The Neolithisation of Iran: The Formation of New Societies - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1782971904 ISBN 13 : 9781782971900

Editeur : Oxbow Books, 2013

Synopsis

The period c. 10,000-5000 BC witnessed fundamental changes in the human condition with societies across the Fertile Crescent shifting their alignment from millennia-old practices of seasonally mobile hunting and foraging to year-round sedentism, plant cultivation and animal herding. The significant role of Iran in the early stages of this transition was recognised more than half a century ago but has not been to the fore of academic consciousness in recent decades. In the meantime, investigations into Neolithic transformation have proceeded apace in all other regions of the Fertile Crescent and beyond. Here, 18 studies attempt to redress that balance in re-assessing the role of Iran in the early neolithisation of human societies.These studies, many of them by Iranian scholars, consider patterns of change and/or continuity across a variety of topographical landscapes; investigate Neolithic settlement patterns, the use of caves, animal exploitation and environmental indicators and present new insights into some well-known and some newly investigated sites. The results re-affirm the formative role of this region in the transition to sedentary farming.

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À propos de l'auteur

Roger Matthews is Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology at the University of Reading and Co-Director of the Central Zagros Archaeological Project (CZAP). He is President of RASHID International, an organisation concerned to protect and promote the cultural heritage of Iraq. He has directed excavations and surveys in Iraq, Iran, Syria and Turkey, and has published many books and articles on the archaeology of the Middle East with a focus on the Neolithic and the Bronze Age

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxbow Books
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1782971904
• ISBN 13: 9781782971900
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Éditeur: Matthews Roger, Fazeli Nashli Hassan
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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