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Pilgrimage and Household in the Ancient Near East (Paperback)
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Pilgrimage and Household in the Ancient Near East (Paperback)
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In this book, Joy McCorriston examines the continuity of traditions
over millennia in the Near East. Tracing the phenomenon of
pilgrimage in pre-Islamic Arabia up through the development of the
Hajj, she defines its essential characteristics and emphasizes the
critical role that pilgrimage plays in enabling and developing
socioeconomic transactions. Indeed, the social identities
constructed through pilgrimage are key to understanding the
long-term endurance of the phenomenon. In the second part of the
book, McCorriston turns to the household, using cases of ancient
households in Mesopotamian societies, both in the private and
public spheres. Her conclusions tie together broader theoretical
implications generated by the study of the two phenomena and offer
a new paradigm for archaeological study, which has traditionally
focused on transitions to the exclusion of continuity of
traditions.
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