The rise of civilization / by David and Joan Oates.

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Series: The Making of the pastPublication details: [Oxford] : Elsevier Phaidon, c1976.Description: 151 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 072900015
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • CB311 O28 1976
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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Books Books Hollanda Araştırma Enstitüsü Kütüphanesi / Netherlands Institute in Turkey Library CB311, O28 1976 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Not For Loan 342

Includes bibliographical references (p. [137]) and index.

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.

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.

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