
Artefacts of Complexity
Tracking the Uruk in the Near East
J. Nicholas Postgate(Author)
Aris & Phillips Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 1. March 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
264 pages
978-0-85668-736-5 (ISBN)
Description
The late 4th millennium in South Mesopotamia is universally known as the Uruk Period because it is at Uruk that the German excavations have exposed the most remarkable manifestations of this complex society. Although the Uruk period in Iraq itself remains little understood, in recent decades artefacts and entire settlements have been discovered in places as far apart as the Mahi Dasht in Iran and the Euphrates in South-eastern Turkey. This volume attempts to track the Uruk phenomenon in the Near East, bringing together research on some of the most significant individual sites within the Levant and Egypt, placing emphasis on the artefactual evidence. The eleven papers were originally presented at a conference in Manchester in 1998. The contributors are Hans Nissen, Renate Gut, Mitchell Rothman, Virginia Badler, Joan Oates, Marcella Frangipane, Gil Stein, Fiona Stephen, Edgar Peltenburg, Govert van Driel, Graham Philip and Toby Wilkinson.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Warminster
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
many b/w illus and figs
Dimensions
Height: 302 mm
Width: 207 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
980 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-85668-736-5 (9780856687365)
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