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Jeffrey A. Becker deposited Art in the ancient Greek world in the group
Classical archaeology on Humanities Commons 2 years, 10 months agoThis course explores the art and archaeology of the Greek world from the Late Bronze Age to the Roman period. The course focuses on architecture, sculpture, painted pottery, and wall painting as its main object classes and situates artistic and stylistic developments within their social, political, and historical context. We will consider issues…[Read more]
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Jeffrey A. Becker deposited Rome’s Augustan “rebirth”: from bricks to marble on Humanities Commons 2 years, 10 months ago
This course provides a detailed examination of the life and administration of the Roman emperor Augustus (reigned 31 B.C. to A.D. 14), a time of pivotal social and economic change that forever altered the trajectory of Roman history. Augustus and his administration will be examined from a variety of viewpoints, drawing on a rich dataset that…[Read more]
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Jeffrey A. Becker deposited Art in the ancient Greek world on Humanities Commons 2 years, 10 months ago
This course explores the art and archaeology of the Greek world from the Late Bronze Age to the Roman period. The course focuses on architecture, sculpture, painted pottery, and wall painting as its main object classes and situates artistic and stylistic developments within their social, political, and historical context. We will consider issues…[Read more]
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Jeffrey A. Becker's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 2 years, 10 months ago
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Jeffrey A. Becker changed their profile picture on Humanities Commons 2 years, 10 months ago
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Sebastian Heath deposited Estimating and Mapping Roman Amphitheater Seating Capacity on Humanities Commons 2 years, 11 months ago
The article describes and implements a method for estimating the seating capacity of Roman amphitheaters that takes account of existing scholarship. The resulting total estimated capacity is approximately three million. Mapping the distribution of these seats emphasizes that a large share were in Italy, with many also in central North Africa. This…[Read more]
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Jonathan Valk deposited Crime and Punishment: Deportation in the Levant in the Age of Assyrian Hegemony in the group
History on Humanities Commons 2 years, 11 months agoAssyrian imperialism is closely associated with the practice of mass deportation. This practice has been explained by recourse to many different motivations. But can we hope to pinpoint the logic informing deportation rather than merely identifying its advantages? This paper surveys the evidence of deportation in the Levant in the period 745–620 B…[Read more]
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Jonathan Valk deposited Crime and Punishment: Deportation in the Levant in the Age of Assyrian Hegemony in the group
Assyriologists on Humanities Commons 2 years, 11 months agoAssyrian imperialism is closely associated with the practice of mass deportation. This practice has been explained by recourse to many different motivations. But can we hope to pinpoint the logic informing deportation rather than merely identifying its advantages? This paper surveys the evidence of deportation in the Levant in the period 745–620 B…[Read more]
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Jonathan Valk deposited Crime and Punishment: Deportation in the Levant in the Age of Assyrian Hegemony in the group
Ancient Near East on Humanities Commons 2 years, 11 months agoAssyrian imperialism is closely associated with the practice of mass deportation. This practice has been explained by recourse to many different motivations. But can we hope to pinpoint the logic informing deportation rather than merely identifying its advantages? This paper surveys the evidence of deportation in the Levant in the period 745–620 B…[Read more]
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Jonathan Valk deposited Crime and Punishment: Deportation in the Levant in the Age of Assyrian Hegemony on Humanities Commons 2 years, 11 months ago
Assyrian imperialism is closely associated with the practice of mass deportation. This practice has been explained by recourse to many different motivations. But can we hope to pinpoint the logic informing deportation rather than merely identifying its advantages? This paper surveys the evidence of deportation in the Levant in the period 745–620 B…[Read more]
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Jeffrey A. Becker deposited Archaeology of Mediterranean Landscapes in the group
Classical archaeology on Humanities Commons 3 years agoThis course offers a survey of the archaeology of settled landscapes in the ancient Mediterranean world,
including both the ancient Near East and the Mediterranean basin. In particular, the course will focus on
city-country dichotomies in order to study the patterns of development, demography, and land use in
selected case study areas. While…[Read more] -
Jeffrey A. Becker deposited Roman art: an introduction in the group
Roman archaeology on Humanities Commons 3 years agoThis course provides an introduction to the visual culture and art forms of the Italo-Roman world from the
Early Iron Age to the beginning of Late Antiquity. The course examines the developmental arcs of art
forms in various spheres (public, private, sacred, funereal) and considers key media (sculpture, painting,
mosaic, decorative arts).…[Read more] -
Jeffrey A. Becker deposited Roman art: an introduction in the group
Classical archaeology on Humanities Commons 3 years agoThis course provides an introduction to the visual culture and art forms of the Italo-Roman world from the
Early Iron Age to the beginning of Late Antiquity. The course examines the developmental arcs of art
forms in various spheres (public, private, sacred, funereal) and considers key media (sculpture, painting,
mosaic, decorative arts).…[Read more] -
Jeffrey A. Becker deposited Archaeology of Mediterranean Landscapes on Humanities Commons 3 years ago
This course offers a survey of the archaeology of settled landscapes in the ancient Mediterranean world,
including both the ancient Near East and the Mediterranean basin. In particular, the course will focus on
city-country dichotomies in order to study the patterns of development, demography, and land use in
selected case study areas. While…[Read more] -
This course provides an introduction to the visual culture and art forms of the Italo-Roman world from the
Early Iron Age to the beginning of Late Antiquity. The course examines the developmental arcs of art
forms in various spheres (public, private, sacred, funereal) and considers key media (sculpture, painting,
mosaic, decorative arts).…[Read more] -
Tom Elliott changed their profile picture on Humanities Commons 3 years ago
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Tom Elliott's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 3 years ago
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