In this innovative book Dr Morris seeks to show the many ways in which the excavated remains of burials can and should be a major source of evidence for social historians of the ancient Graeco-Roman world. Burials have a far wider geographical and social range than the surviving literary texts, which were mainly written for a small elite. They provide us with unique insights into how Greeks and Romans constituted and interpreted their own communities. In particular, burials enable the historian to study social change. Ian Morris illustrates the great potential of the material in these respects with examples drawn from societies as diverse in time, space and political context as archaic Rhodes, classical Athens, early imperial Rome and the last days of the western Roman empire.
| ISBN: | 9780521376112 |
| Publication date: | 22nd October 1992 |
| Author: | Ian Stanford University, California Morris |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 288 pages |
| Series: | Key Themes in Ancient History |
| Genres: |
Ancient history General and world history European history Social and cultural history Cultural studies |
In this innovative book Dr Morris seeks to show the many ways in which the excavated remains of burials can and should be a major source of evidence for social historians of the ancient Graeco-Roman world. Burials have a far wider geographical and social range than the surviving literary texts, which were mainly written for a small elite. They provide us with unique insights into how Greeks and Romans constituted and interpreted their own communities. In particular, burials enable the historian to study social change. Ian Morris illustrates the great potential of the material in these respects with examples drawn from societies as diverse in time, space and political context as archaic Rhodes, classical Athens, early imperial Rome and the last days of the western Roman empire.
Death-Ritual and Social Structure in Classical Antiquity features in the following genres: Ancient history, General and world history, European history, Social and cultural history, Cultural studies
Death-Ritual and Social Structure in Classical Antiquity is available in Paperback
Death-Ritual and Social Structure in Classical Antiquity was written by Ian Stanford University, California Morris and published by Cambridge University Press
Death-Ritual and Social Structure in Classical Antiquity has 288 pages
Yes it is part of Key Themes in Ancient History series