UID:
edoccha_9959649198002883
Format:
1 online resource (356 p.)
ISBN:
2-35668-177-9
Content:
The book compiles a portion of the contributions presented during the symposium “Urbanisation, commerce, subsistence and production during the third millennium BC on the Iranian Plateau”, which took place at the Maison de l’Orient et de la Méditerranée in Lyon, the 29-30 of April, 2014. The twenty papers assembled provide an overview of the recent archaeological research on this region of the Middle East during the Bronze Age. The socio-economic transformation from rural villages to towns and nations has prompted many questions into this evolution of urbanisation. What was the impact of interactions between cultures in the Iranian Plateau and the surrounding regions (Mesopotamia, the South Caucasus, Central Asia, Indus Valley)? What was the overall context during the Bronze Age on the Iranian Plateau? What was the extent and means of the expansion of the Kuro-Araxe culture? How did the Elamite Kingdom become established? What new knowledge has been contributed by the recent excavations and studies undertaken in the east of Iran? What was the influence of the Indus Valley culture, known as an epicentre of urbanisation in South Asia? What are the unique characteristics of the ancient cultures in Iran? While the urbanisation of early Mesopotamia has been the subject of much debate for several decades, this topic has only recently been raised in respect to the Iranian Plateau. This volume is the product of an international community from Iranian, European, and American institutions, consisting of recognised specialists in the archaeology of the Iranian Bronze Age. It provides an overview of the latest research, including abundant results from current on-going excavations. The current state of archaeological research in Iran, comprising many dynamic questions and perspectives, is presented here in the form of original contributions on the first emergence of towns in the Near and Middle East. L’ouvrage rassemble une partie des contributions présentées lors du colloque…
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Preface /
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The Global Context of the Bronze Age on the Iranian Plateau.
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Early urbanisation in Iran : A view from the west : some considerations about the theory of urbanisation /
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Expansion of the Kura-Araxes Culture in Iran.
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The expansion of the Kura-Araxes culture in Iran : what role for the Uruk? /
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Iran and the Kura-Araxes cultural tradition, so near and yet so far /
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Subsistence economy in Kohneh Pasgah Tepesi (eastern Azerbaijan, Iran) during the Late Chalcolithic and the Early Bronze Age based on the faunal and botanical remains /
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Toward a definition of the Kura-Araxes agropastoral systems /
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Elamite Kingdom.
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Susa at the turn of the 4th and 3rd millennia /
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An overview of the settlement patterns of Susa III period in the Upper Khuzestan : Archaeological survey in the western bank of the Karkheh river /
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From the Proto-Elamite to Shimashki : the third millennium BC at Tappeh Senjar, the Susiana Plain /
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In search of cities in Elam : For a geoarchaeological approach to the toponym-hydronym interaction /
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Urbanisation in Eastern Iran.
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Tureng Tepe and its high terrace, a reassessment /
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Preliminary report on the first season of excavations at Tepe Chalow : New GKC (BMAC) finds in the plain of Jajarm, NE Iran /
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Regional patterns of Early Bronze Age urbanization in the southeastern Iran : New discoveries on the western fringe of Dasht-e Lut /
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A pyrotechnological installation from the "metallurgical workshop" at Shahdad and its next geographical and chronological comparisons /
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Production and Trade.
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The Contribution of women to trade and production in Elam society /
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Iran and Central Asia : The Grand'Route of Khorasan (Great Khorasan Road) during the third millennium BC and the "dark stone" artefacts /
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Bronze Age interaction on the Iranian Plateau : From Kerman to the Oxus through seals /
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Prestige objects in South East of Iran during the Bronze Age in the National Museum of Iran /
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Exchanges and trade during the Bronze Age in Iran /
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The biography of a dagger type : The diachronic transformation of the dagers with the crescent-shaped guard /
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The Transition to Iron Age.
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The Bronze Age and the Iron Age on the Central Iranian Plateau : Two successive cultures or the appearance of a new culture? /
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Conclusion.
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The urbanisation of the Iranian Plateau and adjacent areas during the Bronze Age : Concluding thoughts /
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 2-35668-063-2
Language:
English
Keywords:
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
DOI:
10.4000/books.momeditions.7816
