Investigating Upper Mesopotamian Households Using Micro Archaeological Techniques
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Investigating Upper Mesopotamian Households Using Micro Archaeological Techniques
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Author : Lynn Rainville
language : en
Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited
Release Date : 2005
Investigating Upper Mesopotamian Households Using Micro Archaeological Techniques written by Lynn Rainville and has been published by British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Architecture categories.
Lynn Rainville's revised thesis uses micro-debris analyis' to investigate aspects of domestic life in three Early Bronze Age sites, two urban and one rural, in southeastern Turkey.
Archaeological Perspectives On Houses And Households In Third Millennium Mesopotamian Society
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Author : Alessandra Salvin
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2018-09-30
Archaeological Perspectives On Houses And Households In Third Millennium Mesopotamian Society written by Alessandra Salvin and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-30 with Social Science categories.
There have been few studies in Ancient Near Eastern archaeology that have concentrated on domestic buildings, with little existent information about houses. This represents a serious lacuna in the knowledge of Mesopotamian culture, considering the importance of the house in society, as the main space of social dynamics. This book addresses this gap, analysing the characteristics and the variations of Mesopotamian houses in the third millennium, which represents a critical period for early urbanization. It identifies common aspects and differences, and relates those characteristics to the socio-economical history of the period to broaden the understanding of this interesting period in Mesopotamian culture. To examine variations and use of space, seven sites were analysed from north (Tell Melebiya, Titris Höyük, and Tell Taya), central (Khafajah and Tell Asmar) and south Mesopotamia (Tell Abu Salabikh and Shuruppak) for a total number of 68 house plans. Several aspects have been investigated, such as the size of households, the evidence of wealth, the concept of privacy, and the role of women in society. The database of houses collected in this book also offers a reference for other sites to analyse houses and households.
Archaeozoology Of Southwest Asia And Adjacent Areas Xiii
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Author : Remi Berthon
language : en
Publisher: Lockwood Press
Release Date : 2021-11-01
Archaeozoology Of Southwest Asia And Adjacent Areas Xiii written by Remi Berthon and has been published by Lockwood Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-01 with History categories.
Southwest Asia is at the epicenter of zooarchaeological research on pivotal changes in human history such as animal domestication and the emergence of social complexity. This volume continues the long tradition of the ASWA conference series in publishing new research results in the zooarchaeology of southwest Asia and adjacent areas. The book is organized in three thematic areas. The first presents new methodological tools and approaches in the study of animal remains exemplified through studies on domestication, butchery practices, microdebris, intrasite contextual comparisons and age-at-death recording. Besides offering interesting insights into our past, these methodological developments enable higher resolution for future research. The second section focuses on the subsistence economies of prehistoric and early complex societies and provides new insights into how animal management developed in southwest Asia. The third section includes intriguing new research results on the roles of animals in the symbolic world of ancient societies, such as the meaning of insect figures at Gobekli Tepe, animal cults in Egypt, feasting in Iron Age Oman, and the ornithological interpretation of Byzantine mosaics.
Household Archaeology In Ancient Israel And Beyond
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Author : Assaf Yasur-Landau
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2013-02-06
Household Archaeology In Ancient Israel And Beyond written by Assaf Yasur-Landau and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-06 with Social Science categories.
Despite the large number of well-preserved domestic contexts in Bronze and Iron Age sites, household archaeology has not been a common approach to studying the material culture of Ancient Israel. Until recently, the dictates of “Biblical Archaeology” led to a narrow set of questions that ignored issues such as gender, status and production within the household. The present volume, which grew out of a session at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, attempts to redress this issue. The seventeen papers herein reflect innovative viewpoints on the theory and praxis of household archaeology in this region. The next step in household research is presented here, with the use of tailor-made data collection strategies designed to answer specific questions posed by household archaeology. "The neglect of households and the archaeology of the activities of its members are ambitiously attended to in this volume. Its exceptional breadth of various modes of inquiry coupled with the application thereof justifies the household as a topic of discussion. I would highly recommend this book for institutions, libraries, scholars, and students interested in any aspect of daily life in the southern Levant, and I very much look forward to the future research projects it will inspire." Cynthia Shafer-Elliot, William Jessup University "...as a whole the work is impressive, and most contributions are commendable for their sophistication in engaging interdisciplinary research in order to understand the nature and function of households in ancient Israel and surrounding areas." Carol Meyers, Duke University
Building Between The Two Rivers An Introduction To The Building Archaeology Of Ancient Mesopotamia
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Author : Stefano Anastasio
language : en
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Release Date : 2020-08-27
Building Between The Two Rivers An Introduction To The Building Archaeology Of Ancient Mesopotamia written by Stefano Anastasio and has been published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-27 with Social Science categories.
