The Eastern Wing of the Fertile Crescent : late prehistory of Greater Mesopotamian lithic industries / Stefan Karol Kozlowski ; with chapters by Avi Gopher and Galina Korobkova, and preface by Ofer Bar-Yosef.

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Kozowski, Stefan Karol

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Language: English Summary language: French Series: BAR international series ; 760. | BAR international series ; 760.Publication details: Oxford, England : Archaeopress, 1999.Description: 194 p., [81] p. of plates : ill. ; 30 cmISBN:

0860549658

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LOC classification:

GN776.32.N4 K69 1999

Contents:

1. Introduction -- 2. Early " Neolithic " Culture of the Near East -- 3. Iraqı-Iranian Province -- 4. Levantine Province -- 5. Caucasion-Caspian Province -- 6. Final Remarks -- 7. List of Sites and Bibliography.

Summary: Plant and animal domestication was important in revolutionising the Greater Mesopotamian region. Archaeological evidence has been used to assess and trace the transformation from mobile foragers to the emergence of urban centres. However, the significance of changing stone tool technologies has received little attention in this regard. Koslowski uses lithic evidence to identify and describe various cultures within this region and to trace their development. He studies the raw materials, methods of knapping, types of blanks, retouched pieces and the function of various artefacts. 'His pioneering volume will be appreciated by many who devot their research to achieving a better understanding of the evolutionary threshold that inevitably heralded the emergence of urban civilizations'.

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At head of title : Maison de l'Orient mediterraneen.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-188)

Plant and animal domestication was important in revolutionising the Greater Mesopotamian region. Archaeological evidence has been used to assess and trace the transformation from mobile foragers to the emergence of urban centres. However, the significance of changing stone tool technologies has received little attention in this regard. Koslowski uses lithic evidence to identify and describe various cultures within this region and to trace their development. He studies the raw materials, methods of knapping, types of blanks, retouched pieces and the function of various artefacts. 'His pioneering volume will be appreciated by many who devot their research to achieving a better understanding of the evolutionary threshold that inevitably heralded the emergence of urban civilizations'.

Chiefly in English and summary in French.

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