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anthropological archaeology
archaeological theory
Author_Charles Keith Maisels
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Confer
De Contenson
Deh Luran
Deh Luran Plain
Dense
Domestic Goat
dynastic
early
Early Dynastic
Emmer Wheat
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Gazelle
Homo Sapiens Sapiens
Hordeum Spontaneum
jemdet
Jemdet Nasr Period
Kinsmen
Marked 1
mesopotamian
Mesopotamian Society
nasr
origins of complex societies
period
political economy analysis
Precincts
salabikh
Social Reproduction
social stratification
society
Specialized Nomadic Pastoralism
state formation models
Tepe Sabz
Tonnes
urbanisation processes
uruk
Uruk Period
Van Zeist
Vice Versa
Wild Cereals
Zawi Chemi
Product details
- ISBN 9780415096591
- Weight: 700g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 15 Jul 1993
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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The Emergence of Civilisation is a major contribution to our understanding of the development of urban culture and social stratification in the Near Eastern region. Charles Maisels argues that our present assumptions about state formation, based on nineteenth century speculations, are wrong. His investigation illuminates the changes in scale, complexity and hierarchy which accompany the development of civilisation. The book draws conclusions about the dynamics of social change and the processes of social evolution in general, applying those concepts to the rise of Greece and Rome, and to the collapse of the classical Mediterranean world.
