Rural Archaeology in Early Urban Northern Mesopotamia - Excavations at Tell Al-raqa'i

Klappentext This book presents the results of the extensive excavation of a small, rural village from the period of emerging cities in upper Mesopotamia (modern northeast Syria) in the early to middle third millennium BC. Zusammenfassung Reports on the architecture, pottery, animal bones, plant remains, and other varieties of artifacts and ecofacts enhance our understanding of the role of villages in the formation of urban societies, the economic relationship between small rural sites and urban centers, and status and economic differentiation in villages. A

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Glenn M. (EDT) Schwartz
• Con la collaborazione di: Glenn M. Schwartz (Editore)
• Editore: University Of New Mexico Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 15.06.2015
• EAN: 9781938770043
• ISBN: 978-1-938770-04-3
• Pagine: 608
• Serie: Monumenta Archaeologica; Monumenta Archaeologica
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Preistoria e protostoria, mondo antico; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Preistoria e protostoria