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The development of pre-state communities in the ancient Near East : studies in honour of Edgar Peltenburg /
This book explores the dynamics of small-scale societies in the ancient Near East by examining the ways in which particular communities functioned and interacted and by moving beyond the broad neo-evolutionary models of social change which have characterised many earlier approaches. By focusing on i...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oakville, CT : Oxbow Books,
[2010]
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| Colección: | Themes from the ancient Near East BANEA publication series ;
v. 2. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book explores the dynamics of small-scale societies in the ancient Near East by examining the ways in which particular communities functioned and interacted and by moving beyond the broad neo-evolutionary models of social change which have characterised many earlier approaches. By focusing on issues of diversity, scale, and context, it considers the ways in which economy, crafts, technology, and ritual were organised; the roles played by mortuary practices and households in the structure and development of ancient societies; and the importance of agency, identity, ethnicity, gender, |
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| Notas: | "British Association for Near Eastern Archaeology (BANEA)." |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 224 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 1842178393 9781842178393 |