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EBOOK
Title The Development of Pre-State Communities in the Ancient Near East [Elektronisk resurs]
Imprint Oxbow Books, 2022

Descript 256 sidor
Series BANEA MONOGRAPH ; 0
Note Online epub (7.86 MB)
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This book explores the dynamics of small-scale societies in the ancient Near East by examining the ways in which particular communities functioned and interacted and by moving beyond the broad neo-evolutionary models of social change which have characterised many earlier approaches. By focusing on issues of diversity, scale, and context, it considers the ways in which economy, crafts, technology, and ritual were organised; the roles played by mortuary practices and households in the structure and development of ancient societies; and the importance of agency, identity, ethnicity, gender, community and cultural interaction for the rise of socio-economic complexity. The contributors to this volume are well-known archaeologists in the field of Near Eastern studies; all are currently engaged in fieldwork or research in Cyprus, the Levant, or Turkey. The variety and depth of the research they present here reflect the richness of the archaeological record in the 'cradle of civilisation' and convey the vibrancy of current interpretive approaches within the field of Near Eastern prehistory today. [Elib]
Subject E-bok
eLib
E-böcker
Historia
Alt Auth Bolger, Diane
Maguire, Louise C.
ISBN/ISSN 9781842178379
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