This paper explores the Assyrian royal banquet through a sociological and anthropological analysis of the extant visual evidence from the first millennium BCE. It focuses specifically on the immaterial aspects of commensality (hierarchies, positions, gestures, etiquette, proxemic, hygiene), the study of which reveals that these contributed to the integrity of a culture and the evolutionary success of the group.
The Assyrian Royal Banquet: A Sociological and Anthropological Approach
Ludovico Portuese
2024-01-01
Abstract
This paper explores the Assyrian royal banquet through a sociological and anthropological analysis of the extant visual evidence from the first millennium BCE. It focuses specifically on the immaterial aspects of commensality (hierarchies, positions, gestures, etiquette, proxemic, hygiene), the study of which reveals that these contributed to the integrity of a culture and the evolutionary success of the group.File in questo prodotto:
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