Martínez Jiménez, Javier
(ed.)
Ottewill-Soulsby, Sam
(ed.)
Editorial: Oxbow Books
Colección: Impact of the Ancient City ; 2
Número de páginas: 360 págs. 24.0 x 17.0 cm
Fecha de edición: 01-01-2022
EAN: 9781789258165
ISBN: 978-1-78925-816-5
Precio (sin IVA): 66,86 €
Precio (IVA incluído): 69,53 €
This book analyses the different ways in which urban communities of the post-Antique world have tried to understand and relate to the ancient city on their own terms, examining it as a process of forgetting as well as remembering. Many aspects of the ancient city were let go as time passed, but those elements that survived, that were actively remembered, have shaped the many understandings of what it was. The volume assembles specialists in multiple fields to bring their perspectives to bear on the subject through eleven case studies that range from late Antiquity to the mid-20th century, and from the Iberian Peninsula to Iran. Through the examination of archaeological remains, changing urban layouts and chronicles, travel guides and pamphlets, they track how the ancient city was made useful or consigned to oblivion.