Friday, September 25, 2020

The Academic Research Institute in Iraq

The Academic Research Institute in Iraq
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TARII was established in 1989 to promote scholarly research on and in Iraq and ancient Mesopotamia. The Institute, a consortium of American universities and museums, intends to establish a multidisciplinary American scholarly research center in Iraq when conditions permit. TARII raises funds for graduate and post-graduate fellowships for Americans to work on Iraq in as broad a range of disciplines as possible. It also has a fellowship program for Iraqi academics to aid them in carrying out research in Iraq. TARII initiates its own research projects and fosters joint projects between American and Iraqi academics. Like similar American overseas research centers, TARII has as its primary focus the humanities and social sciences, as well as closely related natural sciences, but it will facilitate outstanding research in any legitimate academic field. 
TARII was formerly the American Association for Research in Baghdad (AARB) and The American Academic Research Institute in Iraq (TAARII). For security reasons, TAARII has operated as The Academic Research Institute in Iraq (TARII) since 2017. 

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Politics of Value: New Approaches to Early Money and the State

Politics of Value: New Approaches to Early Money and the State
Elon D. Heymans , Marleen K. Termeer (Hrsg.)
 Panel 5.11 Archaeology and Economy in the Ancient World – Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Classical Archaeology, Cologne/Bonn 2018
 Politics of Value: New Approaches to Early Money and the State 
Als eine der beständigsten Ikonen des Wirtschaftslebens war Geld von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart ein gemeinsames Merkmal und ein zentraler Fokuspunkt in komplexen Gesellschaften. Im Laufe des ersten Jahrtausends v. Chr. gewann es als wesentliches Merkmal der Volkswirtschaften des Mittelmeerraums an Gewicht, meist in Form von Münzen. Aber Geld ist mehr als nur eine Münze, und seine Bedeutung ist nicht nur im engeren Feld der "Wirtschaft" allgegenwärtig.
Im antiken Mittelmeerraum waren Geld und sein Bedeutungsgewinn überwiegend mit dem Staat assoziiert. Aber kann Geld nur unter staatlicher Autorität entstehen? Der vorliegende Band hinterfragt den vermuteten Zusammenhang zwischen der Verbreitung früher Geldformen und dem Staat und macht auf verschiedene Möglichkeiten aufmerksam, wie Geld als Innovation verankert und gesellschaftlich eingebettet werden konnte.
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Veröffentlicht am 24.09.2020.

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Contents
Martin Bentz, Michael Heinzelmann
Preface
Elon D. Heymans, Marleen K. Termeer
Rethinking Early Money and the State
Nicholas Borek
More than Just Coins: A Metrological Approach to Studying Coin Hoards from the Western Mediterranean c.550−480 BC
David Wigg-Wolf
The Adoption of Coinage by Non-State Societies
Two Case Studies from Iron-Age Northern Europe
Andreas M. Murgan
Between Lumps and Coins
Italy in the First Millennium BC
Merav Haklai
How Money Defined the Romans
Nicola Terrenato
Discussion

Open Access Journal: Arabian Epigraphic Notes: An Open Access Online Journal on Arabian Epigraphy

 [First posted in AWOL 4 January 2016, updated 25 September 2020]

Arabian Epigraphic Notes: An Open Access Online Journal on Arabian Epigraphy
ISSN: 2451-8875
The Arabian Peninsula contains one of the richest epigraphic landscapes in the Old World, and new texts are being discovered with every expedition to its deserts and oases. Arabian Epigraphic Notes is a forum for the publication of these epigraphic finds, and for the discussion of relevant historical and linguistic issues. The Arabian Peninsula is broadly defined as including the landmass between the Red Sea and the Arabo-Persian gulf, and stretching northward into the Syrian Desert, Jordan, and adjacent cultural areas. In order to keep up with the rapid pace of discoveries, our online format will provide authors the ability to publish immediately following peer-review, and will make available for download high resolution, color photographs. The open-access format will ensure as wide a readership as possible.
AEN invites original articles and short communications dealing with the Ancient South Arabian, Ancient North Arabian, Nabataean (and Aramaic in general), Arabic, and Greek epigraphy from the Arabian Peninsula, but also from other areas so long as the link to Arabia and its cultures is clear. The language of the Journal is English. Review articles will also be considered.
Arabian Epigraphic Notes is essential reading for all interested in the languages and scripts of the ancient Near East, and of interest to students of Northwest Semitic epigraphy, Cuneiform studies, Egyptology, and classical antiquity. We hope that the journal will contribute to our understanding of the languages and cultures of Arabia, from their earliest attestations until the contemporary period. It is hoped that the journal’s accessibility will further help integrate the epigraphy and languages of ancient Arabia into the broader field of Semitic Philology.

