The archaeology of late antique "paganism" / / edited by Luke Lavan and Michael Mulryan.

There is no agreement over how to name the 'pagan' cults of late antiquity. Clearly they were more diverse than this Christian label suggests, but also exhibited tendencies towards monotheism and internal changes which makes it difficult to describe them as 'traditional cults'. T...

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Superior document:Late antique archaeology ; v. 7
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Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
Series:Late antique archaeology ; v. 7.
Physical Description:1 online resource (709 p.)
Notes:Papers from the conference "The Archaeology of Late Antique Paganism" held in 2005 in Leuven.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / L. Lavan and M. Mulryan
  • ‘Paganism’ In Late Antiquity: Thematic Studies / Koen Demarsin
  • ‘Paganism’ In Late Antiquity: Regional Studies And Material Culture / Michael Mulryan
  • Eusebius Of Caesarea And The Concept Of Paganism / Peter Van Nuffelen
  • Late Antique Paganism: Adaptation Under Duress / Béatrice Caseau
  • The ‘End’ Of Roman Senatorial Paganism / David M. Gwynn
  • Temples In Late Antique Gaul / Penelope J. Goodman
  • Fana, Templa, Delubra Destrui Praecipimus: The End Of The Temples In Roman Spain / Javier Arce
  • The Temple Of Flora Or Venus By The Circus Maximus And The New Christian Topography: The ‘Pagan Revival’ In Action? / Michael Mulryan
  • The Fate Of The Temples In North Africa / Gareth Sears
  • Late Paganism And Christianisation In Greece / Helen G. Saradi and Demetrios Eliopoulos
  • Late Paganism On The Aegean Islands And Processes Of Christianisation / Georgios Deligiannakis
  • The Fate Of Temples In Late Antique Anatolia / Peter Talloen and Lies Vercauteren
  • The Fate Of The Temples In Late Antique Egypt / Jitse H.F. Dijkstra
  • Political Talismans? Residual ‘Pagan’ Statues In Late Antique Public Space / Luke Lavan
  • Religious Intolerance And Pagan Statuary / Béatrice Caseau
  • Religious Rituals At Springs In The Late Antique And Early Medieval World / Eberhard W. Sauer
  • Wells And Belief Systems At The End Of Roman Britain: A Case Study From Roman London / James Gerrard
  • From Pagan To Christian: Religious Iconography In Material Culture From Sagalassos / Peter Talloen
  • Abstracts In French / L. Lavan and M. Mulryan
  • Indices / Aoife Fitzgerald.