Early Dilmun Seals from Saar
Author : Harriet E. W. Crawford
Publisher :
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 40,76 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN :
Dilmun Temple at Saar
Author : Crawford
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 28,2 MB
Release : 2017-02-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781138967700
Book Description
First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
The Burial Mounds of Bahrain
Author : Flemming Højlund
Publisher : Aarhus University Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 47,26 MB
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN :
Book Description
Burial Mounds of Bahrain - Social Complexity in Early Dilmun
Seals and Sealing in the Ancient World
Author : Marta Ameri
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 47,36 MB
Release : 2018-05-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1108173519
Book Description
Studies of seals and sealing practices have traditionally investigated aspects of social, political, economic, and ideological systems in ancient societies throughout the Old World. Previously, scholarship has focused on description and documentation, chronology and dynastic histories, administrative function, iconography, and style. More recent studies have emphasized context, production and use, and increasingly, identity, gender, and the social lives of seals, their users, and the artisans who produced them. Using several methodological and theoretical perspectives, this volume presents up-to-date research on seals that is comparative in scope and focus. The cross-cultural and interdisciplinary approach advances our understanding of the significance of an important class of material culture of the ancient world. The volume will serve as an essential resource for scholars, students, and others interested in glyptic studies, seal production and use, and sealing practices in the Ancient Near East, Egypt, Ancient South Asia and the Aegean during the 4th-2nd Millennia BCE.
The Archaeology of Prehistoric Arabia
Author : Peter Magee
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 16,14 MB
Release : 2014-05-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1139991639
Book Description
Encompassing a landmass greater than the rest of the Near East and Eastern Mediterranean combined, the Arabian peninsula remains one of the last great unexplored regions of the ancient world. This book provides the first extensive coverage of the archaeology of this region from c.9000 to 800 BC. Peter Magee argues that a unique social system, which relied on social cohesion and actively resisted the hierarchical structures of adjacent states, emerged during the Neolithic and continued to contour society for millennia later. The book also focuses on how the historical context in which Near Eastern archaeology was codified has led to a skewed understanding of the multiplicity of lifeways pursued by ancient peoples living throughout the Middle East.
The Archaeology of South Asia
Author : Robin Coningham
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 557 pages
File Size : 42,83 MB
Release : 2015-08-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1316418987
Book Description
This book offers a critical synthesis of the archaeology of South Asia from the Neolithic period (c.6500 BCE), when domestication began, to the spread of Buddhism accompanying the Mauryan Emperor Asoka's reign (third century BCE). The authors examine the growth and character of the Indus civilisation, with its town planning, sophisticated drainage systems, vast cities and international trade. They also consider the strong cultural links between the Indus civilisation and the second, later period of South Asian urbanism which began in the first millennium BCE and developed through the early first millennium CE. In addition to examining the evidence for emerging urban complexity, this book gives equal weight to interactions between rural and urban communities across South Asia and considers the critical roles played by rural areas in social and economic development. The authors explore how narratives of continuity and transformation have been formulated in analyses of South Asia's Prehistoric and Early Historic archaeological record.
The Early Dilmun Settlement at Saar
Author : R. G. Killick
Publisher :
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 29,37 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
ISBN : 9780953956111
Book Description
Dilmun and Its Gulf Neighbours
Author : Harriet E. W. Crawford
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 14,58 MB
Release : 1998-03-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521586795
Book Description
A scholarly account of the archaeology of the Arabian Gulf from c.4500-1500 BC.
Ur
Author : Harriet Crawford
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 38,11 MB
Release : 2015-02-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1472522192
Book Description
The ancient Mesoptamian city of Ur was a Sumerian city state which flourished as a centre of trade and civilisation between 2800–2000 BCE. However, in the recent past it suffered from the disastrous Gulf war and from neglect. It still remains a potent symbol for people of all faiths and will have an important role to play in the future. This account of Ur's past looks at both the ancient city and its evolution over centuries, and its archaeological interpretation in more recent times. From the 19th century explorers and their identification of the site of Mukayyar as the Biblical city of Ur, the study proceeds to look in detail at the archaeologist Leonard Woolley and his key discoveries during the 1920s and 30s. Using the findings as a framework and utilising the latest evidence from environmental, historical and archaeological studies, the volume explores the site's past in chronological order from the Ubaid period in the 5th millennium to the death of Alexander. It looks in detail at the architectural remains: the sacred buildings, royal graves and also the private housing which provides a unique record of life 4000 years ago. The volume also describes the part played by Ur in the Gulf war and discusses the problems raised for archaeologists in the war's aftermath.
Dilmun Temple At Saar
Author : Harriet Crawford
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 45,69 MB
Release : 2016-12-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1317848233
Book Description
The London-Bahrain Archaeological Expedition began excavations at Saar in 1990. The research has focused on the excavation of a Dilmun settlement dating to the Early Dilmun period, around 2000 BC. The discovery and excavation of this settlement and its associated temple represent important additions to the archaeological heritage of Bahrain, and complement earlier discoveries at Barbar, Diraz, and Umm As-Sejjur. This book contains a full account of the excavation and finds from the Dilmun Temple at Saar. It discusses in detail the design and construction of the temple and provides invaluable new information about daily life, social customs and religious beliefs of the period.
