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April 28, 2012 | History
Pilgrimage and Household in the Ancient Near East

Pilgrimage and Household in the Ancient Near East

Published 2011 by Cambridge University Press .

About the Book

In this book, Joy McCorriston examines the continuity of traditions over millennia in the Near East. Tracing the phenomenon of pilgrimage in pre-Islamic Arabia up through the development of the Hajj, she defines its essential characteristics and emphasizes the critical role that pilgrimage plays in enabling and developing socioeconomic transactions. Indeed, the social identities constructed through pilgrimage are key to understanding the long-term endurance of the phenomenon. In the second part of the book, McCorriston turns to the household, using cases of ancient households in Mesopotamian societies, both in the private and public spheres. Her conclusions tie together broader theoretical implications generated by the study of the two phenomena and offer a new paradigm for archaeological study, which has traditionally focused on transitions to the exclusion of continuity of traditions.

The Physical Object

Format Paperback
Number of pages 306

ID Numbers

Open Library OL25293270M
ISBN 10 0521137608
ISBN 13 978-0521137607

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