After Dark : The Nocturnal Urban Landscape and Lightscape of Ancient Cities /: The Nocturnal Urban Landscape and Lightscape of Ancient Cities. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Nancy Gonlin, Meghan E Strong.
• Editors: Gonlin, Nancy; Strong, Meghan E
• Contents: <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-vii' class='sequence-1'>Contents <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-ix' class='sequence-2'>List of Figures and Tables <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-xv' class='sequence-3'>Preface <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-3' class='sequence-4'>1. City Nights: Archaeology of Night, Darkness, and Luminosity in Ancient Urban Environments-Nancy Gonlin and Meghan E. Strong <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-33' class='sequence-5'>2. Looking for Light in Ancient Egyptian Urban Rituals-Meghan E. Strong <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-50' class='sequence-6'>3. Danger in the Mesopotamian Night: Mitigating Peril in the Heartland of Cities-Tiffany Earley-Spadoni <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-71' class='sequence-7'>4. Illuminating the Mysteries of the Great Gods at Samothrace, Greece-Maggie L. Popkin <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-97' class='sequence-8'>5. Living Landscapes of Night in Tiwanaku, Bolivia-John Wayne Janusek and Anna Guengerich <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-125' class='sequence-9'>6. Lunar Power in Ancient Maya Cities-Kristin V. Landau, Christopher Hernandez, and Nancy Gonlin <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-153' class='sequence-10'>7. Every Day Hath a Night: Nightlife and Religion in the Wari Empire of Peru-Martha Cabrera Romero and J. Antonio Ochatoma Cabrera <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-181' class='sequence-11'>8. Cahokia after Dark: Affect, Water, and the Moon-Susan M. Alt <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-208' class='sequence-12'>9. Notes on the Chacoan Nightscape: Astronomy, Fireboxes, and Gambling-Robert S. Weiner <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-238' class='sequence-13'>10. The Aztec New Fire Ceremony and the Illumination of the Night-Kirby Farah and Susan Toby Evans <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-259' class='sequence-14'>11. Nocturnal Urban Landscapes: From the First Cities to the Present-Monica L. Smith <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-277' class='sequence-15'>Index <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-293' class='sequence-16'>List of Contributors.
• Publisher Details: Louisville : University Press of Colorado
• Publication Date: 2022
• Copyright Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource (312 pages)
• Subjects: Social Science -- General; Social Science -- Archaeology
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781646422609
• Related ISBNs: 9781646422593
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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