TY - BOOK ID - 100651962 TI - The archaeology of death in Roman Syria : burial, commemoration, and empire PY - 2017 SN - 1107131413 9781107131415 1107579295 1108216129 1108214770 1108206670 1108218822 1108217478 1108224229 131644323X 9781108224222 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Excavations (Archaeology) KW - Architecture, Roman KW - Tombs KW - Burial KW - Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient KW - Fouilles (Archéologie) KW - History KW - Syria KW - Antiquities, Roman KW - Grave goods KW - Religious life and customs. KW - Burial goods KW - Burial objects KW - Grave objects KW - Ceremonial objects KW - Funeral rites and ceremonies KW - Burial customs KW - Burying-grounds KW - Graves KW - Interment KW - Archaeology KW - Public health KW - Coffins KW - Dead KW - Grave digging KW - Sirii︠a︡ KW - Iqlīm al-Sūrī (United Arab Republic) KW - Iqlīm al-Shamālī (United Arab Republic) KW - Syrian Region (United Arab Republic) KW - سوريا KW - Sūriyā KW - Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah al-Sūrīyah KW - Syrian Arab Republic KW - République arabe syrienne KW - Sowria KW - Syrie KW - R.A.S. KW - RAS KW - Ittiḥād al-Duwal al-Sūrīyah KW - Fédération des États de Syrie KW - Syrische Arabische Republik KW - SAR KW - Suryah KW - Arabska Republika Syryjska KW - Syrien KW - Jumhuriya al-Arabya as-Suriya KW - Repubblica Araba Siriana KW - جمهورية العربية السورية KW - Jumhūriyyah al-ʻArabiyyah as-Sūriyyah KW - Сірыя KW - Siryi︠a︡ KW - Сірыйская Арабская Рэспубліка KW - Siryĭskai︠a︡ Arabskai︠a︡ Rėspublika KW - Сирийската арабска република KW - Siriĭskata arabska republika KW - Συρία KW - Αραβική Δημοκρατία της Συρίας KW - Aravikē Dēmokratia tēs Syrias KW - 시리아 KW - Siria KW - סוריה KW - רפובליקה הערבית הסורית KW - Republiḳah ha-ʻArvit ha-Surit KW - シリア KW - Shiria KW - Сирия KW - Сирийская Арабская Республика KW - Siriĭskai︠a︡ Arabskai︠a︡ Respublika KW - Сирія KW - Syrii︠a︡ KW - Сирійська Арабська республіка KW - Syriĭsʹka Arabsʹka respublika KW - 敘利亞 KW - Xuliya KW - United Arab Republic UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:100651962 AB - In the first centuries of the Common Era, an eclectic collection of plain and embellished underground and aboveground tombs filled the cemeteries of the Roman province of Syria. Its inhabitants used rituals of commemoration to express messages about their local identity, family, and social position, while simultaneously ensuring that the deceased was given proper burial rites. In this book, Lidewijde de Jong investigates these customs and the belief systems that governed the choices made in the commemoration of men, women and children. Presenting the first all-inclusive overview of the archaeology of death in Roman Syria, the book combines spatial analysis of cemeteries with the study of funerary architecture and decoration, grave goods, and information about the deceased provided by sculptural, epigraphic, and osteological sources. It also sheds a new light on life and death in Syria and offers a novel way of understanding provincial culture in the Roman Empire. ER -