The Elamite World assembles a group of forty international scholars to contribute their expertise to the production of a solid, lavishly illustrated, English language treatment of Elamite civilization, covering topics such as its physical setting, historical development, languages and people, material culture, art, science, religion and society.
The Elamite World assembles a group of forty international scholars to contribute their expertise to the production of a solid, lavishly illustrated, English language treatment of Elamite civilization, covering topics such as its physical setting, historical development, languages and people, material culture, art, science, religion and society.
Javier Álvarez-Mon, a native of Spain, holds degrees in ancient Near Eastern art and archaeology from the École du Louvre (Paris) and the University of California at Berkeley, respectively. A 2003 Fullbright-Hays Fellow, he is presently Associate Professor in Near Eastern Archaeology and Art at Macquarie University (Australia) and 2014-18 Future Fellow (Australian Research Council). His primary research interests are the ancient Iranian civilizations of Elam and early Achaemenid Persia. He has two forthcoming books, Monumental Reliefs of the Elamite Highlands and The Art and Culture of Elam. Gian Pietro Basello (PhD in the Ancient Near East 2005) is Tenured Lecturer (2018-) at "L'Orientale" University of Naples, Italy, where he has been teachin Elamite language since 2010. He has worked since 2003 on the Iranian-Italian joint Project DARIOSH (Digital Achaemenid Royal Inscription Open Schema Hypertext). His researches are also devoted to ancient calendars and systems for recording time. His website is www.elamit.net. Yasmina Wicks completed her PhD entitled "'Alas, Short is the Joy of Life!': Elamite Funerary Practice in the First Half of the First Millennium BCE" at the University of Sydney, Australia, where she remains a research affiliate. She has authored a monograph, Bronze 'Bathtub' Coffins in the Context of 8th-6th Century BC Babylonian, Assyrian and Elamite Funerary Practices (2015), and several articles on the material culture of first millennium Elam.
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Introduction Part I Imagining Elam: The History of Research and its Sources 1. Ælam regio: Elam in Western Scholarship from the Renaissance to the Late 19th Century 2. Elam and the Bible 3. France and Elam 4. Between Orientalism and Persomania: the Presentation of the Iranian Collections at the Louvre 5. Elamite Forgeries and the Antiquities Market Part II The Land and Peoples of Elam 6. Physical Geography and Environment of Elam 7. Metals and Mining 8. The Peoples of Elam 9. Elamites and Iranians Part III Elam through History 10. The Birth of Elam in History 11. The Old Elamite Period 12. Elam in the Middle Elamite Period 13. The Last Centuries of Elam: The Neo-Elamite Period Part IV Close Encounters on the Eastern and Western Fronts 14. Great Domino Games: From Elam, Looking Eastwards 15. Elam and Babylonia c. 1400-1100 BC 16. Elam and Assyria 17. Propaganda and Symbolism: Representations of the Elamites at the Time of Ashurbanipal Part V Language and Writing in Elam 18. Prehistoric Administrative Technologies and the Ancient Near Eastern Redistribution Economy: The Case of Greater Susiana 19. The Proto-Elamite Writing System 20. Linear Elamite Writing 21. The Elamite Language 22. Writing in Elam 23. Elamite Royal Inscriptions 24. Elamite Administration Part VI The Material Culture of Elam 25. Elamite Architecture 26. Elamite Ceramics 27. The Metal Arts of Elam 28. The Industry of Vitreous Materials in Elam 29. Origins of Monumental Sculpture in Elam: Two Case Studies 30. The Sculptural Arts of Elam 31. Glyptic in the 4th-2nd Millennium 32. Glyptic in the 1st Millennium 33. Elamite Dress and Textiles Part VII Elamite Society 34. Cuneiform Culture and Science, Calendars, and Metrology in Elam 35. Elamite Religion and Ritual 36. Elamite Funerary Practices 37. Women of Elam 38. Music Part VIII The Legacy of Elam 39. Elamite Administrative and Religious Heritage in the Persian Heartland 40. The Elamite Artistic Heritage of Persia 41. Elam in Achaemenid Studies
Introduction Part I Imagining Elam: The History of Research and its Sources 1. Ælam regio: Elam in Western Scholarship from the Renaissance to the Late 19th Century 2. Elam and the Bible 3. France and Elam 4. Between Orientalism and Persomania: the Presentation of the Iranian Collections at the Louvre 5. Elamite Forgeries and the Antiquities Market Part II The Land and Peoples of Elam 6. Physical Geography and Environment of Elam 7. Metals and Mining 8. The Peoples of Elam 9. Elamites and Iranians Part III Elam through History 10. The Birth of Elam in History 11. The Old Elamite Period 12. Elam in the Middle Elamite Period 13. The Last Centuries of Elam: The Neo-Elamite Period Part IV Close Encounters on the Eastern and Western Fronts 14. Great Domino Games: From Elam, Looking Eastwards 15. Elam and Babylonia c. 1400-1100 BC 16. Elam and Assyria 17. Propaganda and Symbolism: Representations of the Elamites at the Time of Ashurbanipal Part V Language and Writing in Elam 18. Prehistoric Administrative Technologies and the Ancient Near Eastern Redistribution Economy: The Case of Greater Susiana 19. The Proto-Elamite Writing System 20. Linear Elamite Writing 21. The Elamite Language 22. Writing in Elam 23. Elamite Royal Inscriptions 24. Elamite Administration Part VI The Material Culture of Elam 25. Elamite Architecture 26. Elamite Ceramics 27. The Metal Arts of Elam 28. The Industry of Vitreous Materials in Elam 29. Origins of Monumental Sculpture in Elam: Two Case Studies 30. The Sculptural Arts of Elam 31. Glyptic in the 4th-2nd Millennium 32. Glyptic in the 1st Millennium 33. Elamite Dress and Textiles Part VII Elamite Society 34. Cuneiform Culture and Science, Calendars, and Metrology in Elam 35. Elamite Religion and Ritual 36. Elamite Funerary Practices 37. Women of Elam 38. Music Part VIII The Legacy of Elam 39. Elamite Administrative and Religious Heritage in the Persian Heartland 40. The Elamite Artistic Heritage of Persia 41. Elam in Achaemenid Studies
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