Author: Peter Roger Stuart Moorey
Publisher: Eisenbrauns
ISBN: 9781575060422
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 456

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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: Trident Press Ltd
ISBN: 9781900724319
Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
Languages : en
Pages : 152

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Author: Gaston Maspero
Publisher:
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Category : History, Ancient
Languages : en
Pages : 822

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Author: John Bagnell Bury
Publisher:
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Category : Balkan Peninsula
Languages : en
Pages : 772

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Author: Piotr Bienkowski
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 9780812235579
Category : Iraq
Languages : en
Pages : 364

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An authoritative guide to the whole of the cradle of civilization.

Author: John Bagnell Bury
Publisher:
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Category : History, Ancient
Languages : en
Pages : 762

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Author: Himanshu Prabha Ray
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521011099
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 356

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Prior to European expansion, communities of the Indian subcontinent had a strong maritime orientation. In this new archaeological study, Himanshu Prabha Ray explores seafaring activity, religious travel and political economy in this ancient period. By using archaeological data from the Red Sea to the Indonesian archipelago, she reveals how the early history of peninsular South Asia is interconnected with that of its Asian and Mediterranean partners in the Indian Ocean Region. The book departs from traditional studies, focusing on the communities maritime history rather than agrarian expansion and the emergence of the state. Rather than being a prime mover in social, economic and religious change, the state is viewed as just one participant in a complex interplay of social actors, including merchants, guilds, boat-builders, sailors, pilgrims, religious clergy and craft-producers. A study that will be welcomed by students of Archaeology and Ancient History, particularly those interested in South Asian Studies.

Author: Claudio Giardino
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1789691796
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 199

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This volume describes the geography and environments of Oman, its rich copper ore deposits and the ancient mining and smelting techniques, and it also includes an overview of the physical properties of the different metals exploited in antiquity and of the analytical techniques used in archaeometallurgy.

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Category : History, Ancient
Languages : en
Pages : 768

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Author: Jane R. McIntosh
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1576079082
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 458

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This work is a revealing study of the enigmatic Indus civilization and how a rich repertoire of archaeological tools is being used to probe its puzzles. The Ancient Indus Valley: New Perspectives takes readers back to a civilization as complex as its contemporaries in Mesopotamia and Egypt, one that covered a far larger region, yet lasted a much briefer time (less than a millennium) and left few visible traces. Researchers have tentatively reconstructed a model of Indus life based on limited material remains and despite its virtually indecipherable written record. This volume describes what is known about the roots of Indus civilization in farming culture, as well as its far-flung trading network, sophisticated crafts and architecture, and surprisingly war-free way of life. Readers will get a glimpse of both a remarkable piece of the past and the extraordinary methods that have brought it back to life.