Mortuary Landscapes of North Africa / / ed. by David Stone, Lea Stirling.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Leone, Anna,; MacKinnon, Michael,; Mattingly, David J.,; Moore, Jennifer P.,; Stirling, Lea M.,; Stone, David L.,; Younes, Habib Ben,
• HerausgeberIn: Stirling, Lea ,; Stone, David,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Phoenix Presocractic Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (270 p.)

Cemetery and landscape studies have been hallmarks of North African archaeology for more than one hundred years. Mortuary Landscapes of North Africa is the first book to combine these two fields by considering North African cemeteries within the context of their wider landscapes. This unique perspective allows for new interpretations of notions of identity, community, imperial influence, and sacred space. Based on a wealth of material research from current fieldwork, this collection of essays investigates how North African funerary monuments acted as regional boundaries, markers of identity and status, and barometers of cultural change. The essays cover a broad range in terms of space and time - from southern Libya to eastern Algeria, and from the seventh century BCE to the seventh century CE. A comprehensive introduction explains the importance of the 'landscape perspective' that these studies bring to North African funerary monuments, while individual case-studies address such topics as the African way of death among the Garamantes, the ritual reasons for the location of certain Early Christian tombs, Punic burials, Roman cupula tombs, and the effects of rapid state formation and imperial incorporation on tomb builders. Unique in both scope and perspective, this volume will prove invaluable to a cross-section of archaeological scholars.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Figures -- Preface -- 1. Funerary Monuments and Mortuary Practices in the Landscapes of North Africa -- 2. Interculturality and the Punic Funerary World -- 3. Monuments on the Margins: Interpreting the First Millennium B.C.E. Rock-cut Tombs (Haouanet) of North Africa -- 4. The 'Mausoleum Culture' of Africa Proconsularis -- 5. The Koine of the Cupula in Roman North Africa and the Transition from Cremation to Inhumation -- 6. The African Way of Death: Burial Rituals beyond the Roman Empire -- 7. Changing Urban Landscapes: Burials in North African Cities from the Late Antique to Byzantine Periods -- 8. Peopling the Mortuary Landscape of North Africa: An Overview of the Human Osteological Evidence -- Index