Mesopotamian Civilization: The Material Foundations
Language: English
Published by Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 1997
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8vo (9.5"x6.5"). 366pp. Brown cloth covered boards with author, title, publisher in gilt to spine. Light bumping to spine extremes. 1.5" bump to middle of rear board edge. Very mild spot of discoloration to top of text block. Interior bright and unmarked. The dust jacket is white with orange lettering and ornamentation. Mild shelfwear. A bit of crinkling to rear dust jacket adjacent to the aforementioned 1.5" bump.
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- Title
- Mesopotamian Civilization: The Material Foundations
- Author
- Potts, D. T.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY
- Publication year
- 1997
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Near Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0801433398
- ISBN 13
- 9780801433399
- Edition
- First Editon.
- Seller catalogs
- Ancient History, Anthropology, Archaeology
The best way to achieve an understanding of the art, architecture, history, and literature of a great civilization such as Mesopotamia's, D. T. Potts believes, is through an analysis of its material infrastructure. Concentrating on Southern Mesopotamia and relying preponderantly on evidence from the third millennium B.C., Potts describes a civilization from the ground up. He creates an ethnography of ancient Mesopotamia which combines knowledge of its material culture and its mental culture.
The creation and development of Mesopotamia was made possible by the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. "None of the achievements of Mesopotamian production in the realm of agriculture, animal husbandry, or related industries (textiles, leather working, boat building)," Potts says, "can be understood except in reference to the very specific river regimes and soil conditions of the alluvium." Potts examines the climate, the landforms, and other conditions that enabled the area to become populated.
What natural resources did the earliest Mesopotamians have at their disposal? How did Mesopotamian religious ideals reflect the basic conditions of life in the alluvial plain of Southern Mesopotamia? What contributions to Mesopotamian civilization came from the East and what from the West? In addressing such questions as these, Potts offers a new foundation for understanding an ancient civilization of great complexity.
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About the Author
D. T. Potts is Professor of Middle Eastern Archaeology at the University of Sydney. A specialist in Arabian Gulf archaeology, he is founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy Journal and has conducted major excavations at Tell Abraq, Jabal al Emalah, and Al Sufouh. His previous works include The Arabian Gulf in Antiquity.
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