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

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Main Author: Akkermans, Peter M. M. G.

Other Authors: Schwartz, Glenn M.

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.

Series: Cambridge world archaeology.

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Call Number: DS94.5 .A45 2003

Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction 2. Hunter-gatherers at the end of the Ice Age 3. A changing perspective: neolithic beginnings 4. The exploration of new horizons 5. Continuity and change in the late sixth and fifth millenium BC 6. The fourth millenium BC and the Uruk intrusion 7. Regionalization and local trajectories 8. The 'second urban revolution' and its aftermath 9. The regeneration of complex societies 10. Empires and internationalism 11. Iron age Syria 12. Conclusions.