
A Land in Between
The Orontes Valley in the Early Urban Age
Melissa Kennedy(Editor)
Sydney University Press
Published on 1. December 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-1-74332-718-0 (ISBN)
Description
The Orontes Valley in western Syria is a land 'in between', positioned between the small trading centres of the coast and the huge urban agglomerations of the Euphrates Valley and the Syro-Mesopotamian plains beyond. As such, it provides a critical missing link in our understanding of the archaeology of this region in the early urban age.
A Land in Between documents the material culture and socio-political relationships of the Orontes Valley and its neighbours from the fourth through to the second millennium BCE. The authors demonstrate that the valley was an important conduit for the exchange of knowledge and goods that fuelled the first urban age in western Syria. This lays the foundation for a comparative perspective, providing a clearer understanding of key differences between the Orontes region and its neighbours, and insights into how patterns of material and political association changed over time.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Sydney
Australia
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
532 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-74332-718-0 (9781743327180)
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Melissa A. Kennedy is a Research Associate at the University of Western Australia for the Project Aerial Archaeology in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (AAKSAU).