UID:
almahu_9949863607302882
Format:
1 online resource (149 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780520395015
Series Statement:
Iran in the Ancient World Series ; v.1
Content:
A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Originally delivered as the Biennial Ehsan Yarshater Lectures, Aspects of Kinship in Ancient Iran is an exploration of kinship in the archaeological and historical record of Iran's most ancient civilizations. D.T. Potts brings together history, archaeology, and social anthropology to provide an overview of what we can know about the kith and kinship ties in Iran, from prehistory to Elamite, Achaemenid, and Sasanian times. In so doing, he sheds light on the rich body of evidence that exists for kin relations in Iran, a topic that has too often been ignored in the study of the ancient world.
Note:
Cover -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Series Preface -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1. Money Is to the West What Kinship Is to the Rest -- Some Preliminary Thoughts and Clarifications -- The Next Step -- 2. Aspects of Kinship in Iranian Prehistory -- Approaching the Social Aspect of Ceramics -- Exogamy in the Prehistoric Record -- Social Endogamy? -- Neolocal Residence -- Detecting Dowries Archaeologically -- A Few Words on the Notion of "Tribe" -- 3. Problems in the Study of Elamite Kinship -- Elamite Filiation -- Elamite Descent and Ascribed Group Affiliation -- Descent and Succession -- The Avunculate -- The Levirate -- 4. Descent and Marriage in Achaemenid Iran -- Medes, Achaemenids, and the Tribal Question -- Darius I's Genealogical Charter -- Darius I's Choice of Xerxes as His Successor -- Sisigambis, Mother of Darius III -- Preferential Marriage Among the Achaemenids -- Incestuous Marriage in the Achaemenid Period? -- 5. Some Aspects of Feudalism in Ancient Iran -- Feudal Traits in Ancient Iran -- Markers of Nobility -- Tamgas on Sasanian Reliefs -- A Tamga on the Headgear of Warahrān IV -- Meanings and Signifiers -- Afterword -- Abbreviations -- References -- Index.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Potts, D. T. Aspects of Kinship in Ancient Iran Berkeley : University of California Press,c2023 ISBN 9780520394995
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
