Mesopotamian Archaeology
Author : Percy Stuart Peache Handcock
Publisher :
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 24,30 MB
Release : 1912
Category : Iraq
ISBN :
Author : Percy Stuart Peache Handcock
Publisher :
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 24,30 MB
Release : 1912
Category : Iraq
ISBN :
Author : Roger Matthews
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 48,39 MB
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : History
ISBN : 1135134537
The only critical guide to the theory and method of Mesopotamian archaeology, this innovative volume evaluates the theories, methods, approaches and history of Mesopotamian archaeology from its origins in the nineteenth century up to the present day. Ancient Mesopotamia (modern Iraq), was the original site of many of the major developments in human history, such as farming, the rise of urban literate societies and the first great empires of Akkad, Babylonia and Assyria. Dr. Matthews places the discipline within its historical and social context, and explains how archaeologists conduct their research through excavation, survey and other methods. In four fundamental chapters, he uses illustrated case-studies to show how archaeologists have approached central themes such as: * the shift from hunting to farming * complex societies * empires and imperialism * everyday life. This will be both an ideal introductory work and useful as background reading on a wide range of courses.
Author : Percy Stuart Peache Handcock
Publisher :
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 33,30 MB
Release : 1912
Category : Iraq
ISBN :
Author : Peter Roger Stuart Moorey
Publisher : Eisenbrauns
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 13,89 MB
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 9781575060422
This is the first systematic attempt to survey in detail the archaeological evidence for the crafts and craftsmanship of the Sumerians, Babylonians, and Assyrians in ancient Mesopotamia, covering the period ca. 8000-300 B.C.E. As creators of some of the earliest farming and urban communities known to us, these people were among the first pioneers of many crafts and skills that remain fundamental to modern ways of life. Many of the raw materials for crafts had to be imported from outside the river valley of the Tigris and Euphrates, providing an unusually sensitive indicator of the commercial and cultural contacts of Mesopotamia. In this book, Dr. Moorey reviews briefly the textual evidence, and then goes on to examine in detail the material evidence for a wide range of crafts using stones, both common and ornamental, animal products--from hippopotamus ivory to ostrich egg-shells--ceramics, glazed materials and glass, metals, and building materials. With a comprehensive bibliography, this will be a key work of reference for archaeologists and those interested in the early history of crafts and technology, as well as for specialist historians of the ancient Near East.
Author : Daniel T. Potts
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 31,99 MB
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780485930016
Likely to become a standard work for students of the ancient Near East, and for those interested in the high cultures of the region, this account is also a highly accessible repository of information valuable to archaeologists, anthropologists, etc
Author : Brian M. Fagan
Publisher :
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 10,44 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Tells the story of archaeological travel and excavation in Iraq -- then Mesopotamia -- from the time of the great Arab geographers to the 2003 devastation of the Iraq National Museum. Fagan tells of Henry Rawlinson, Jules Oppert, and Edward Hincks, decipherers of cuneiform; Claudius and Mary Rich, observers of Nineveh and Babylon; and Émile Botta and Austen Henry Layard, who revealed the Assyrian civilisation to an astonished world. Here, also, are men like Hormuzd Rassam, whose illegal digging and plundering horrified local officials, and Wallis Budge, consummate smuggler of cuneiform tablets. Fagan also recounts the careers of the multi-talented administrator Gertrude Bell, a primary influence in the creation of the nation of Iraq, and of Leonard Woolley, renowned for his excavation of Sumerian civilisation at Ur. Bringing this remarkable history up to date, Fagan chronicles the development of scientific archaeology in Mesopotamia, the growing Iraqi involvement in archaeology, and the tragic events of recent years that led to the looting of the Iraq National Museum and many archaeological sites.
Author : Dr. Roger Matthews
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 32,91 MB
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 0415253160
This innovative volume evaluates the theories, methods, approaches and history of Mesopotamian archaeology from its origins in the 19th century up the to present day.
Author : Norman Yoffee
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 41,38 MB
Release : 2016
Category : History
ISBN : 0816532818
Between 1969 and 1980, Soviet archaeologists conducted excavations of Mesopotamian villages occupied from preagricultural times through the beginnings of early civilization. The results of their work were published primarily in Soviet journals and in the English-language journals Sumer and Iraq. This volume brings together translations of these Russian articles along with newly commissioned work to make the results of this research accessible for the first time to the Western world. In addition to eight articles available here for the first time in English, a concluding chapter by Norman Yoffee offers new insights on cultural interaction based on the research at hand. The research conducted by the Soviets helped transform our knowledge of the early post-Paleolithic prehistory of Mesopotamia.
Author : Percy S. P. Handcock
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 36,10 MB
Release : 2023-06-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1666777447
Author : Richard S. Ellis
Publisher :
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 23,10 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
ISBN :