ARTHIST 143S · also CLST 143S, CULANTH 143S, RELIGION 143S
The Archaeology of Death: Ritual and Social Structure in the Ancient World
Alicia Jimenez
Description from DukeHub
Historically contextualized study of how the dead 'lived' in the ancient Roman world, in funerary practices and traditions. Topics may include: funerary rituals; ritual distinctions between the space of the living and dead around cities and in the countryside; ancestor cult; monumental and not-so-monumental tombs; grave offerings and grave assemblages; public personae and funerary iconography tied to gender, age, and occupation. Course will compare death-practices between ancient Rome and other regions and periods.
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- No: Physical, lab or field work
- No: Live work with people
- Yes: Judgment someone is accountable for · "justice"
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- Yes: Small, in-person format · seminar, 18 seats per section
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