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| Material Type: | Conference publication, Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Ralph Mark Rosen; University of Pennsylvania. Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. |
| ISBN: | 1931707677 9781931707671 |
| OCLC Number: | 54962516 |
| Notes: | "The chapters in this volume were originally presented at a conference at the University of Pennsylvania in April 2002"--Pref. |
| Description: | 216 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | Preface, Ancient time across time / Ralph M. Rosen -- Temporality and the study of prehistory / John C. Barrett -- Shaping life in the late prehistoric and Romano-British periods / Chris Gosden -- Scholarly conceptions and quantifications of time in Assyria and Babylonia, c. 750-250 BCE / Eleanor Robson -- Concepts of time in classical India / Ludo Rocher -- Cyclical and teleological time in the Hebrew Bible / Marc Brettler -- Temporality and the fabric of space-time in early Chinese thought / David W. Pankenier -- Topographies of time in Hesiod / Alex Purves -- Greek chronographic traditions about the first Olympic Games / Astrid Möller -- Pagan and Christian notions of the week in the 4th century CE Western Roman empire / Michele Renee Salzman. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Ralph M. Rosen. |
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