Format:
Online-Ressource (264 p)
ISBN:
9780415253161
Series Statement:
Approaching the Ancient World
Content:
The only critical guide to the theory and method of Mesopotamian archaeology, this innovative volume evaluates the theories, methods, approaches and history of Mesopotamian archaeology from its origins in the nineteenth century up to the present day.Ancient Mesopotamia (modern Iraq), was the original site of many of the major developments in human history, such as farming, the rise of urban literate societies and the first great empires of Akkad, Babylonia and Assyria. Dr. Matthews places the discipline within its historical and social context, and explains how archaeologists conduct their res
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Cover; The Archaeologyof Mesopotamia; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Defining a discipline: Mesopotamian archaeology in history; A chequered past: origins and development; Theories and approaches: culture history and anthropological archaeology; 2 Tools of the trade: Scope and methods of Mesopotamian archaeology; Things and ideas: approaches to archaeological research; Excavating the past into the present; Surveying for the past; Archaeology and Assyriology; Chronology of the Mesopotamian past
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3 Tracking a transition: Hunters becoming farmersSettling down; Climate: something in the air; Population: getting together; Plants: a green revolution; Animals: partners in clime; People first and last; 4 States of mind: Approaching complexity; The complexity of complexity; Approaches to the study of social complexity; Complexity in the fifth millennium BC: the Ubaid period; Kings, captives and colonies: the Uruk phenomenon; 5 Archaeologies of empire; Empires in archaeology; Empires in Mesopotamia and Mesopotamia in empires; The imperial core; Domination of peripheral polities
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At the edge of empiresEmpires in time and space: expansion, consolidation, collapse; 6 People's pasts; 'Humble people who expect nothing'; Cities; Houses and households; Town, country and nomad; 7 Futures of the Mesopotamian past; AD 2084: a vision; Telling tales and painting pictures; Mesopotamia in England AD 2002; An uncertain future: transcending history?; Bibliography; Index;
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781135134464
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415253161
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Archaeology of Mesopotamia : Theories and Approaches
Language:
English
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