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Jewellery in ancient times

by Renate Rosenthal

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Accession 9780304292691 ISBN 9780304292691 Publisher Cassell

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1. **Personal Adornment & Body Culture**
Ancient jewellery was among the most intimate expressions of human self-presentation. The book explores how ornaments were worn on specific parts of the body, what they communicated about the wearer, and how conventions of adornment shifted across cultures and eras.

Connect to books about: fashion history, dress and clothing history, body symbolism, cosmetics and beauty in antiquity.

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2. **Social Status, Wealth & Power**
Jewellery in the ancient world functioned as a visible marker of rank, wealth, and royal authority. Pieces were not merely decorative but encoded social hierarchies, political allegiances, and economic standing.

Connect to books about: social stratification in antiquity, material culture and power, elite consumption, kingship and ceremony.

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3. **Ancient Metalworking & Craft Techniques**
The book engages with how ancient artisans worked gold, silver, and other metals — including techniques such as soldering, granulation, filigree, and casting — situating jewellery within the broader history of ancient craftsmanship.

Connect to books about: ancient metallurgy, Bronze Age technology, goldsmithing, history of craft and manufacturing.

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4. **Gemstones, Precious Materials & Trade**
The sourcing and use of gems, semi-precious stones, and rare materials in ancient jewellery reflects wide-ranging trade networks stretching across continents, linking the Mediterranean, the Near East, and beyond.

Connect to books about: ancient trade routes, Silk Road, mineral resources in antiquity, commodity exchange in the ancient world.

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5. **Religion, Ritual & Symbolic Meaning**
Many ancient jewels carried apotropaic, votive, or religious significance — worn as amulets, offered to gods, or buried with the dead. The book touches on the sacred dimension of ornament across ancient civilisations.

Connect to books about: ancient religion and ritual, amulets and talismans, funerary practice, mythology and symbolism.

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6. **Archaeology & Material Culture**
As part of the *Introducing Archaeology* series, the book grounds jewellery within archaeological method — using excavated objects to reconstruct ancient life. Jewellery is treated as artefact and evidence, not merely as art.

Connect to books about: archaeological theory and method, artefact analysis, museum collections, excavation reports.

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7. **Gender, Identity & Social Roles**
Jewellery in antiquity was worn by men, women, and children in different ways and for different purposes, making it a rich lens for examining how ancient societies constructed and performed gender and social identity.

Connect to books about: gender in antiquity, identity and self-representation, women in ancient societies, cultural anthropology.

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8. **Cross-Cultural Comparison of Ancient Civilisations**
The scope of the book spans multiple ancient cultures — Egyptian, Near Eastern, Greek, Roman, and others — inviting comparative analysis of how different civilisations developed distinctive jewellery traditions and exchanged artistic influences.

Connect to books about: comparative ancient history, cultural diffusion, Hellenistic art, civilisations of the ancient Near East and Mediterranean.

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