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Dire la ville en grec aux époques antique et byzantine: Actes du colloque de Créteil, 10-11 juin 2016

Dire la ville en grec aux époques antique et byzantine: Actes du colloque de Créteil, 10-11 juin 2016
Dire la ville en grec aux époques antique et byzantine
  • Éditeur : MOM Éditions
  • Collection : Littérature & Linguistique | 1
  • Lieu d’édition : Lyon
  • Année d’édition : 2020
  • Publication sur OpenEdition Books : 23 septembre 2020
  • EAN (Édition imprimée) : 9782356680648
  • EAN électronique : 9782356681713
  • Nombre de pages : 348 p.
À partir de tous les types de textes disponibles, les actes de ce colloque international invitent à s’interroger sur les mots et les discours relatifs à la ville dans les territoires où l’on a parlé grec au cours de l’Antiquité et du Moyen Âge. L’étude du vocabulaire et du langage vise à mieux comprendre le sens des mots eux-mêmes, leur évolution dans le temps, leur variation selon les régions et la diversité de leurs usages dans des écrits de nature différente. Elle a aussi pour but d’expliciter les représentations mentales qui tout à la fois sous‑tendent l’usage de ces mots et en résultent. Comment les mots de la ville se façonnent-ils ? Comment les mots façonnent-ils la ville ?
Les articles, consacrés à un terme pris isolément, à une famille lexicale, à un champ sémantique ou à une œuvre concernant des mondes urbains réels ou fictifs, examinent la ville dans son ensemble, ses édifices, les activités conçues comme proprement urbaines, ou les personnes qui y vivent. Ils sont répartis en quatre chapitres intitulés « Des hommes et des villes », « Composantes et composition de l’espace urbain », « Nommer et classer les villes » et « Des villes dans un empire ».
Liliane Lopez‑Rabatel , Virginie Mathé et Jean‑Charles Moretti
Introduction

Des hommes et des villes

Flavia Frisone et Mario Lombardo
Dire les villes des « Autres »

Les établissements des peuples non grecs de l’Occident dans l’historiographie grecque, d’Hécatée à Thucydide

Composantes et composition de l’espace urbain

Sylvie Rougier‑Blanc
Des mots pour dire la maison dans la ville

Usages poétiques et représentations de l’habitat domestique

Cécile Durvye et Jean‑Charles Moretti
Θεατροειδής

De la comparaison architecturale à la métaphore spectaculaire

Dominique‑Marie Cabaret et Anca Dan
Jérusalem comme théâtre hasmonéen et hérodien

Thursday, September 24, 2020

Resources for Classical Civilisation and Ancient History

Resources for Classical Civilisation and Ancient History
ACE recently put out a call for resources on a range of Class Civ and Ancient History topics which teachers had told us they wanted support with. We’ve had a really positive response, and while not every topic has been covered, we’re delighted to share some useful content below. Many of these were pulled from the Classics Library, so huge thanks to that entire community for its ongoing support of Classics teaching, as well as @NCCHistory.
There’s still time to reach out with more resources if you have them; just email ace@kcl.ac.uk.
I’ve just moved into school teaching myself after completing my PhD at King’s. So I know how important it is to pool resources, share best practice and support each other as we work to expand Classical subjects in schools across the country. In the wider school environment, Classical subjects can sometimes be overlooked as less important than the ‘core’ subjects. But as Classics teachers, we know the huge benefits a Classical education gives students; for skills acquisition, for future prospects, and also for their own well-being and engagement. This is particularly true of Classical Civilisation and Ancient History, with their wide-ranging syllabuses.
I’m therefore proud to be a newly-minted school teacher, and proud to be continuing my work with ACE to ensure that every child gets the opportunity of a Classical education.

Cornell Collections of Antiquities

Cornell Collections of Antiquities
Photograph of frieze from Cornell Collection of Antiquities
Cornell University owns several collections of antiquities – originals and reproductions – from the ancient Mediterranean. Acquired mostly in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, their primary purpose was to serve as hands-on material for teaching and research. Once housed in the ground floor of Goldwin Smith Hall, the University’s former Museum of Archaeology, they are now dispersed over several institutions, colleges, departments and buildings on campus. This website aims to reunite them again so that faculty, students and laypeople alike in Ithaca and beyond can discover these precious resources. So far, the collection of plaster casts, ancient coins, gems, photographs and squeezes are being documented and catalogued.

The Fieldwalker: Essays in archaeological survey and ancient landscapes

The Fieldwalker: Essays in archaeological survey and ancient landscapes 

Welcome to the The Fieldwalker

Here you will find articles on ancient landscapes and archaeological survey in the Mediterranean, alongside featured project pages with links to official survey websites and open data sources, plus event listings for relevant archaeological survey events.
The inaugural articles by Sabine Huy and Barbora Weissova, and Elif Koparal will introduce the reader to two survey projects from the Turkish Aegean coast. New also a thought piece from Michael Loy on the relationship between methodology and the intellectual genealogy of archaeologists…