| Description |
1 online resource (x, 241 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
The Experience of archaeology |
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Experience of archaeology.
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| Contents |
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 Ubaidian Inheritance -- 8. The Household as Enterprise -- 9. What We're Getting to Know and What We Need to Do |
| Summary |
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 contextualised by discussion of the emergence of archaeology as a discipline. The Near East details the causes and effects - environmental, organizational, demographic and technological - of the |
| Analysis |
Archaeology |
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Middle East |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-227) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Archaeology -- Middle East -- History -- 19th century
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HISTORY -- Ancient -- General.
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Archaeology
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Civilization
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| SUBJECT |
Middle East -- Civilization -- To 622.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85090503
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| Subject |
Middle East
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
92002777 |
| ISBN |
0203981480 |
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9780203981481 |
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9786610232437 |
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6610232431 |
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9780415047425 |
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0415047420 |
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