Household and state in upper Mesopotamia: specialized economy and the social uses of goods in an early complex society

"Analyzing evidence from a town site in southeastern Turkey that dates to the third millennium B.C., Patricia Wattenmaker uses patterns in the production of ceramics, stone tools, textiles, and food to explore a fundamental archaeological and anthropological question: why did craft specializati...

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Main Author: Wattenmaker, Patricia Ann (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington [u.a.] Smithsonian Inst. Press 1998
Series:Smithsonian series in archaeological inquiry
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Summary:"Analyzing evidence from a town site in southeastern Turkey that dates to the third millennium B.C., Patricia Wattenmaker uses patterns in the production of ceramics, stone tools, textiles, and food to explore a fundamental archaeological and anthropological question: why did craft specialization intensify concurrently with complex, urban societies?"--BOOK JACKET.
Physical Description:XVI, 248 S. Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.
ISBN:1560987820

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