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The Near East - Archaeology in the 'Cradle of Civilization' (Hardcover, New)
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The Near East - Archaeology in the 'Cradle of Civilization' (Hardcover, New)
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In "The Near East: Archaeology in the "Cradle of Civilization',
Charles Maisels charts the emergence of modern archaeology from
antiquarianism and anthropology during the 19th century. He
examines the intellectual background which created the Ages System
of Stone, Bronze and Iron and which first organized archaeology as
an historical discipline, highlighting the work of 19th and 20th
century pioneers in the field whose skill and imagination provided
the basis of what we know of Near Eastern prehistory. Charles
Maisels' research provides a straightforward developmental account
of the period which saw the transition from foraging, farming and
neolithic village to city-state. He details the causes and effects
- environmental, organizational, demographic and technical - which
resulted in the world's first village farming cultures some 8000
years ago. Beyond this, he explains how cities such as Uruk and Ur,
Nippur and Kish formed by exceptional nucleation on the arid silt
plains between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates, in what is now
Iraq.
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