Karanis: understanding religious activity and identity in legacy archaeology

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dc.contributor.authorShields, Colin
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeStirling, Lea (Classics)
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeWilburn, Andrew (Oberlin College)
dc.contributor.supervisorSampson, C. Michael
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-31T19:39:59Z
dc.date.available2023-08-31T19:39:59Z
dc.date.issued2023-07-14
dc.date.submitted2023-08-14T16:37:18Zen_US
dc.degree.disciplineClassicsen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts (M.A.)
dc.description.abstractIn 1895, David Hogarth and Bernard Grenfell began excavations at Karanis primarily in search of papyri. In the 1920s, after the site had laid dormant for decades, the University of Michigan went there to perform more systematic excavations. My thesis re-examines the data from both excursions to Karanis, studying specifically the archaeology of religion, in an effort to provide further analysis by means of more modern archaeological theories and thinking. It specifically discusses the two temples of the site, the North and South Temples, and select buildings from the South Temple precinct. I reach conclusions regarding the dating of several structures, the identity of resident deities, ritual activity and identity, and the role of Christians on the later stages of the temples’ development.
dc.description.noteOctober 2023
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/37535
dc.language.isoeng
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.subjectKaranis
dc.subjectEgypt
dc.subjectArchaeology
dc.subjectReligion
dc.subjectCulture
dc.subjectHistory
dc.subjectRoman
dc.titleKaranis: understanding religious activity and identity in legacy archaeology
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
local.subject.manitobano
oaire.awardNumber435-2021-0178
oaire.awardTitleInsight Grant
oaire.awardURIhttps://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/funding-financement/programs-programmes/insight_grants-subventions_savoir-eng.aspx
project.funder.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000155
project.funder.nameSocial Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
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