Pushing Back the Frontiers of Mesopotamian Prehistory

A series of chance discoveries and salvage excavations in north Mesopotamia revealed many sites that belonged to the early neolithic period between 8000 and 6000 B.C.E. These produced intriguing information on the processes of change that culminated in the wide establishment of villages based on a m...

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Main Author: Watkins, Trevor (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Scholars Press 1992
In: The Biblical archaeologist
Year: 1992, Volume: 55, Issue: 4, Pages: 176-181
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Summary:A series of chance discoveries and salvage excavations in north Mesopotamia revealed many sites that belonged to the early neolithic period between 8000 and 6000 B.C.E. These produced intriguing information on the processes of change that culminated in the wide establishment of villages based on a mixed farming economy, providing new insights on the "Neolithic Revolution."
Contains:Enthalten in: The Biblical archaeologist
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2307/3210311