Ritual, performance, and politics in the ancient Near East / Lauren Ristvet (University of Pennsylvania).

"In this book, Lauren Ristvet rethinks the narratives of state formation by investigating the interconnections between ritual, performance, and politics in the ancient Near East. She draws on a wide range of archaeological, iconographic, and cuneiform sources to show how ritual performance was not s...

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Main Author: Ristvet, Lauren
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Middle East > Antiquities.
Middle East > Politics and government.
Middle East > History > To 622.
Ritual > Social aspects > Middle East > History > To 1500.
Rites and ceremonies > Middle East > History > To 1500.
Political culture > Middle East > History > To 1500.
Pilgrims and pilgrimages > Middle East > History > To 1500.
Political customs and rites > Middle East > History > To 1500.
Festivals > Middle East > History > To 1500.
Social archaeology > Middle East.
Physical Description:xiv, 317 pages : illustrations, maps
Format: Book

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Call Number: DS56 .R57 2015
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