Oates, David,  1927- <br/><br/>
The rise of civilization / 
by David and Joan Oates. 
 - [Oxford] :  Elsevier Phaidon,  c1976. 
 - 151 p. :  ill. (some col.) ;  29 cm. 
 - The Making of the past. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [137]) and index. 
<br/><br/>1. The Theme and its Setting -- 2. The Pioneers of Near Eastern Archaeology -- visual story : The Art and Craft of Prehistoric Pottery -- 3. The Birth of Near Eastern Prehistory -- Visual story Choga Mami-the choice of a site -- 4. The Earliest Farming Communities -- Visual story : The Uruk Achievement -- 6. The Growth of Cities in Mesopotamia -- Further Reading -- Radiocarbon Determinations -- Acknowledgments. 
<br/><br/> Joan Oates - along with her late husband, David - first revived excavations at Tell Brak in northern Syria in the 1970s. Those excavations showed signs that civilizations existed in Syria 6,000 years ago, challenging long-held beliefs and changing the current theoretical framework about Earth's first societies. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>072900015 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Excavations (Archaeology).<br/>Civilization, Ancient.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Near East --History--To 622. 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>CB311  / O28 1976