenhagen 6th to 7th October 2015
Gaspa, Salvatore;Vigo, Matteo
2019
Abstract
This volume aims to explore the role played by textiles in the ancient rituals of the Near East, including Egypt and Iran, from the third to the first millennium BC. The objective is to present an in-depth analysis of textiles and their ritual use in different historical periods and cultural contexts of the ancient Near East for the first time, as well as offering a contribution to the current scholarly debate on ritual studies in the light of textile research and development as a new and interdisciplinary field of studies within HumanitiesI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
