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Ancient Mesopotamian Materials and Industries: The Archaeological Evidence by P. R. S. Moorey

Ancient Mesopotamian Materials and Industries: The Archaeological Evidence P. R. S. Moorey ebook
ISBN: 1575060426, 9781575060422
Page: 436
Publisher: Eisenbrauns
Format: pdf

In 2010, my good friend Nick Wright completed his PhD, “Religion in Seleukid Syria: gods at the crossroads (301-64 BC)”, at the Department of Ancient History, Macquarie University. I am a former member of the Historic Monuments Council and The Joint Committee for Industrial Heritage. For discussion of the earliest glass and faience artifacts in the Ancient Near East, see the exellent, classic volume by P. If the networks we see in the ancient evidence correspond to networks generated from the computational simulation of our models for the ancient economy, we have a powerful tool for exploring antiquity, for playing with different ideas about how the ancient world worked (cf. World population and Bible chronology. Social networks can be discerned in archaeological materials since artefacts are the direct result of social relationships (Knappett 2011; Coward 2010; Graham and Ruffini 2007: 325-331). Useful, especially for students, in addition to the references cited by C., are: P.R.S. According to Genesis 14, the “cities of the plain,” which include Sodom, Gomorrah, Zoar, Zeboiim and Admah, join forces to battle a coalition of Mesopotamian kings in the “Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea),” a clear reference to the Dead Sea Finding no clear archaeological evidence for Sodom and Gomorrah in the vicinity of Zoar, however, W.F. The Archaeological Evidence (Oxford, 1994, BMCR 95.12.12) on glass pp. 1994, Oxford, England: Clarendon Press.) Morris, H. This narrative (which many actually consider to be innovative) in fact reiterates a common canon of thought – not only within the archaeological discourse – but within the history of Western philosophy. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns. €�The textile industry in Northern Syria during the Iron age according to the evidence of the Tell Afis excavations,” in Essays on Syria in the Iron Age. €�Invention as a celebration of materials,” in Chora 3: Intervals in the philosophy of architecture. Moorey, Ancient Mesopotamian Materials and Industries. Of pots and plans: papers on the archaeology and history of Mesopotamia and Syria presented to David Oates in honour of his 75th birthday. Keywords: Tower of Babel, Shinar, Erech, Akkad, Calneh, Tell Brak, Tell Fakhariya, Tell Aqab, Khabur River, Mesopotamia, geology of Mesopotamia, Babylon, archaeology, ancient history, Middle East, remote sensing Ancient Mesopotamian materials and industries: The archaeological evidence. The Downey monograph, although dealing with comparable evidence, concentrates on the neighbouring region of Mesopotamia and there is no overlap in material. This a systematic detailed survey of the archaeological evidence for the crafts and craftmanship of the Sumerians, Babylonians, and Assyrians in Ancient Mesopotamia. It is one concerned with the evolution from hominids to humans or, synonymously, with the transition from hunting to industry and the subordination of nature by human reason.