Program in Early Cultures

Itamar Levin

Doctoral Student, Ancient History, Department of Classics
itamar_levin@brown.edu
Research Profile
Research Interests Greek Thanatology, Greek Cultural History, Network Theory, Second Temple Judaism, Epigraphy

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Taylor & Francis Online

E. Itamar Levin & Daniel Plekhov, Defining Suitability in Mixed Pastoral-Agricultural Societies: A Case Study from Bactria in Northern Afghanistan (Taylor & Francis Online, 2020)

Published in the Journal of Human Palaeoecology.

This paper explores the concept of suitability within applications of Ideal Distribution Models (IDMs). Specifically, we investigate the effectiveness of single measures of suitability in contexts where diverse local populations practised a range of subsistence strategies with different environmental requirements and sociocultural consequences.
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Edinburgh University Press

E. Itamar Levin & Daniel Plekhov, Reconsidering Rag-i Bibi: Authority and audience in the Sasanian East (Edinburgh University Press, 2019)

Published in Afghanistan.

The Sasanian rock-cut relief of Rag-i Bibi, located in northern Afghanistan, offers a unique opportunity to reconsider issues of audience, memory, and power in rupestral art. Found over 1,000 kilometers east of the nearest attested Sasanian rupestral relief, Rag-i Bibi is geographically and iconographically distinct, displaying elements of local subject matter, artistic style, and political symbolism.
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