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The Prehistory of Asia Minor: From Complex Hunter-Gatherers to Early Urban Societies
Bleda S. During
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Paperback. An archaeological analysis of Asia Minor, the area equated with much of modern-day Turkey, from 20,000 to 2,000 BC. Num Pages: 374 pages, 62 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1QDA; HDD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 253 x 182 x 15. Weight in Grams: 914. From Complex Hunter-Gatherers to Early Urban Societies. 374 pages, 62 b/w illus. An archaeological analysis of Asia Minor, the area equated with much of modern-day Turkey, from 20,000 to 2,000 BC. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1QDA; HDD. Dimension: 253 x 182 x 15. Weight: 758.
In this book, Bleda During offers an archaeological analysis of Asia Minor, the area equated with much of modern-day Turkey, from 20,000 to 2,000 BC. During this period human societies moved from small-scale hunter-gatherer groups to complex and hierarchical communities with economies based on agriculture and industry. Dr During traces the spread of the Neolithic way of life, which ultimately reached across Eurasia, and the emergence of key human developments, including the domestication of animals, metallurgy, fortified towns and long-distance trading networks. Situated at the junction between Europe and Asia, Asia Minor has often been perceived as a bridge for ... Read more
In this book, Bleda During offers an archaeological analysis of Asia Minor, the area equated with much of modern-day Turkey, from 20,000 to 2,000 BC. During this period human societies moved from small-scale hunter-gatherer groups to complex and hierarchical communities with economies based on agriculture and industry. Dr During traces the spread of the Neolithic way of life, which ultimately reached across Eurasia, and the emergence of key human developments, including the domestication of animals, metallurgy, fortified towns and long-distance trading networks. Situated at the junction between Europe and Asia, Asia Minor has often been perceived as a bridge for ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
374
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
913g
Number of Pages
374
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521149815
SKU
V9780521149815
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About Bleda S. During
Bleda During is a postdoctoral research fellow and lecturer at Leiden University. He has done extensive fieldwork in Turkey and currently directs the Cide Archaeological Project, surveying the western Turkish Black Sea region. The author of numerous articles in edited volumes and journals, such as Anatolian Studies, the Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeological Dialogues, he is also the author ... Read more
Reviews for The Prehistory of Asia Minor: From Complex Hunter-Gatherers to Early Urban Societies
'[This book is] a significant contribution to a much broader effort in the pursuit of a better understood prehistory of Asia Minor ... I have no doubt that this book regardless of the more recent publications which cover broader geographic and thematic expanses ... will be inspirational to new research into the prehistoric and preliterate periods of Anatolia in the ... Read more