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Early urbanizations in the Levant : a regional narrative /
Early Urbanizations in the Levant examines the first cycle of urbanization, collapse and reurbanization in the 4th-2nd millennium BCE Levant. The core of the study is a detailed analysis of settlement fluctuations and material culture development in the Hula Valley, at the crossroads between modern...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Leicester University Press,
2002.
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| Colección: | New approaches to anthropological archaeology.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; Current approaches to Levantine urbanization; Archaeological regions revisited; Defining regions; Shifting boundaries: the spatial expression of social change in and between the early urban periods of the southern Levant; A case study: the Hula Valley; 2 The Hula Valley Environment; Definition of boundaries; The modern environment; Human ecology in the Hula Valley: potentials and limitations; The effect of malaria on settlement in the valley.
- 3 The Stratigraphic-Chronological Framework: Sites and Material Culture of the Hula Valley, EB I-MB I1. Sites; 2. Pottery assemblages; 3. Survey results: gazetteer of EB I-MB I sites in the Hula Valley; 4 Hula Valley Settlement Patterns: A Chronological Survey; Early Bronze I; Early Bronze II; Early Bronze III; Dolmens: Early Bronze Ill/Intermediate Bronze Age; Intermediate Bronze Age; Middle Bronze I; Summary; 5 Patterns of Settlement and Social Change in the Hula Valley, EB I-MB I, and Their Implications for the Study of Early Urban Cultures in the Southern Levant.
- EB I: the demise of self-sustaining village settlementEB II: the establishment of an urban culture; EB III: the zenith and decline of urban culture; IB: at the Syrian periphery; MB I: reurbanization; Summary; 6 Conclusion: The Ebb and Flow of Early Urbanism in the Levant; Trajectories, cycles, structured disorder, and contingency in early Levantine urbanization; Disjunctive change: a panoramic view; Considerations for future research; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; Q; R; S; T; U; W; Y; Z.