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 sixty original essays from an international community of Ancient Near East scholars.

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext A comprehensive and authoritative overview of ancient material culture from the late Pleistocene to Late Antiquity* Features up-to-date surveys and the latest information from major new excavations such as Qatna (Syria), Göbekli Tepe (Turkey)* Includes a diverse range of perspectives by senior, mid-career and junior scholars in Europe, USA, Britain, Australia, and the Middle East for a truly international group* Includes major reviews of the origins of agriculture, animal domestication, and archaeological landscapes* Includes chapters dealing with periods after the coming of Alexander the Great, including studies of the Seleucid, Arsacid, Sasanian, Roman and Byzantine empires in the Near East, as well as early Christianity in both the Levant and Mesopotamia* Fills a gap in literature of the Ancient Near East, dealing with topics often overlooked, including ethical and legal issues in antiquities markets and international scholarship Zusammenfassung 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 sixty original essays from an international community of Ancient Near East scholars. Inhaltsverzeichnis VOLUME IList of illustrationsList of tablesNotes on ContributorsPrefaceAbbreviationsMapsPart I: The frameworkPart II: Late Pleistocene and early Holocene hunters and gatherersPart III: Developments in farming, animal husbandry and technologyPart IV: Varieties of early village and town lifeVOLUME IIList of illustrationsList of tablesMapsPart V: Bronze Age cities of the plains and the highlandsPart VI: The archaeology of empireBibliographyIndex...

Autorentext
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.

Klappentext
A comprehensive and authoritative overview of ancient material culture from the late Pleistocene to Late Antiquity * Features up-to-date surveys and the latest information from major new excavations such as Qatna (Syria), Göbekli Tepe (Turkey) * Includes a diverse range of perspectives by senior, mid-career and junior scholars in Europe, USA, Britain, Australia, and the Middle East for a truly international group * Includes major reviews of the origins of agriculture, animal domestication, and archaeological landscapes * Includes chapters dealing with periods after the coming of Alexander the Great, including studies of the Seleucid, Arsacid, Sasanian, Roman and Byzantine empires in the Near East, as well as early Christianity in both the Levant and Mesopotamia * Fills a gap in literature of the Ancient Near East, dealing with topics often overlooked, including ethical and legal issues in antiquities markets and international scholarship

Inhalt
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

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