Ancient MesopotamiaThis is an in-depth treatment of the antecedents and first flourescence of early state and urban societies in lowland Mesopotamia over nearly three millennia, from approximately 5000 to 2100 BC. The approach is explicitly anthropological, drawing 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 political, economic, and ideological changes. The interpretations are based on studies of regional settlement patterns, faunal remains, artifact distributions and activity patterning, iconography, texts and burials. |
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IV | 1 |
V | 3 |
VI | 10 |
VII | 22 |
VIII | 25 |
IX | 28 |
X | 29 |
XI | 34 |
XXVII | 142 |
XXVIII | 144 |
XXIX | 145 |
XXX | 149 |
XXXI | 160 |
XXXII | 162 |
XXXIII | 164 |
XXXIV | 166 |
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Abada Abandonment Abu Salabikh activities Akkadian period alluvial lowlands alluvial plains ancient Mesopotamia archaeological archaeologists artifacts Asmar Bernbeck Bisutun buildings bullae burials caprids cemeteries changes cities city-states clay communities construction contexts cuneiform deities Delougaz differential Diyala Early Dynastic period Earthen pit economic Englund Eridu Euphrates evidence excavated fourth millennium Gelb gender goddess grave Gulf houses ideology important Inanna inscriptions Iran irrigation Jemdet Nasr Jemdet Nasr period Khafajah labor Lagash land Late Ubaid Late Uruk material meat monumental mounds Naram-Sin Nippur Nippur-Adab region Nissen oikoi oikos onager pigs political Pollock population Postgate pottery principal production protocuneiform Rawlinson Razuk river Sargon scholars seals settlement patterns sheep and goats Shuruppak social society southern Mesopotamia southwestern Iran Sumerian Susa Susiana Susiana Plain tablets Temple Oval texts third millennium Tigris tion tokens Tombs tribute Ubaid period urban Uruk period Uruk region wool writing Zagros Mountains