Tradition: Transmission of Culture in the Ancient World

by: Feifer, J. Moltesen, M. Rathje, A.

Fejfer, Jane, Mette Moltesen & Annette Rathje (ed.)
Tradition
Transmission of Culture in the Ancient World

2015, 480 pp., pb.
85 color plates, 45 halftones
22 maps, 10 tables
ISBN 978-87-635-4258-6
Series: Acta Hyperborea, vol. 14
ISSN 0904-2067

2015

Tradition – from the Latin tradere, literally to hand over or hand down – has many meanings and as a concept has a long history in Western culture. When using archaeological remains to interpret the social relations of people of Antiquity, tradition becomes an important concept. We cannot explain change without knowing and being conscious of la longue durée of material culture. Thus, over a long-term perspective archaeologists seek to trace a record of continual change.

This lavishly illustrated book takes readers from prehistoric Santorini to Late Antique Rome and discusses the role of tradition in the transmission of culture and the creation, maintenance and negotiation of identity in the ancient world. Covering a wide array of subjects, including cultic rituals and the use of magical objects and symbols, votive traditions in Greek sanctuaries, funerary portraits, and Iron Age pottery, Tradition reveals how culture inheres in each and how actions and objects alike play a role in the continuation and change of culture. With its thoroughly interdisciplinary approach, Tradition breaks new ground in the studies of the classical and ancient world.

Contributors: Niels Bargfeldt/Cecilie Brøns/Jane Fejfer/Solvejg Hansen/Signe Isager/Ifke van Kampen/Arja Karivieri/Jens Krasilnikoff/Eva Morten-sen/Christian Mühlenbock/Marjatta Nielsen/Nora Petersen/Rubina Raja/Sine Grove Saxkjær & Jan Kindberg Jacobsen/Stine Schierup/Lone Wriedt Sørensen/Christina Videbech/Kristina Winther-Jacobsen.
Jane Fejfer is associate professor of classical archaeology at the University of Copenhagen.

Mette Moltesen is former curator of Ancient Sculp-ture at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen.

Annette Rathje is Associate Professor emerita of Classical Archaeology at the University of Copenhagen.

Tradition: Transmission of Culture in the Ancient World

by: Feifer, J. Moltesen, M. Rathje, A.

• ISBN-13: 9788763542586 / 978-87-635-4258-6
• ISBN-03: 8763542587 / 87-635-4258-7
• Museum Tusculamun Press, Copenhagen, 2015