The archaeology of Syria from complex hunter-gatherers to early urban societies (c. 16,000-300 BC)

Akkermans, Peter M. M. G

The archaeology of Syria from complex hunter-gatherers to early urban societies (c. 16,000-300 BC) Peter M.M.G. Akkermans, Glenn M. Schwartz - xviii, 467 pages illustrations. , maps 26 سم - Cambridge world archaeology .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [403]-457) and index

Hunter-gatherers at the end of the Ice Age -- A changing perspective : Neolithic beginnings -- The exploration of new horizons -- Continuity and change in the late sixth and fifth millennia BC -- The fourth millennium BC and the Uruk intrusion -- Regionalization and local trajectories -- The "second urban revolution" and its aftermath -- The regeneration of complex societies -- Empires and internationalism -- Iron age Syria

0521796660 (pb.)


Excavations (Archaeology)--Syria


Syria--Antiquities

DS94.5 / .A65 2003

939/.43