Ancient Mesopotamia : the eden that never was / Susan Pollock.
Author
- Pollock, Susan 1955-
Published
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press 1999
Physical description
xii, 259 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 23 cm.
ISBN
- 0521573343
- 9780521573344
- 0521575680
- 9780521575683
Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
- Geographic setting and environment -- Settlement patterns -- Making a living : tributary economies of the fifth and fourth millennia -- A changing way of life : the oikos-based economy of the third millennium -- The growth of bureaucracy -- Ideology and images of power -- Death and the ideology of community.
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Genre
- Bibliography
- Illustrated
- text
Language
- English
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- Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam021/00507311.html
- 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.
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| Location of copy | Shelfmark | Availability |
|---|---|---|
| UEA Main Library. Floor 3: Main shelves - Normal loan | DS73.1 POL |
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