New Horizons in Ancient Syria: The View from ʾAtij
Sensational discoveries made at sites of large cities of the third and second millennia BCE have drawn much attention to Syrian archaeology in recent years. But civilization is not based solely on cities-like the now-famous Ebla-but also on villages and the countryside. A new conceptual framework th...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Chicago Press
1998
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Near Eastern archaeology
Year: 1998, Volume: 61, Issue: 1, Pages: 15-24 |
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| Summary: | Sensational discoveries made at sites of large cities of the third and second millennia BCE have drawn much attention to Syrian archaeology in recent years. But civilization is not based solely on cities-like the now-famous Ebla-but also on villages and the countryside. A new conceptual framework that attempts to embrace the multiple facets of cultural evolution in this region has contributed to intense activity in salvage zones where archaeologists race to excavate sites and survey landscapes before they disappear. |
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| ISSN: | 2325-5404 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Near Eastern archaeology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3210673 |