Wine Cultures
Gandhāra and Beyond
open access
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edited by
- Claudia Antonetti - Ca' Foscari University of Venice - email orcid profile
- Bryan De Notariis - Ca' Foscari University of Venice - email
- Marco Enrico - Ca' Foscari University of Venice - email
Abstract
The volume Wine Cultures. Gandhāra and Beyond represents the primary outcome of the MALIWI project (SPIN Ca’ Foscari 2021) directed by Claudia Antonetti. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, this work seeks to explore the production techniques, social functions, and cultural significance of intoxicating drinks with particular reference to wine – an extraordinary beverage that has been intertwined with human history for millennia. This volume gathers contributions by scholars interested in studying wine and drinking culture in Gandhāra and neighbouring regions, including Ancient Assyria, Arachosia, and present-day India. The topic is explored from three fundamental perspectives, employing a diverse range of sources, including literary and historical texts, as well as linguistic, iconographic, archaeological, and anthropological evidence.
Keywords Assyria • Wine culture • Afghanistan • Mesopotamia • Gandharan Revelry scenes • Gandhāran art • India • Wine libation • Palm wine • Viticulture • Psychoactive drugs • Kurdistan Region of Iraq • Alcohol • Scythians • Alexander the Great • Tutelary couples • Kuvalayamālā • Winemaking • Achaemenid • Greater Gandhāra • Intoxicants • Iranian Plateau • Deśī • Hārītī • Roman Geography • Buddhism • Arachosia • Curtius Rufus • Indo-Greeks • Southern Caucasus • Ancient Afghanistan • Gandhāra • Wine Production • Paterae • Queen Cleophis • Indo-Scythians • Erotic couples • Viniculture • Phialai • Musikanos • Symposium • Greek historiography • Middle Indo-Aryan • Wine • Wine Presses • Assacenians • Islamic period • Georgia • Onesicritus • Shamanism • Archaeology • Bioarchaeology • Ancient Pakistan • Pāli • Herakles • Prakrit • New Year festival • Altered states • Wine symbolism • Dionysus • Swat • Fashion Ware • Hellenistic age • Utopia • Vinaya • Greek Geography • Drinking culture • Buddhist Cosmology • Ancient wine
Thema codes NHF • JBCC4 • NKD • 1FK • 3CT
Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-816-3 | e-ISBN 978-88-6969-816-3 | ISBN (PRINT) 978-88-6969-877-4 | Published Oct. 8, 2024 | Language en
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