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Author Anfinset, Nils

Title Metal, nomads and culture contact : the Middle East and North Africa / Nils Anfinset
Published London ; Oakville, CT : Equinox Pub., 2010

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Description 1 online resource (x, 241 pages : illustrations, maps.). :
Series Approaches to anthropological archaeology
Approaches to anthropological archaeology
Contents Introduction -- Perspectives and approaches -- The 5th and 4th Millennia BC of the southern Levant -- The 5th and 4th Millennia BC of north-east Africa -- The role of nomadic pastoralists -- The role of copper in the late 5th and 4th Millennia BC -- Contact, specialization and value -- Conclusion
Summary "This book contextualizes and synthezises the major cultural changes that took place in the southern Levant and northeast Africa during the 5th and 4th millennia BC. The basis is the major changes that took place with reference to animal husbandry, agriculture, exchange and interaction. The focus of the book is the introduction of metal to the southern Levant, Egypt and Lower Nubia and the role of pastoral nomadism in a context of cultural change and contact. The implications of these developments are discussed in a context of increased exchange and the development of more complex societies. With reference to the introduction of metal, the implications are explored on a social level concerning the exchange system, social transformation and the role of metal in these societies."--Publisher's description
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on print version record
Subject Metal-work, Prehistoric -- Egypt
Metal-work, Prehistoric -- Nubia
Commerce, Prehistoric -- Egypt
Commerce, Prehistoric -- Nubia
Nomads -- Egypt
Nomads -- Nubia
Pastoral systems -- Egypt
Pastoral systems -- Nubia
Antiquities.
Commerce, Prehistoric.
Metal-work, Prehistoric.
Nomads.
Pastoral systems.
SUBJECT Egypt -- Antiquities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85041263
Nubia -- Antiquities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85092935
Subject Africa -- Nubia.
Egypt.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781134944460
1134944462