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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hiebert, Fredrik T. (Fredrik Talmage)
Otros Autores: Kurbansakhatov, K. (Kakamurad), Schmidt, Hubert
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, ©2003.
Colección:University Museum monograph ; 116.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Anau North, an introduction
  • The settlement history of Central Asia in the village period
  • The history of investigations at Anau North
  • 1997 excavations
  • Radiocarbon chronology
  • Ceramic complexes of Anau North and relative chronology
  • Small finds from Anau North
  • Architecture at Anau North
  • Burials
  • The use of plants at Anau North
  • Microscopic analysis of soils from Anau North
  • Animal herding, hunting, and the history of animal domestication at Anau Depe
  • Prehistoric behavior at Anau North
  • The evolution of the settlement at Anau North
  • 1904 excavations at Anau North
  • Catalogue of small finds from the 1904 excavations
  • Botanical data from the 1997 excavations
  • A basketry/textile impression from Anau North.