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The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Archaeology brings together expert work by leading scholars of the archaeology of Early Christianity and the Roman world in the Mediterranean and surrounding regions. The thirty-four contributions to this volume survey Christian material culture and ground the history, culture, and society of the first seven centuries of Christianity in archaeological method, theory, and research. The essays emphasise the link between archaeological fieldwork, methods, and regional and national traditions in constructing our knowledge of the Early Church and Christian communities within the context of the ancient Mediterranean, Near East, and Europe. Three sweeping introductory essays provide historical perspectives on the archaeology of the Early Christian world.

Dieser Aufsatz behandelt die Entstehung von Antikensammlungen im Rom der Renaissancezeit vor dem Hintergrund der mittelalterlichen Tradition der Spoliierung. Insbesondere wird untersucht, was Salvatore Settis und Kathleen Wren Christian zu unserem Verständnis der politischen und sozialen Funktion von Sammlungen und ihrer Beziehung zu früheren Präsentationsformen beigetragen haben. Der Aufsatz verbindet die Untersuchung der Renaissance-Sammlungen mit umfangreicheren Betrachtungen über die Bewahrung der Altstadt, die Präsentation christlicher Altertümer und anderer Sammlungen der italienischen Halbinsel.

The present paper focuses on the new results of elemental analysis of 94 metal objects attributed to the Christian and pagan artifacts. They have been found at the excavation of Medieval Novgorod and the Novgorod region. The analytical data obtained by EDXRF in the frame of interdisciplinary research project. It includes mostly pendant-crosses as well as the round pendants and mounts with Saints, fragments of the church polycandelons and the pagan pendant-amulets. Obtained results have been examined statistically. Tin-lead bronzes clearly dominate the selection. There are also mixed copper alloys (gunmetal) with tin, zinc, and lead and lead brass. The proportions of silver and pewter alloys as well as pure tin and lead are modest. Obtained data supplemented by further research on the base of Pb-isotope methods and ICP MS results and their geological interpretation will allow to trace the ore sources of the metal objects from Novgorod.

Dieser Aufsatz behandelt die Entstehung von Antikensammlungen im Rom der Renaissancezeit vor dem Hintergrund der mittelalterlichen Tradition der Spoliierung. Insbesondere wird untersucht, was Salvatore Settis und Kathleen Wren Christian zu unserem Verständnis der politischen und sozialen Funktion von Sammlungen und ihrer Beziehung zu früheren Präsentationsformen beigetragen haben. Der Aufsatz verbindet die Untersuchung der Renaissance-Sammlungen mit umfangreicheren Betrachtungen über die Bewahrung der Altstadt, die Präsentation christlicher Altertümer und anderer Sammlungen der italienischen Halbinsel. ; This paper considers the emergence of antiquity collections in renaissance Rome against the backdrop of medieval traditions of spoliation. It analyses in particular the contributions of Salvatore Settis and Kathleen Wren Christian to our understanding of the political and social functions of collections, and their relations to earlier forms of display. The paper also examines the connections between renaissance collections and wider concerns about the preservation of the ancient city, the display of Christian antiquities, and other collections elsewhere on the Italian peninsula.

Intrigued by repeated visits of Trump administration officials to the archaeological tunnels at the foot of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, I examine the extraordinary connection between American and Israeli nationalism, "Judeo-Christian values," and Holy Land archaeology, and propose a "Pompeo premise" that equates Jewish antiquities and settlement with bedrock values of "Western civilization," promotes a political narrative of redemption (even if accompanied by massive violence) and relegates Palestinian Muslims to an ephemeral existence. The "recovery" of a "true" Jerusalem, purified of any Islamic content, beneath the contested, chaotic surface of Palestinian and Israeli Jerusalem is delegated to archaeologists, who have for the most part accepted their task.

[64], 590 p. ; Reproduction of original in Union Theological Seminary Library, New York.