L’iconographie et le symbolisme du palmier dattier dans l’Antiquité (Proche-Orient, Égypte, Méditerranée orientale)

The date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) plays an important role in the ideologies of past civilisations. This paper addresses the origin and development of the motif in the vast zones of agricultural production (oases of Egypt and Mesopotamia) from the late 4th millennium BC, as well as its diffusion to...

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Main Authors: Fanny Michel-Dansac, Annie Caubet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Laboratoire Éco-anthropologie et Ethnobiologie 2014-01-01
Series:Revue d'ethnoécologie
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/ethnoecologie/1275