Models of Mesopotamian Landscapes :  How Small-scale Processes Contributed to the Growth of Early Civilizations / 
edited by T. J. Wilkinson, M. Gibson, Magnus Widell. 
 - Oxford :  Archaeopress,  c2013. 
 - x, 275 p. :  illus., maps, plans ;  31 cm. 
 - British Archaeological Reports International Series ;  2552. .
 - British Archaeological Reports International Series ;  2552. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>Chapter 1. Background, Research Design and Structure of the Modelling Program -- Chapter 2. Physical Geography, Environmental Change and the Role of Water / T. J. Wilkinson and Carrie Hritz -- Chapter 3. Settlement Archaeology of Mesopotamia / T. J. Wilkinson, Jason A. Ur, Carrie Hritz --  Chapter 4. Land Use of the Model Communities / Magnus Widell, Carrie Hritz, Jason A. Ur and T. J. Wilkinson -- Chapter 5. Staple Production, Cultivation and Sedentary Life : Model imput Data / Magnus Widell, Benjamin Studevent-Hickman, Jonathan Tenney, Jacob Lauinger, Daniel Mahoney and Tate Paulette -- Chapter 6. Consumption and Storage in the Bronze Age / Tate Paulette -- Chapter 7. Household and Village in Early Mesopotamia / Magnus Widell, McGuire Gibson, T. J. Wilkinson, Benjamin Studevent-Hickman and Jonathan Tenney -- Chapter 8. Pastoral Systems and Economies of Mobility / Tate Paulette -- Chapter 9. The 'External Economy' : Networks and Trade / Scott Branting, T. J. Wilkinson, John Christiansen, Magnus Widell, Carrie Hritz, Jason Ur, Benjamin Studevent-Hickman, Mark Altaweel -- Chapter 10. The Modelling Framework / John H. Christiansen -- Chapter 11. Output from the Agent-Based Modelling Program / T. J. Wilkinson, John Christiansen, Mark Altaweel, Magnus Widell -- Chapter 12. Modelling Nomad-Settlement Interactions / Mark Altaweel and Tate Paulette -- Chapter 13. Simulating the Effects of Salinization on Irrigation Agriculture in Southern Mesopotamia / Mark Altaweel -- Chapter 14. The Application of an Entropy Maximising model to the rise of Urbanism / Mark Altaweel -- Chapter 15. Discussion and Conclusions.   
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781407311739 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Urbanization--Middle East.<br/>Excavations (Archaeology)--Middle East.<br/>Cities and towns, Ancient --Middle East.<br/>Landscapes--Social aspects--Middle East--History.<br/>Material culture--Middle East--History.<br/>Land settlement--Middle East--History.<br/>Agriculture--Middle East.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Middle East--Antiquities.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS56  / M63 2013