The difficulties of the Bronze Age burial record on Cyprus have been well documented. Until recent years, limitations to the body of demographic data, obtained from the mortuary arena, have prevented a substantial investigation into the relationship between biological aspects of…
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This dissertation presents the first English in-depth study of one of the most important maqtals (martyrdom narratives) ever written in Persian, the Rowz̤at ol-Shohadā’ (Meadow of the Martyrs) by Ḥoseyn b. ʿAlī Beyhaqī Kāshefī (d. 910 A.H./1504 C.E.). Through the broader lens of …
In this thesis work, Sand and Dust is an installation containing multiple types of work, including short videos, short film, sound, photograph, and documentary. Sand and Dust title is inspired by the title of the song written by Trinh Cong Son. This song abstracts the concepts o…
The purpose of this dissertation is to better understand the role of female figurines in ancient Egypt. Through the use of several key example types, paddle dolls, faience female figurines (Pinch’s Type 1), and ceramic female figurines (Pinch’s Type 2 and 3), the differences in …
The theme of death pervades the Satyrica, a Roman novel written by Petronius in the second half of the first century C.E. that exists today largely in fragmentary form. This dissertation investigates the role of death in the Satyrica, particularly its philosophical, sociological…
The Chi-Rho (☧), or Christian monogram, is one of the most common religious symbols in Christian art. Traditional archaeology has considered the presence of a chi-rho to be an indicator of a Christian artifact, as a result of a long-standing association with the figure of Christ…
This thesis studies tomb portraits – images of the deceased depicted on tomb walls – of the Northern dynasties in China within this period’s visual culture. While painting images of the tomb occupants on tomb walls had been a common practice in China in the 2nd century CE, it wa…
Türk tezyini sanatlar içinde önemli bir yere sahip olan kalemişi sanatı, Osmanlı İmparatorluğu döneminde usta sanatkârların maharetli ellerinde gelişim göstererek zirve noktasına ulaşmıştır. Bu süreç başkent Bursa ile başlayıp fethedilen tüm topraklarda gelişimini sürdürmüştür. …
This study is a methodical investigation of the ancient Egyptian priesthood appearing in the Memphite elite tombs of the Old Kingdom. The iconographic specifics of figures having singular priestly titles, or any hierarchical and gender variations of the same titles, were collect…
The coding of social hierarchies by means of clothing allowed people to interact within the boundaries of their society with as much clarity as possible. Clothing equaled social station. This did not change after death. Clothing depicted on three-dimensional tomb effigies evolve…
The site of Tell el Ajjul represents one of the most important Middle Bronze Age sites in southern Palestine. This dissertation presents a refined chronology of the site based on a correlation between the destruction of Town I and the Minoan eruption of the Thera volcano. It is …
My study examines funerary monuments of Cilicia Tracheia as evidence for interactions among Greek, Roman and indigenous cultures and for external connections of the region with Syria and the Near East. Rock-cut tombs, tower-tombs, temple-tombs, sarcophagi, larnakes and stelae ar…