The Development of Pre-State Communities in the Ancient Near East: Studies in Honour of Edgar Peltenburg
| By: | Maguire, Louise C. |
| Publisher: | Casemate Publishers and Book Distributors, LLC |
| Print ISBN: | 9781842174074 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781842178393 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Format: | Page Fidelity |
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This book explores the dynamics of small-scale societies in the ancient Near East by examining the ways in which particular communities functioned and interacted and by moving beyond the broad neo-evolutionary models of social change which have characterised many earlier approaches. By focusing on issues of diversity, scale, and context, it considers the ways in which economy, crafts, technology, and ritual were organised