AU  - Childe, V. Gordon,
TI  - New light on the most ancient East: the oriental prelude to European prehistory 
AV  - DS11 C45 1935
PY  - 1935///
CY  - London
PB  - K. Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., ltd.
KW  - Oriental antiquities
KW  - Prehistoric peoples
KW  - Civilization, Ancient
N1  - 1st. published " The Most Ancient East",1928 ; Reprint 1929 ; Rewritten," New Light on the Most Ancient East", 1934 ; Reprinted, with some corrections, 1935.; Based partly on the author's "The most ancient East" but consists mainly of new material; Includes bibliographical references and index; Preface -- I. From History to Prehistory -- II. The Setting of the Stage -- III. The Oldest Farmers -- IV. The Predynastic Union of Egypt -- V. The Rise of the Dynasties -- VI. The Prehistoric Periods in Mesopotamia -- VII. Archaic Sumerian Civilization -- VIII. Indian Civilization in the third Millenium B. C. -- IX. Iran and Syria -- X. The Mechanism of Diffusion -- Notes
ER  -