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The Archaeology of Mesopotamia

Author : Roger Matthews
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135134537
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (351 download)

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Download or read book The Archaeology of Mesopotamia written by Roger Matthews and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Mesopotamian Archaeology

Author : Percy Stuart Peache Handcock
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 522 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mesopotamian Archaeology written by Percy Stuart Peache Handcock and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Mesopotamian archaeology; an introduction to the archaeology of Babylonia and Assyria

Author : Percy Stuart Peache Handcock
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 522 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Mesopotamian archaeology; an introduction to the archaeology of Babylonia and Assyria written by Percy Stuart Peache Handcock and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Ancient Mesopotamian Materials and Industries

Author : Peter Roger Stuart Moorey
Publisher : Eisenbrauns
ISBN 13 : 9781575060422
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book Ancient Mesopotamian Materials and Industries written by Peter Roger Stuart Moorey and published by Eisenbrauns. This book was released on 1999 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Mesopotamian Civilization

Author : Daniel T. Potts
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 9780485930016
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Mesopotamian Civilization written by Daniel T. Potts and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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

The Archaeology of Mesopotamia

Author : Dr. Roger Matthews
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 0415253160
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (152 download)

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Download or read book The Archaeology of Mesopotamia written by Dr. Roger Matthews and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Early Stages in the Evolution of Mesopotamian Civilization

Author : Norman Yoffee
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816532818
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book Early Stages in the Evolution of Mesopotamian Civilization written by Norman Yoffee and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Mesopotamian Archaeology

Author : Percy S. P. Handcock
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1666777447
Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (667 download)

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Download or read book Mesopotamian Archaeology written by Percy S. P. Handcock and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2023-06-08 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Return to Babylon

Author : Brian M. Fagan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Return to Babylon written by Brian M. Fagan and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

A Bibliography of Mesopotamian Archaeological Sites

Author : Richard S. Ellis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Bibliography of Mesopotamian Archaeological Sites written by Richard S. Ellis and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Building Between the Two Rivers: An Introduction to the Building Archaeology of Ancient Mesopotamia

Author : Stefano Anastasio
Publisher : Archaeopress Archaeology
ISBN 13 : 9781789696035
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (96 download)

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Book Synopsis Building Between the Two Rivers: An Introduction to the Building Archaeology of Ancient Mesopotamia by : Stefano Anastasio

Download or read book Building Between the Two Rivers: An Introduction to the Building Archaeology of Ancient Mesopotamia written by Stefano Anastasio and published by Archaeopress Archaeology. This book was released on 2020-08-27 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume introduces university students and scholars of Near Eastern archaeology to 'Building archaeology' methods as applied to the context of Ancient Mesopotamia. It helps the reader understand the principles underlying this discipline and to realise what knowledge and skills are needed, beyond those that are specific to archaeologists.

Ancient Mesopotamia

Author : Susan Pollock
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521575683
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (756 download)

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Download or read book Ancient Mesopotamia written by Susan Pollock and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999-05-20 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Innovative study of the early state and urban societies in Mesopotamia, c. 5000 to 2100 BC.

Ancient Mesopotamia

Author : A. Leo Oppenheim
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022617767X
Total Pages : 494 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book Ancient Mesopotamia written by A. Leo Oppenheim and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2013-01-31 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This splendid work of scholarship . . . sums up with economy and power all that the written record so far deciphered has to tell about the ancient and complementary civilizations of Babylon and Assyria."—Edward B. Garside, New York Times Book Review Ancient Mesopotamia—the area now called Iraq—has received less attention than ancient Egypt and other long-extinct and more spectacular civilizations. But numerous small clay tablets buried in the desert soil for thousands of years make it possible for us to know more about the people of ancient Mesopotamia than any other land in the early Near East. Professor Oppenheim, who studied these tablets for more than thirty years, used his intimate knowledge of long-dead languages to put together a distinctively personal picture of the Mesopotamians of some three thousand years ago. Following Oppenheim's death, Erica Reiner used the author's outline to complete the revisions he had begun. "To any serious student of Mesopotamian civilization, this is one of the most valuable books ever written."—Leonard Cottrell, Book Week "Leo Oppenheim has made a bold, brave, pioneering attempt to present a synthesis of the vast mass of philological and archaeological data that have accumulated over the past hundred years in the field of Assyriological research."—Samuel Noah Kramer, Archaeology A. Leo Oppenheim, one of the most distinguished Assyriologists of our time, was editor in charge of the Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute and John A. Wilson Professor of Oriental Studies at the University of Chicago.

