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A COMPANION TO THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST

A Companion to the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East is a comprehensive and authoritative overview of ancient material culture from the late Pleistocene to Late Antiquity. This expansive two-volume work includes 58 new essays from an international community of ancient Near East scholars.

With coverage extending from Asia Minor, the eastern Mediterranean, and Egypt to the Caucasus, Central Asia, and the Indo-Iranian borderlands, the book highlights the enormous variation in cultural developments across roughly 11,000 years of human endeavor. In addition to chapters devoted to specific regions and particular periods, many contributors concentrate on individual industries and major themes in ancient Near Eastern archaeology, ranging from metallurgy and agriculture to irrigation and fishing. Controversial issues, including the nature and significance of the antiquities market, ethical considerations in archaeological praxis, the history of the foundation of departments of antiquities, and ancient attitudes towards the past, make this a unique collection of studies that will be of interest to scholars, students, and interested readers alike.

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Title A Companion to the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East
Author D. T. Potts (Editor)
Binding Hardcover
Edition number 1st
Edition 1
Pages 1504
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Wiley-Blackwell
Date 2012-05
Illustrated Yes
Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
ISBN 9781405189880 / 1405189886
Weight 5.65 lbs (2.56 kg)
Dimensions 9.9 x 7.1 x 3.1 in (25.15 x 18.03 x 7.87 cm)
Themes
- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
Library of Congress subjects Middle East - Antiquities, Middle East - Civilization - To 622
Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011034988
Dewey Decimal Code 939.4

About the author

D. T. Potts is the Edwin Cuthbert Hall Professor of Middle Eastern Archaeology at The University of Sydney. He is the author of The Archaeology of Elam (1999), Excavations at Tepe Yahya, Iran, 1967-1975, Volume III: The Third Millennium (2001), Mesopotamia, Iran and Arabia from the Seleucids to the Sasanians (2010), and also founding editor of the journal Arabian Archaeology & Epigraphy.