A Companion to the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Potts, D. T.

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Produktbeschreibung

A COMPANION TO THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST A Companion to the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East is a comprehensive and authoritative overview of ancient material culture from the late Pleistocene to Late Antiquity. This expansive two-volume work includes 58 new essays from an international community of ancient Near East scholars. With coverage extending from Asia Minor, the eastern Mediterranean, and Egypt to the Caucasus, Central Asia, and the Indo-Iranian borderlands, the book highlights the enormous variation in cultural developments across roughly 11,000 years of human endeavor. In addition to chapters devoted to specific regions and particular periods, many contributors concentrate on individual industries and major themes in ancient Near Eastern archaeology, ranging from metallurgy and agriculture to irrigation and fishing. Controversial issues, including the nature and significance of the antiquities market, ethical considerations in archaeological praxis, the history of the foundation of departments of antiquities, and ancient attitudes towards the past, make this a unique collection of studies that will be of interest to scholars, students, and interested readers alike.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 1280
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. April 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781444360769
• Artikelnr.: 38306972

Autorenporträt

D. T. Potts is the Edwin Cuthbert Hall Professor of Middle Eastern Archaeology at The University of Sydney. He is the author of The Archaeology of Elam (1999), Excavations at Tepe Yahya, Iran, 1967-1975, Volume III: The Third Millennium (2001), Mesopotamia, Iran and Arabia from the Seleucids to the Sasanians (2010) and founding editor of the journal Arabian Archaeology & Epigraphy.

Inhaltsangabe

VOLUME I List of illustrations List of tables Notes on Contributors Preface
Abbreviations Maps Part I: The framework Part II: Late Pleistocene and
early Holocene hunters and gatherers Part III: Developments in farming,
animal husbandry and technology Part IV: Varieties of early village and
town life VOLUME II List of illustrations List of tables Maps Part V:
Bronze Age cities of the plains and the highlands Part VI: The archaeology
of empire Bibliography Index