Mortality, Monuments and Mobility
Author: Anne Porter
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Published: 2000
Total Pages: 626
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6 ICAANE
Author: Paolo Matthiae
Publisher: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 1064
ISBN-13: 9783447061759
DOWNLOAD EBOOK.".. 6th International Congress of the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East held in Rome on May 5th-10th, 2008 (www.6icaane.it)"--Foreword.
Alternative Pathways to Complexity
Author: Lane F. Fargher
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Published: 2016-12-15
Total Pages: 378
ISBN-13: 1607325330
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlternative Pathways to Complexity focuses on the themes of architecture, economics, and power in the evolution of complex societies. Case studies from Mesoamerica, Asia, Africa, and Europe examine the relationship between political structures and economic configurations of ancient chiefdoms and states through a framework of comparative archaeology. A group of highly distinguished scholars takes up important issues, theories, and methods stemming from the nascent body of research on comparative archaeology to showcase and apply important theories of households, power, and how the development of complex societies can be extended and refined. Drawing on the archaeological, ethnohistorical, and ethnographic records, the chapters in this volume contain critical investigations on the role of collective action, economics, and corporate cognitive codes in structuring complex societies. Alternative Pathways to Complexity is an important addition to theoretical development and empirical research on Mesoamerica, the Old World, and cross-cultural studies. The theoretical implications addressed in the chapters will have broad appeal for scholars grappling with alternative pathways to complexity in other regions as well as those addressing diverse cross-cultural research. Contributors: Sarah B. Barber, Cynthia L. Bedell, Christopher S. Beekman, Frances F. Berdan, Tim Earle, Carol R. Ember, Gary M. Feinman, Arthur A. Joyce, Stephen A. Kowalewski, Lisa J. LeCount, Linda M. Nicholas, Peter N. Peregrine, Peter Robertshaw, Barbara L. Stark, T. L. Thurston, Deborah Winslow, Rita Wright
The Development of Pre-State Communities in the Ancient Near East
Author: Diane Bolger
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Published: 2010-04-30
Total Pages: 293
ISBN-13: 1842178377
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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.
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Author: Robert B Koehl
Publisher: INSTAP Academic Press
Published: 2013-07-31
Total Pages: 469
ISBN-13: 1623033136
DOWNLOAD EBOOKContributions by 34 scholars are brought together here to create a volume in honor of the long and fruitful career of Guenter Kopcke who is the Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. Articles pertain to various topics on the ancient art, architecture, and archaeology of the greater Eastern Mediterranean region: from Pre-Dynastic Egypt to the Bronze Age Aegean and Anatolia, Cyprus and the Near East, and Etruscan Italy.
The Future of Biblical Archaeology
Author: James Karl Hoffmeier
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 412
ISBN-13: 9780802821737
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn recent times Biblical archaeology has been heavily criticised by some camp who maintain that it has little to offer Near Eastern archaeology. However, some scholars carry on the fight to change people's views and this collection of essays continues the trend towards reassessing and reemphasising the link between the Bible and archaeology.
Agency and Identity in the Ancient Near East
Author: Sharon R. Steadman
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-04-01
Total Pages: 335
ISBN-13: 1134945515
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAgency theory examines the relationship between individuals or groups when one party is doing work on behalf of another. 'Agency and Identity in the Ancient Near East' offers a theoretical study of agency and identity in Near Eastern archaeology, an area which until now has been largely ignored by archaeologists. The book explores how agency theory can be employed in reconstructing the meaning of spaces and material culture, how agency and identity intersect, and how the availability of a textual corpus may impact on the agency approach. Ranging from the Neolithic to the Islamic period, 'Agency and Identity in the Ancient Near East' covers sites located in Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Palestine, and Israel. The volume includes contributions from philology, art, history, computer simulation studies, materials science, and the archaeology of settlement and architecture.
Society and the Individual in Ancient Mesopotamia
Author: Laura Culbertson
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Published: 2024-10-21
Total Pages: 372
ISBN-13: 1501517678
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book provides an overview of social life in ancient Mesopotamia, bringing together leading experts to survey key social domains of daily life as well as major non-dominant social groups. It serves as a point of entry to the current research in this field.
The Legacy of Israel in Judah's Bible
Author: Daniel Fleming
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2012-07-30
Total Pages: 409
ISBN-13: 1107024315
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book offers a new way for biblical scholars and archaeologists to envision how the Bible's story relates to history. It presents a fresh case for the urgency and interest of biblical study in historical context, embracing the complications of a text collection with the messy history of transmission and uncertain knowledge of the past. Focusing on structures of politics and society, the analysis is situated in the broad study of antiquity, so that ancient Israel may contribute to understanding problems in the classical world and other domains outside the Near East.
‘To Aleppo gone ...’: Essays in honour of Jonathan N. Tubb
Author: Irving Finkel
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Published: 2023-05-18
Total Pages: 247
ISBN-13: 1803274719
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA festschrift in honour of Jonathan Tubb, former Levant curator and Keeper of the Department of the Middle East at the British Museum. 44 contributions reflect Jonathan’s career and professional interests with a focus on the Jordan Valley and southern Levant, but also north Syria, Mesopotamia, and the protection of endangered cultural heritage.
