Early urbanizations in the Levant : a regional narrative /

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Author / Creator:Greenberg, Raphael.
Imprint:London ; New York : Leicester University Press, 2002.
Description:1 online resource (xii, 141 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:English
Series:New approaches to anthropological archaeology
New approaches to anthropological archaeology.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11262767
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ISBN:9780567116000
056711600X
1283192624
9781283192620
0718502302
9780718502300
9786613192622
6613192627
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
English.
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Summary:Early Urbanizations in the Levant examines the first cycle of urbanization, collapse and reurbanization in the 4th-2nd millennium BCE Levant. The core of the study is a detailed analysis of settlement fluctuations and material culture development in the Hula Valley, at the crossroads between modern Israel, Syria and Lebanon. Focusing on field data and a close reading of the material text, the book emphasizes the variety exhibited in patterns of cultural and social change when small, densely settled regions are carefully scrutinized. Using the concepts of time-space edges and shifting loci of p.
Other form:Print version: Greenberg, Raphael. Early urbanizations in the Levant. London ; New York : Leicester University Press, 2002 0718502302