The Archaeology of Political Spaces - The Upper Mesopotamian Piedmont in the Second Millennium BCE

This book, consisting of 12 contributions, amalgamates the most recent results from archaeological research in the Upper Mesopotamian piedmont. Under the growing influence of expanding territorial states which had become established during the 2^nd millennium BC, this region experienced a substantial change in social and political life during that time. The discussion is centered around settlement shapes, developments in the material culture, as well as written documents that attest to this change. In summary, this book emphasizes the significant roll of archaeological research in the reconstruction of models concerning the formation and transformation of political space in the ancient world.

About the author

Dominik Bonatz,Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.

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"This collection of excellent essays, copiously illustrated, will be of interest to all students of Syro-Mesopotamia in the second millennium BCE."Gary Beckman in: Orientalistische Literaturzeitung 2017; 112 (6), pp. 326ff

Product details

• Assisted by: Domini Bonatz (Editor), Dominik Bonatz (Editor)
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2014
• EAN: 9783110265958
• ISBN: 978-3-11-026595-8
• No. of pages: 234
• Dimensions: 213 mm x 284 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 751 g
• Illustrations: Zahlr. Abb. davon 1 Abb. 4c
• Series: Topoi; Topoi. Berlin Studies of the Ancient World; Topoi - Berlin Studies of the Ancient World / Topoi - Berliner Studien der Alten Welt; Topoi - Berlin Studies of the Ancient World / Topoi - Berliner Studien der Alten Welt; Topoi. Berlin Studies of the Ancient World; ISSN; Topoi ¿ Berlin Studies of the Ancient World/Topoi ¿ Berliner Studien der Alten Welt, 12
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity