Between Orient and Occident - Studies in Honour of P. J. Riis (Paperback)

For more than two generations Puol Jorgen Riis has played a leading role in Danish Classical and Near Eastern archaeology. With "Between Orient and Occident" the Department of International Collections in the Danish Museum celebrates the 90th birthday of P.J. Riis on the 26th of May, 2000.;Many of Riis' publications have dealt with the art and culture of Central Italy and Campania, but they constitute only part of his work, which is characterized by a wide scope of research in chronology as well as geographical terms.;The ancient Near East was always a focal point of Riis' investigations and between 1958 and 1968 he was the director of the Danish excavations at Tall Sukas in Syria, and he took on the responsibility for having the results of the excavations at Tall Sukas as well as the Danish Hama-excavations published.;The book contains essays by some of Riis' past and present colleagues, collaborators and students touching upon a wide range of subjects within Danish Classical and Near Eastern archaeological research: from Syria to Tunisia, from transport amphoras, and fine ware Arethusa cups to Islamic architecture.