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A Central Asian village at the dawn of civilization, excavations at Anau, Turkmenistan /
This integration of earlier and new scholarship reconceptualizes the origins of civilization, challenging the received view that the ancient Near East spawned the spread of civilization outward from Mesopotamia to all other neighboring cultures. Central Asia is here shown to have been a major player...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology,
©2003.
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| Colección: | University Museum monograph ;
116. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This integration of earlier and new scholarship reconceptualizes the origins of civilization, challenging the received view that the ancient Near East spawned the spread of civilization outward from Mesopotamia to all other neighboring cultures. Central Asia is here shown to have been a major player in the development of cities. Skillfully documenting the different phases of both Soviet and earlier Western external analyses along with recent excavation results, this new interpretation reveals Central Asia's role in the socioeconomic and political processes linked to both the Iranian Plateau and the Indus Valley, showing how it contributed substantively to the origins of urbanism in the Old World. Hiebert's research at Anau and his focus on the Chalcolithic levels provide an essential starting point for understanding both the nature of village life and the historical trajectories that resulted in Bronze Age urbanism. University Museum Monograph, 116. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xviii, 238 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-235) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781934536230 1934536237 1283212463 9781283212465 9786613212467 6613212466 |