The Near East: Archaeology in the 'Cradle of Civilization' - Rilegato

Maisels, Charles Keith

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ISBN 10: 0415047420 ISBN 13: 9780415047425

Casa editrice: Routledge, 1993

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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 - enviromental, organizational, demographic and technological - of the world's first village farming cultures some eight thousand years ago. Charles Maisels explains how cities such as Uruk and Ur, Nippur and Kish formed as a result of geological factors and the role of key organizational features of Sumerian society in introducing the world's first script, system of calculation and literature.

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In The Near East: Archaeology in the 'Cradle of Civilization', Charles Maisels charts the emergence of modern archaeology from antiquarianism and anthropology during the nineteenth century. He examines the intellectual background which created the Ages System of Stone, Bronze and Iron and which first organized archaeology as a historical discipline, highlighting the work of nineteenth and twentieth century pioneers in the field whose skill and imagination provided us with the basis of what we know of Near Eastern prehistory. Charles Maisels' research provides a straightforward developmental account of the period which saw the transition from foraging, farming and neolithic village to city-state. He details the causes and effects - environmental, organizational, demographic and technical - which resulted in the world's first village farming cultures some eight thousand years ago. Beyond this, he explains how cities such as Uruk and Ur, Nippur and Kish formed by exceptional nucleation on the arid silt plains between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates in what is now Iraq. In identifying the key organizational features of Sumerian society, he accounts for the emergence of the world's first script, system of calculation and literature.

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• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0415047420
• ISBN 13: 9780415047425
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 256