Practices and Rituals of Appropriating Abandoned Artifacts from Antiquity to Modern Times
Edited by Alessandro Buono, Gianluca Miniaci and Anna Anguissola
Full Price: £50.00
Discount Price: £40.00
ISBN: 9798888571149
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2024-11-15
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Oxbow Books
240 Pages
Uses case studies to examine the intricate mechanisms of ritualistic appropriation of ruined and/or abandoned assets and artifacts in the ancient and medieval worlds.
Edited by Renee M. Gondek and Carrie L. Sulosky Weaver
Price: £38.00
ISBN: 9781789251043
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2018-12-12
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
240 Pages
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