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041 _aeng
050 _aCB311
_bO28 1976
090 _aCB311, O28 1976
100 _aOates, David,
_d1927-
_91849
245 _aThe rise of civilization /
_cby David and Joan Oates.
260 _a[Oxford] :
_bElsevier Phaidon,
_cc1976.
300 _a151 p. :
_bill. (some col.) ;
_c29 cm.
490 _aThe Making of the past.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [137]) and index.
505 _a1. 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.
520 _aJoan 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.
650 _aExcavations (Archaeology).
650 _aCivilization, Ancient.
651 _aNear East
_xHistory
_yTo 622.
_91852
700 _aOates, Joan,
_ejoint author.
_99795
910 _aNIT Ana Koleksiyonu
003 Devinim
999 _d650
_c478