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Exploring Iran

Author : Erich Friedrich Schmidt

Publisher : UPenn Museum of Archaeology

Page : 126 pages

File Size : 26,16 MB

Release : 2007

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ISBN : 9781931707961

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The Archaeology of Iran from the Palaeolithic to the Achaemenid Empire

Author : Roger Matthews

Publisher : Taylor & Francis

Page : 1239 pages

File Size : 50,69 MB

Release : 2022-06-30

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 1000570916

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The Archaeology of Iran from the Palaeolithic to the Archaemenid Empire is the first modern academic study to provide a synthetic, diachronic analysis of the archaeology and early history of all of Iran from the Palaeolithic period to the end of the Achaemenid Empire at 330 BC. Drawing on the authors’ deep experience and engagement in the world of Iranian archaeology, and in particular on Iran-based academic networks and collaborations, this book situates the archaeological evidence from Iran within a framework of issues and debates of relevance today. Such topics include human–environment interactions, climate change and societal fragility, the challenges of urban living, individual and social identity, gender roles and status, the development of technology and craft specialisation and the significance of early bureaucratic practices such as counting, writing and sealing within the context of evolving societal formations. Richly adorned with more than 500 illustrations, many of them in colour, and accompanied by a bibliography with more than 3000 entries, this book will be appreciated as a major research resource for anyone concerned to learn more about the role of ancient Iran in shaping the modern world.







Ernst Herzfeld and the Development of Near Eastern Studies 1900-1950

Author : Ann Gunter

Publisher : BRILL

Page : 654 pages

File Size : 45,28 MB

Release : 2005-02-01

Category : History

ISBN : 9047406583

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As archaeologist, philologist, and historian, German scholar Ernst Herzfeld (1879–1948) significantly shaped the study of the prehistoric to Islamic Near East. His life and work are reassessed and situated within decisive developments in research and politics in the 20th century, providing new insights into the historiography of the Near East.



Early Riders

Author : Robert Drews

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 210 pages

File Size : 34,13 MB

Release : 2004-08-02

Category : History

ISBN : 1134340737

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In this wide-ranging and often controversial book, Robert Drews examines the question of the origins of man's relations with the horse. He questions the belief that on the Eurasian steppes men were riding in battle as early as 4000 BC, and suggests that it was not until around 900 BC that men anywhere - whether in the Near East and the Aegean or on the steppes of Asia - were proficient enough to handle a bow, sword or spear while on horseback. After establishing when, where, and most importantly why good riding began, Drews goes on to show how riding raiders terrorized the civilized world in the seventh century BC, and how central cavalry was to the success of the Median and Persian empires. Drawing on archaeological, iconographic and textual evidence, this is the first book devoted to the question of when horseback riders became important in combat. Comprehensively illustrated, this book will be essential reading for anyone interested in the origins of civilization in Eurasia, and the development of man's military relationship with the horse.



Excavations at Anshan (Tal-e Malyan)

Author : Elizabeth Carter

Publisher : UPenn Museum of Archaeology

Page : 282 pages

File Size : 23,83 MB

Release : 1996-01-29

Category : History

ISBN : 9780924171222

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This volume provides us with the first detailed view of the functioning of the Middle Elamite Empire outside Susiana. The excavation encompassed a segment of a larger building that must have served as a focus for the servants of the Elamite state in Anshan. Even though the function of the excavated area changed over time—from monumental building (level IV), to ceramic production area (level IIIB), to domestic structure (level IIIA)—the strong cultural ties to the lowlands continued until level IIIA was abandoned. Malyan Excavation Reports, II



Archaeology, Artifacts and Antiquities of the Ancient Near East

Author : Oscar White Muscarella

Publisher : BRILL

Page : 1094 pages

File Size : 31,18 MB

Release : 2013-06-15

Category : History

ISBN : 9004236694

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Archaeology, Artifacts and Antiquities of the Ancient Near East follows the evolution of the author’s scholarly work and interests and is divided into several categories of interrelated fields. The first part deals primarily with excavations and associated artifacts, issues in ancient geography and the identification of ancient sites in northwest Iran, the author’s research involving the culture and chronology of the Phrygian capital at Gordion in Anatolia, and the chronology and Iranian cultural relations of a site in the Emirate of Sharjah. Part two is wide-ranging and includes chapters on Aegean and ancient Near Eastern cultural and political interconnections, the role of fibulae in revealing cultural and chronological matters, and the gender-determined usage of parasols and their recognition in excavated contexts. There are also articles specifically concerned with “Plunder Culture” and the forgery of both objects and their alleged proveniences. "At 1,088 pages, this volume provides a wonderful sample– chosen by Muscarella himself – of forty papers spanning the author’s career and many interests...This volume is so rich that it contains something for everyone." D.T. Potts, NYU, Bibliotheca Orientalis lxxIII n° 3-4, mei-augustus 2016