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Plain and painted pottery : the rise of late neolithic ceramic styles on the Syrian and northern Mesopotamian plains / Olivier Nieuwenhuyse.

Penn Museum Library GN776.32.N4 N549 2007
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English
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  • Catalogs.
Physical Description:
551 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 28 cm.
Place of Publication:
Turnhout : Brepols, 2007.
Summary:
This study focuses on a major issue in Near Eastern prehistoric archaeology: the rise of the Halaf culture, ca. 5900-5400 cal. BC. The book presents in a detailed, quantified and lavishly illustrated manner the ceramics excavated by the National Museum of Antiquities Leiden at Tell Sabi Abyad, northern Syria. Tell Sabi Abyad thus far remains the only archaeological site in the Near East where the shift from a Pre-Halaf to an Early Halaf cultural assemblage can be followed within a continuous, meticulously stratified sequence. More than merely a pottery report, the book offers a lively discussion of past and present views on the origins of the Halaf culture. It also places the excavated ceramics in the broader socioeconomic and symbolic context of Late Neolithic societies in northern Syria. Using the concepts of feasting and emulation, the study aims to gain insight in patterns of rapid ceramic innovation and change.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-252).
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
ISBN:
  • 9782503524443
  • 2503524443
OCLC:
148802086
Online:
The Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund Home Page

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