The Archaeology of Prehistoric Arabia: Adaptation and Social Formation from the Neolithic to the Iron Age (Cambridge World Archaeology)
Cambridge University Press, 5/19/2014
EAN 9780521862318, ISBN10: 0521862310
Hardcover, 309 pages, 26 x 18.2 x 1.9 cm
Language: English
Encompassing a landmass greater than the rest of the Near East and Eastern Mediterranean combined, the Arabian peninsula remains one of the last great unexplored regions of the ancient world. This book provides the first extensive coverage of the archaeology of this region from c.9000 to 800 BC. Peter Magee argues that a unique social system, which relied on social cohesion and actively resisted the hierarchical structures of adjacent states, emerged during the Neolithic and continued to contour society for millennia later. The book also focuses on how the historical context in which Near Eastern archaeology was codified has led to a skewed understanding of the multiplicity of lifeways pursued by ancient peoples living throughout the Middle East.
1. Arabia and the study of the ancient Near East
2. Ecological and environmental diversity in Arabia
3. The formation of Arabian society
7000 to 3000 BC
4. Eastern Arabia from 3000 to 2000 BC
5. The Bronze Age in western Arabia
6. Eastern Arabia from 2000 to 1300 BC
7. Humans, dromedaries, and the transformation of ancient Arabia
8. Intensification and consolidation
Arabia from 1300 to 800 BC
9. Expansion and engagement
Arabia and the ancient Near East
10. Adaptation and social formation in ancient Arabia.