Mesopotamian Civilization: The Material FoundationsLikely to become a standard work for students of the ancient Near East, and for those interested in the high cultures of the region, this account is also a highly accessible repository of information valuable to archaeologists, anthropologists, etc |
Contents
The Aboriginal Population of Southern Mesopotamia | 43 |
Agriculture and Diet | 56 |
Inedible Natural Resources | 91 |
Watercraft | 122 |
Pottery Production | 138 |
Metal Production | 164 |
Workshops and Metalworking Metalsbased Equivalency | 181 |
Symbols The House of the Deity From Sumerian Temples | 200 |
Kinship in an Urban Society | 208 |
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Achaemenid agricultural Akkadian Amar-Sin Amiet ancient Mesopotamia animals Arabia archaeological Archaic Assyrian attested Babylon barley bitumen boat burial Butz canal cent ceramic Chapter Choga Mami clay copper cultivation cuneiform cuneiform sources cylinder seal deities Diyala Early Dynastic Englund Enlil Eridu Ess and Pedde Euphrates evidence excavated fact Figure Girsu glyptic Greek Gulf Harappan Hruška important Iraq irrigation Jamdat Jamdat Nasr period Kassite Khafajah king Lagash Larsa Mesopo metal millennium BC Moorey Muhly names Neo-Assyrian Neo-Babylonian Nimrud Nippur Nissen Oates Old Akkadian Old Babylonian period Parthian plough Postgate pottery Potts Powell pre-Sargonic production reed region Renger river Royal Cemetery salt scholars seal impression seed Seleucid sesame shekels Shulgi sila/l Sippar soil southern Mesopotamia stamp seal Steinkeller suggested Sumerian tablet Tell Oueili Tello temple texts Tigris tion Ubaid period Umma Ur III period Uruk period vessels Waetzoldt