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Ancient Mesopotamia

Susan Pollock author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:20th May '99

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Innovative study of the early state and urban societies in Mesopotamia, c. 5000 to 2100 BC.

Susan Pollock's detailed treatment of early state and urban societies in lowland Mesopotamia covers nearly three millennia, from approximately 5000 to 2100 BC. Written for an undergraduate audience, her approach is explicitly anthropological, drawing on contemporary theoretical perspectives to enrich our understanding of the ancient Mesopotamian past.This book is an in-depth treatment of the antecedents and first florescence of early state and urban societies in the alluvial lowlands of Mesopotamia over nearly three millennia, from approximately 5000 to 2100 BC. Susan Pollock's approach is explicitly anthropological, and draws on contemporary theoretical perspectives to enrich our understanding of the ancient Mesopotamian past. It explores the ways people of different genders and classes contributed and responded to changes in political, economic, and ideological realms. The interpretations are based on studies of regional settlement patterns, faunal remains, artifact distributions and activity patterning, iconography, texts and burials.

' … a very useful addition to the growing body of secondary archaeological literature on Mesopotamia … It is also well written, carefully referenced, indexed, suitably illustrated and includes an annoted bibliography. As such, it should certainly appeal to its audience.' Antiquity

ISBN: 9780521575683

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm

Weight: 440g

272 pages