Browse
The Reuse of Tombs in Eastern Arabia

The Reuse of Tombs in Eastern Arabia

by Archaeopress

£60.00
MPN9781803274973
Prices updated 18 Jun 2026

Compare 1 Retailer

Prices checked 16h ago
TGJones logo

TGJones

BEST PRICE
In stock2 - 4 working days
3 deals available
£60.00
Best Price

Amazon

Check live price on Amazon.co.uk

eBay

Check availability and price on eBay.co.uk. Yorkshire.com may be paid for purchases made through this link, by eBay Partner Network.

Check on eBay

Can’t find it elsewhere?

Product Description

People in the past were always confronted with surviving remains from previous periods, and reacted to and engaged with them in varying ways.One activity through which this becomes visible is the reuse of tombs.If this reuse is an intentional reference to the past, it explicitly communicates meaning and thus cultural memory.In Eastern Arabia, however, this phenomenon received little attention in archaeological research, often having been discounted by the excavators as a disturbance to the first use of a tomb. This book will investigate reuse of tombs from the beginning of the Early Bronze Age until the end of the Sasanian period in order to understand the underlying purposes and social context of this practice.In Eastern Arabia, where the adding of new burials to the original content of the tomb is common, such reuse might have functioned to make sense of the present, to give orientation in new situations and to help shape a cultural identity.Reuse occurred more often in the Iron Age and Samad/PIR periods than in all other periods investigated, combined.These are also times of visible social hierarchies. The resulting tensions made counter-measures that both promoted social cohesion and group identity and legitimised the role of the elites necessary.This might have been achieved through creating cultural memory by reusing old tombs.

More products from TGJones

Browse their full range on Yorkshire.com

Deals from Religious Altars retailers

From£60.00TGJones
Buy Now