Susan Pollock,
Susan (State University of New York, Binghamton) Pollock
Cambridge University Press
e druk, 1999
9780521573344
Ancient Mesopotamia
Specificaties
Gebonden, 272 blz.
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Engels
Cambridge University Press |
e druk, 1999
ISBN13: 9780521573344
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Case Studies in Earl
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Samenvatting
This book is an in-depth treatment of the antecedents and first florescence of early state and urban societies in the alluvial lowlands of Mesopotamia over nearly three millennia, from approximately 5000 to 2100 BC. Susan Pollock's approach is explicitly anthropological, and draws on contemporary theoretical perspectives to enrich our understanding of the ancient Mesopotamian past. It explores the ways people of different genders and classes contributed and responded to changes in political, economic, and ideological realms. The interpretations are based on studies of regional settlement patterns, faunal remains, artifact distributions and activity patterning, iconography, texts and burials.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9780521573344
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Gebonden
Aantal pagina's:272
Uitgever:Cambridge University Press
Serie:Case Studies in Earl
Inhoudsopgave
1. Introduction; 2. Geographic setting and environment; 3. Settlement patterns; 4. Making a living: tributary economics of the fifth and fourth millennia; 5. A changing way of life: the oikos-based economy of the third millennium; 6. The growth of bureaucracy; 7. Ideology and images of power; 8. Death and the ideology of community.