1st Edition
The Near East Archaeology in the 'Cradle of Civilization'
By Charles Keith Maisels
Copyright 1993
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
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The transition from foraging, farming and the neolithic village to the city-state is a complex and fascinating period. Studies on the prehistory of the Near East by nineteenth and twentieth century pioneers in the field transformed archaeology through the creation of the 'Ages System' of Stone, Bronze and Iron. The Near East provides a developmental account of this period... Read more
List of figures. Maps. Plates and Tables. Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction 2. An Artefactual Basis for the Past 3. Digging Before Excavation 4. Practical Pioneers and Theoretical Problems 5. Harbingers in the Levant 6. The Land that Two Rivers Made 7. The Ubadaidian Inheritance 8. The Household as Enterprise 9. What we're Getting to Know and What we Need to Do. Notes. Bibliography. Index.
Biography
Charles Keith Maisels
'A useful overview of recent research.' - The Times Higher Education supplement.
'A Fascinating reconstruction of the evolutionary processes from the development of agriculture through the rise of the great Sumerian cities ... highly recommended.' - Religious Studies Review