Uruk Mesopotamia & Its Neighbors

Author : Mitchell S. Rothman
Publisher : School Leadership Library
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 592 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Uruk Mesopotamia & Its Neighbors written by Mitchell S. Rothman and published by School Leadership Library. This book was released on 2001 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ancient Mesopotamia has often been cited as a model for the evolution of complex societies. In this volume, 12 contributions from field and theoretical archaeologists discuss recent research on Greater Mesopotamia during the late fifth and fourth millennia B.C.E. A sampling of topics includes the cross-cultural connections among the different subregions of Greater Mesopotamia, possible causes of the Uruk Expansion, and economic specialization in the Hacinebi subregion. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

Handbook to Life in Ancient Mesopotamia

Author : Stephen Bertman
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
ISBN 13 : 081607481X
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Handbook to Life in Ancient Mesopotamia written by Stephen Bertman and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the lifestyles of ancient Mesopotamia, including the civilization, rulers and leaders, economics, and more.

Royal Statuary of Early Dynastic Mesopotamia

Author : Gianni Marchesi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781575061733
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (617 download)

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Download or read book Royal Statuary of Early Dynastic Mesopotamia written by Gianni Marchesi and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The corpus of Early Dynastic figurative monuments from ancient Mesopotamia is substantial. For many years, establishing the chronological sequence and development of these artifacts has been a complicated and problematic task. In this volume--first published in Italian in 2006 and here translated, revised, and updated--Gianni Marchesi and Nicolò Marchetti provide a complete relative chronology for these remarkable objects. Having established the chronological sequence through an examination of the archaeological contexts of the excavated pieces and the analysis of their inscriptions, the authors then consider the significance of the changes, over time, in the subject matter of figurative arts, noting a gradual shift from a stage in which the entire officialdom of early polities was celebrated to a stage in which the figure of the king alone becomes the main and then almost the only object of celebration. Near the end of the Early Dynastic period, which was a time of continual political upheaval, new iconographic details were introduced in order to characterize the royal figure, and a distinctive royal iconography began to be developed. Starting from these observations, the authors proceed to investigate the ideology of early polities in Mesopotamia and the role and functions of the king. Along with a new chronology of Early Dynastic rulers and an outline of Early Dynastic history, discussions of significant monuments and inscriptions are offered. In addition, all known inscriptions on royal statues are edited and provided with detailed commentaries. First published in 2006 as La statuaria regale nella Mesopotamica Protodinastica (Rome: Bardi Editore).

Mesopotamia

Author : Ariane Thomas
Publisher : Getty Publications
ISBN 13 : 1606066498
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Mesopotamia written by Ariane Thomas and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2020 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mesopotamia, in modern-day Iraq, was home to the remarkable ancient civilizations of Sumer, Akkad, Babylonia, and Assyria. From the rise of the first cities around 3500 BCE, through the mighty empires of Nineveh and Babylon, to the demise of its native culture around 100 CE, Mesopotamia produced some of the most powerful and captivating art of antiquity and led the world in astronomy, mathematics, and other sciences—a legacy that lives on today. Mesopotamia: Civilization Begins presents a rich panorama of ancient Mesopotamia’s history, from its earliest prehistoric cultures to its conquest by Alexander the Great in 331 BCE. This catalogue records the beauty and variety of the objects on display, on loan from the Louvre’s unparalleled collection of ancient Near Eastern antiquities: cylinder seals, monumental sculptures, cuneiform tablets, jewelry, glazed bricks, paintings, figurines, and more. Essays by international experts explore a range of topics, from the earliest French excavations to Mesopotamia’s economy, religion, cities, cuneiform writing, rulers, and history—as well as its enduring presence in the contemporary imagination.