After dark : the nocturnal urban landscape and lightscape of ancient cities /

"After Dark explores the experience of nighttime within ancient urban settings. Contributors present evidence related to how ancient people manipulated and confronted darkness and night in urban landscapes, advancing our knowledge of the archaeology of cities, the archaeology of darkness and ni...

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Bibliografische gegevens
Andere auteurs: Gonlin, Nancy (Redacteur), Strong, Meghan E. (Redacteur)
Formaat: Licensed eBooks
Taal:Engels
Gepubliceerd in: Louisville, Colorado : University Press of Colorado, [2022]
Online toegang:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv2r4kxkc
Inhoudsopgave:
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • Figures and tables
  • Preface
  • City nights
  • Looking for light in ancient egyptian urban rituals
  • Danger in the mesopotamian night
  • Illuminating the mysteries of the great gods at samothrace, greece
  • Living landscapes of night in tiwanaku, bolivia
  • Lunar power in ancient maya cities
  • Every day hath a night
  • Cahokia after dark
  • Notes on the chacoan nightscape
  • The aztec new fire ceremony and the illumination of the night
  • Nocturnal urban landscapes
  • Index
  • Contributors