Euphrates River Valley Settlement: The Carchemish Sector in the Third Millennium BC
Pre-state ceremonial monuments, rich mortuary arrangements, forts, walled settlements and temples: all these occur in a narrow stretch of the Euphrates River valley prior to the rise of Carchemish, one of the major capital cities of the Ancient Near East. This well-illustrated book examines recently...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Havertown
Oxbow Books
2007
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| In: | Year: 2007 |
| Series/Journal: | Levant Supplementary Series
v.5 |
| Further subjects: | B
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| Summary: | Pre-state ceremonial monuments, rich mortuary arrangements, forts, walled settlements and temples: all these occur in a narrow stretch of the Euphrates River valley prior to the rise of Carchemish, one of the major capital cities of the Ancient Near East. This well-illustrated book examines recently discovered evidence from the hinterlands of archaeologically inaccessible Carchemish in its regional context. Amongst the 18 contributors Tony Wilkinson characterizes the neighbouring regions of Carchemish, Guy Bunnens elaborates on a site hierarchy within the valley and Gioacchino Falsone appraise |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record |
| ISBN: | 1842172727 |