Encyclopedia of Society and Culture in the Ancient World
xx MAPS VOLUME I Ranges of the Wild Ancestors of Early Livestock 27 Ancient Mesoamerica 84 Athens and Its Monuments 224 Nubian S ...
Plutarch: “Th e Training of Children,” ca. 110 c.e. 200 Strabo: Geography, excerpt on Africa, ca. 22 c.e. 269 Pliny: Natural His ...
Sun Tzu: Th e Art of War, excerpt, sixth century b.c.e. 737 Xenophon: “Th e Spartan War Machine,” ca. 375 b.c.e. 738 Josephus: “ ...
xxiii Pr e fa c e Welcome to the Encyclopedia of Society and Culture in the An- cient World, a four-volume set that provides com ...
xxiv Preface to the ancient world by Dr. Peter Bogucki of Princeton Uni- versity, who served as the editor in chief of the encyc ...
xxv Introduction Th e story of the ancient world spans the globe and covers vast amounts of time. It is the largely overlooked s ...
xxvi Introduction Burials and cemeteries are another important category of ancient site. Th e skeletons of ancient people impart ...
Introduction xxvii such as the hieroglyphs of Egypt and Mesoamerica, represent people, places, and objects and the relationships ...
DIFFERENTIATION IN STATUS, POWER, WEALTH With agricultural surpluses and settlement in villages came opportunities for individua ...
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3 A ▶ adornment introduction In modern life people in developed countries spend billions of dollars on personal adornments, in ...
AFRICA BY SUSAN COOKSEY Most of what we know about African adornment in the ancient period is from archaeological evidence. Alth ...
on personal taste, fashion, sex, age, and social standing. Priests were required to shave their heads and whole bod- ies for rit ...
made from red ocher or henna combined with animal fat, which was applied to fi ngernails and toenails as well. Cos- metic contai ...
ported from India. A favorite blue stone, lapis lazuli, was im- ported from the mountains of modern-day Afghanistan and worked i ...
ASIA AND THE PACIFIC BY AMY HACKNEY BLACKWELL In ancient China jewelry indicated a person’s social status; the more expensive an ...
methods for attracting lovers, suggests that women tattoo themselves and use makeup on their faces, nails, and bodies. Th ey col ...
beginning, possibly to ward off evil spirits. Th ese intricately patterned knot designs undoubtedly had some signifi cance, but ...
green turtle was used in the Mediterranean, while loggerhead turtle shell had a northerly distribution. Th e high cost of the sm ...
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