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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Ömür Harmanşah (University of Illinois, Chicago)Publisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press Dimensions: Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 25.90cm Weight: 0.930kg ISBN: 9781107533745ISBN 10: 1107533740 Pages: 372 Publication Date: 09 March 2015 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Landscapes of change: cities, politics, and memory; 3. The land of Aššur: 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.Reviews'Well written and illustrated, this work is must reading for students and scholars of the ancient Near East as well as urbanization in general. Summing up: highly recommended.' Choice 'Cities and the Shaping of Memory in the Ancient Near East is a much-needed and welcome project, investigating through the lens of archaeology the built environment of this cosmopolitan and still relatively poorly understood area together with that of northern Iraq.' Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians Cities and the Shaping of Memory in the Ancient Near East is a much-needed and welcome project, investigating through the lens of archaeology the built environment of this cosmopolitan and still relatively poorly understood area together with that of northern Iraq. Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians Author InformationÖmür Harmanşah 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 Dağ 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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