Author: Tobias Richter
Publisher: Oxbow Books Limited
ISBN: 9781789259414
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Presents results of excavations of three key sites in the Zagros mountains of Iran covering the Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene transition to domestication and sedentism.
Author: Tobias Richter
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000813347
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 455
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Book Description
This volume brings together the latest results and discussions from research carried out in the eastern Fertile Crescent, the so-called hilly flanks, and adjacent regions, as well as providing key historical perspectives on earlier fieldwork in the region. The emergence of sedentary food producing societies in southwest Asia ca. 10,000 years ago has been a key research focus for archaeologists since the 1930s. This book provides a balance to the weight of work undertaken in the western Fertile Crescent, namely the Levant and southern Anatolia. This preference has led to a heavy emphasis on these regions in discussions about where, when and how the transition from hunting and gathering to plant cultivation and animal domestication occurred. Chapters assess the role of the eastern Fertile Crescent as a key region in the Neolithization process in southwest Asia, highlighting the key and important contributions people in this region made to the emergence of sedentary farming societies. This book is primarily aimed at academics researching the transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture in southwest Asia. It will also be of interest to archaeologists working on this transition in other parts of Eurasia.
Author: Sue Colledge
Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 282
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Based on the author's thesis, this study presents the results of the analysis of charred plant remains from ten sites in the Levant. Emphasis is placed on the significance of the species identified and the presence of wild and domesticated plants.
Author: James Mellaart
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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Book Description
The Neolithic peoples of the near east laid the foundations upon which the civilisations of Western Asia and Europe were built.
