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Wine Cultures

Gandhāra and Beyond

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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 Ancient Afghanistan • Curtius Rufus • Tutelary couples • Kurdistan Region of Iraq • Wine libation • Psychoactive drugs • Greater Gandhāra • Swat • Deśī • Shamanism • Wine Production • Palm wine • Ancient wine • Bioarchaeology • Alcohol • Greek historiography • Kuvalayamālā • Achaemenid • Roman Geography • Greek Geography • Utopia • Iranian Plateau • Gandhāran art • Indo-Scythians • Paterae • Viticulture • Hārītī • Gandhāra • Hellenistic age • Onesicritus • Symposium • Buddhism • Arachosia • Dionysus • Erotic couples • Intoxicants • Islamic period • Scythians • Vinaya • Gandharan Revelry scenes • Assyria • Altered states • Afghanistan • Mesopotamia • Wine culture • New Year festival • Phialai • Wine • Archaeology • Prakrit • India • Herakles • Musikanos • Wine Presses • Winemaking • Queen Cleophis • Ancient Pakistan • Indo-Greeks • Pāli • Assacenians • Wine symbolism • Alexander the Great • Drinking culture • Fashion Ware • Georgia • Middle Indo-Aryan • Southern Caucasus • Buddhist Cosmology • Viniculture

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 | Pubblicato 08 Ottobre 2024 | Lingua en