The archaeology of Elam : formation and transformation of an ancient Iranian state / D.T. Potts.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Potts, Daniel T., author.

Series:

Cambridge world archaeology.

Cambridge world archaeology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology)--Iran--Elam.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Elam--Antiquities.

Elam.

Elam--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxviii, 490 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From the middle of the 3rd millennium BC until the coming of Cyrus the Great, southwestern Iran was referred to in Mesopotamian sources as the land of Elam. A heterogeneous collection of regions, Elam was home to a variety of groups, alternately the object of Mesopotamian aggression, and aggressors themselves; an ethnic group seemingly swallowed up by the vast Achaemenid Persian empire, yet a force strong enough to attack Babylonia in the last centuries BC. The Elamite language is attested as late as the Medieval era, and the name Elam as late as 1300 in the records of the Nestorian church. This book examines the formation and transformation of Elam's many identities through both archaeological and written evidence, and brings to life one of the most important regions of Western Asia, re-evaluates its significance, and places it in the context of the most recent archaeological and historical scholarship.

Contents:

Elam : what, when and where?

Environment, climate and resources

Elam and Awan

The dynasty of Shimashki

The grand regents of Susa and Elam

The kingdom of Susa and Anshan

The Neo-Elamite empire

Elymais

Elam under the Sasanians and beyond

Conclusion.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-11325-3

0-511-32330-1

0-511-17310-5

0-511-05355-X

0-511-15207-8

0-521-56358-5

0-511-48961-7

1-280-42911-9

OCLC:

475915351