{"product_id":"a-companion-to-the-archaeology-of-the-ancient-near-east-hardback-9781405189880","title":"A Companion to the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (Hardback) 9781405189880","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Companion to the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eD. T. Potts (Edited by), DT Potts (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405189880, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 20 April 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1504 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 18.3 x 7.9 cm, 2.563 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e“To that end, the companion may be regarded as a successful contribution for students of Near Eastern archaeology, offering a copious amount of good quality material in two volumes that presents current state of knowledge about Near Eastern cultures from early prehistory to late antiquity.”  (\u003ci\u003eAncient West \u0026amp; East\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 November 2015)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eA COMPANION TO THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Companion to the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East\u003c\/i\u003e is a comprehensive and authoritative overview of ancient material culture from the late Pleistocene to Late Antiquity. This expansive two-volume work includes 58 new essays from an international community of ancient Near East scholars. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith coverage extending from Asia Minor, the eastern Mediterranean, and Egypt to the Caucasus, Central Asia, and the Indo-Iranian borderlands, the book highlights the enormous variation in cultural developments across roughly 11,000 years of human endeavor. In addition to chapters devoted to specific regions and particular periods, many contributors concentrate on individual industries and major themes in ancient Near Eastern archaeology, ranging from metallurgy and agriculture to irrigation and fishing. Controversial issues, including the nature and significance of the antiquities market, ethical considerations in archaeological praxis, the history of the foundation of departments of antiquities, and ancient attitudes towards the past, make this a unique collection of studies that will be of interest to scholars, students, and interested readers alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eVOLUME I\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/i\u003e x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eList of Tables\u003c\/i\u003e xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes on Contributors\u003c\/i\u003e xviii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreface\u003c\/i\u003e xxviii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaps\u003c\/i\u003e xxxii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eI The Framework 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction to Geography, Climate, Topography, and Hydrology 3\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eT.J. Wilkinson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Antiquarianism, Copying, Collecting 27\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMark B. Garrison\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Early Excavations (pre-1914) 48\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNicole Chevalier\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Foundations of Antiquities Departments 70\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeter Magee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Political Dimension of Archaeological Practices 87\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eReinhard Bernbeck\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Antiquities Trade and the Destruction of Ancient Near Eastern Cultures 106\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eOscar White Muscarella\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eII Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene Hunters and Gatherers 125\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Levant 127\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlan H. Simmons\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Anatolia 144\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKlaus Schmidt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIII Developments in Farming, Animal Husbandry, and Technology 161\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 The Beginnings of Cereal Cultivation and Domestication in Southwest Asia 163\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGeorge Willcox\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Fruit-Growing 181\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMargareta Tengberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Animals in the Ancient World 201\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBenjamin S. Arbuckle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Fish and Fishing 220\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eD.T. Potts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Lithic Industries During the Holocene Period 236\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSteven A. Rosen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Irrigation 261\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAriel M. Bagg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Ceramic Production 279\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCameron A. Petrie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Metallurgy 295\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLloyd Weeks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Glass 317\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWendy Reade\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Textiles 336\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIrene Good\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Watercraft 347\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eR.A. Carter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIV Varieties of Early Village and Town Life 373\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 The Northern Levant 375\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKarin Bartl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 The Southern Levant 396\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eE.B. Banning\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Northern Mesopotamia 415\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStuart Campbell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 The Late Epipaleolithic, Neolithic, and Chalcolithic of the Anatolian Plateau, 13,000–4000 BC 431\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDouglas Baird\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Southern Mesopotamia 466\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJoan Oates\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 The Arabian Peninsula 485\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePhilipp Drechsler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 The Iranian Plateau 501\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBarbara Helwing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Southwestern Iran 512\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAbbas Moghaddam\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eV Bronze Age Cities of the Plains and the Highlands 531\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Southern Mesopotamia 533\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJason Ur\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Northern Mesopotamia 556\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTimothy Matney\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 The Anatolian Plateau 575\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChristoph Bachhuber\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Iran 596\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChristopher P. Thornton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 The Northern Levant 607\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHermann Genz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 The Southern Levant 629\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTimothy P. Harrison\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVOLUME II\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/i\u003e x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eList of Tables\u003c\/i\u003e xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaps\u003c\/i\u003e xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVI The Archaeology of Empire 647\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 The Akkadian Period: Empire, Environment, and Imagination 649\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAugusta McMahon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 The Caucasus and the Near East 668\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAdam T. Smith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 Central Asia, the Steppe, and the Near East, 2500–1500 BC 687\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael D. Frachetti and Lynne M. Rouse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37 The Ur III, Old Babylonian, and Kassite Empires 706\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMarlies Heinz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e38 The Hittite Empire 722\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTrevor Bryce\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e39 Elam: Iran’s First Empire 740\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJavier Álvarez-Mon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e40 India’s Relations with Western Empires, 2300–600 BC 758\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGregory L. Possehl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e41 Levantine Kingdoms of the Late Bronze Age 770\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeter Pfälzner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e42 Neo-Hittite and Phrygian Kingdoms of North Syria and Anatolia 797\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAnn C. Gunter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e43 North Arabian Kingdoms 816\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eArnulf Hausleiter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e44 Egypt and the Near East 833\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThomas Hikade\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e45 The Assyrian Heartland 851\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFriedhelm Pedde\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e46 The Assyrians Abroad 867\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBradley J. Parker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e47 The Urartian Empire 877\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlina Ayvazian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e48 Iron Age Western Anatolia: The Lydian Empire and Dynastic Lycia 896\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChristopher H. Roosevelt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e49 The Neo-Babylonian Empire 914\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHeather D. Baker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e50 The Achaemenid Heartland: An Archaeological-Historical Perspective 931\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWouter F.M. Henkelman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e51 The Achaemenid Provinces in Archaeological Perspective 963\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLori Khatchadourian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e52 The Seleucid Kingdom 984\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLise Hannestad\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e53 The Arsacid (Parthian) Empire 1001\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStefan R. Hauser\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e54 Roman Rule in the Near East 1021\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBettina Fischer-Genz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e55 The Red Sea and Indian Ocean in the Age of the Great Empires 1041\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSteven E. Sidebotham\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e56 Byzantium in Asia Minor and the Levant 1060\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBasema Hamarneh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e57 The Sasanian Empire: An Archaeological Survey, c.220–AD 640 1076\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAli Mousavi and Touraj Daryaee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e58 Christianity in the Late Antique Near East 1095\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCornelia Horn and Erica C.D. 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