Interpreting the Late Neolithic of Upper Mesopotamia:

The times between the Neolithic and Urban revolutions in Mesopotamia have for a long time been interpreted as a period of stagnation. This volume is part of an emerging discourse that challenges such assumptions. Focussing upon the northern parts of ancient Western Asia, where most recent research h...

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Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Turnhout Brepols 2013
Series:Papers on Archaeology from The Leiden Museum of Antiquities 9
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:The times between the Neolithic and Urban revolutions in Mesopotamia have for a long time been interpreted as a period of stagnation. This volume is part of an emerging discourse that challenges such assumptions. Focussing upon the northern parts of ancient Western Asia, where most recent research has concentrated, an international group of researchers demonstrates that Upper Mesopotamia underwent complex historical changes that we just begin to grasp fully. The Late Neolithic was a critical phase of the history of the ancient Middle East. Authors investigate settlement patterns, practices of painting pottery, distributions of various raw materials, the role of craft industries, the emergence of seals and other issues from a variety of theoretical and practical questions. The book is a must-have for prehistorians working in the Near East, and a rich source of information for archaeologists working in other parts of the world
Physical Description:520 S. zahlr. Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.
ISBN:9782503540016
2503540015

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