This volume introduces university students and scholars of Near Eastern archaeology to 'Building archaeology' methods as applied to the context of Ancient Mesopotamia. It helps the reader understand the principles underlying this discipline and to realise what knowledge and skills are needed, beyond those that are specific to archaeologists.
Making Ancient Cities
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Author : Andrew Creekmore
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2014-04-28
Making Ancient Cities written by Andrew Creekmore and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-28 with Architecture categories.
Investigates how the structure and use of space developed and changed in cities, and examines the role of different societal groups in shaping urbanism.
Figurine Makers Of Prehistoric Cyprus
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Author : Edgar Peltenburg
language : en
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Release Date : 2019-07-31
Figurine Makers Of Prehistoric Cyprus written by Edgar Peltenburg and has been published by Oxbow Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-31 with History categories.
The Chalcolithic period in Cyprus has been known since Porphyrios Dikaios’ excavations at Erimi in the 1930s and through the appearance in the antiquities market of illicitly acquired anthropomorphic cruciform figures, often manufactured from picrolite, a soft blue-green stone. The excavations of the settlement and cemetery at Souskiou Laona reported on in this volume paint a very different picture of life on the island during the late 4th and early 3rd millennia BC. Burial practices at other known sites are generally single inhumations in intramural pit graves, only rarely equipped with artifacts. At Souskiou, multiple inhumations were interred in deep rock-cut tombs clustered in extra-mural cemeteries. Although the sites were also subjected to extensive looting, excavations have revealed complex multi-stage burial practices with arrangements of disarticulated and articulated burials accompanied by a rich variety of grave goods. Chief among these are a multitude of cruciform figurines and pendants. This unusual treatment of the dead, which has not been recorded elsewhere in Cyprus, shifts the focus from the individual to the communal, and provides evidence for significant changes involving kinship group links to common ancestors. Excavations at the Laona settlement have furnished evidence suggesting that it functioned as a specialised center for the procurement and manufacture of picrolite during its early phase. The subsequent decline of picrolite production and the earliest known occurrence of new types of ornaments, such as faience beads and copper spiral pendants, attest to important changes involving the transformation of personal and social identities during the first centuries of the 3rd millennium BC, a topic that forms a central theme of this final report on the site.
Household Archaeology And The Uruk Phenomenon
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Author : Catherine Painter Foster
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Household Archaeology And The Uruk Phenomenon written by Catherine Painter Foster and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with categories.
The Early Neolithic Of The Eastern Fertile Crescent
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Author : Roger Matthews
language : en
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Release Date : 2020-07-31
The Early Neolithic Of The Eastern Fertile Crescent written by Roger Matthews and has been published by Oxbow Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-31 with Social Science categories.
The Eastern Fertile Crescent region of western Iran and eastern Iraq hosted major developments in the transition from hunter-forager to farmer-herder lifestyles through the Early Neolithic period, 10,000-7000 BC. Within the scope of the Central Zagros Archaeological Project, excavations have been conducted since 2012 at two Early Neolithic sites in the Kurdistan region of Iraq: Bestansur and Shimshara. Bestansur represents an early stage in the transition to sedentary, farming life, where the inhabitants pursued a mixed strategy of hunting, foraging, herding and cultivating, maximising the new opportunities afforded by the warmer, wetter climate of the Early Holocene. They also constructed substantial buildings of mudbrick, including a major building with a minimum of 65 human individuals, mainly infants, buried under its floor in association with hundreds of beads. These human remains provide new insights into mortuary practices, demography, diet and disease during the early stages of sedentarisation. The material culture of Bestansur and Shimshara is rich in imported items such as obsidian, carnelian and sea-shells, indicating the extent to which Early Neolithic communities were networked across the Eastern Fertile Crescent and beyond. This volume includes final reports by a large-scale interdisciplinary team on all aspects of the results from excavations at Bestansur and Shimshara, through application of state-of-the-art scientific techniques, methods and analyses. The net result is to re-emphasise the enormous significance of the Eastern Fertile Crescent in one of the most important episodes in human history: the Neolithic transition.
Elenchus Of Biblica
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Elenchus Of Biblica written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Bible categories.