From Sherds to Landscapes

Studies on the Ancient Near East in Honor of McGuire Gibson

Mark Altaweel, Carrie Hritz (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

363 Seiten

2021
Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (Verlag)
978-1-61491-063-3 (ISBN)

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This volume presents new research on the Ancient Near East in areas such as landscape archaeology, urbanism, the ancient languages of Mesopotamia, history of Mesopotamia, the archaeology of Iran and Yemen, prehistory, material culture and wider archaeological topics.

This volume honours McGuire Gibson and his years of service to the archaeology of Mesopotamia, Yemen and neighbouring regions.

Professor Gibson spent most of his career at the University of Chicago's Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations department and the Oriental Institute. Many of his students, colleagues and friends have contributed to this volume, reflecting Gibson's diverse interests. The volume presents new research in areas such as landscape archaeology, urbanism, the ancient languages of Mesopotamia, history of Mesopotamia, the archaeology of Iran and Yemen, prehistory, material culture and wider archaeological topics.

List of Abbreviations

Editor's Note

Introduction. Richard L. Zettler, Robert D. Biggs, Mark Altaweel, Carrie Hritz, Augusta McMahon, and James A. Armstrong

Selected Publications by McGuire Gibson

As I Seem to Remember. Carlotta Maher

1. The Impact of the Rise of the State in Southwestern Iran on the Region's Periphery and Buffer Zones. Abbas Alizadeh

2. Spatial Interaction Modeling and Nippur's Urban Significance in the Early Dynastic Period. Mark Altaweel

3. Assyrians in Nippur. James A. Armstrong

4. The John Mix Cuneiform Tablet and a Related sa2-du11 ku5-ra2 Dossier from Puzris-Dagan. Robert D. Biggs

5. On Some Ur III Scribal Exercises. Miguel Civil

6. A Reconsideration of the So-Called Single-Shrine Temple at Tell Asmar. Jean M. Evans

7. The Umma-Lagash Border Conflict: A View from Above Carrie Hritz

8. Celebrating the Centenary of Incantation Bowls at Nippur. Erica C.D. Hunter

9. Tracing Prehistory in Highland Yemen: Contributions of the Dhamar Survey Project in Light of New Discoveries in Arabia. Lamya Khalidi and Krista Lewis

10. Pieces of String: Cordage in Late Chalcolithic Northern Mesopotamia. Augusta McMahon

11. A Reappraisal of Building Circulation within the E-Hursag At Ur. John C. Sanders

12. Kish and the Spatial Organization of Cities in Third-Millennium BC Southern Iraq. Jason Ur

13. The Origins of Levee and Levee-Based Irrigation in the Nippur Area-Southern Mesopotamia. T. J. Wilkinson and Jaafar Jotheri

14. A Question of Heirlooms. Karen L. Wilson

15. Two Tombs or Three? PG 789 and PG 800 Again! Paul C. Zimmerman and Richard L. Zettler

16. The Final Report on the Excavations at Tell Al-Agar: The First Season, 2011. Murtadha Hashim Jafar, Hussein Ali Hamza, Burhan Abd Alredha Radhi, and Suham Juwad Kadhum Al-Qaisi

17. Conclusion. Mark Altaweel and Carrie Hritz

Erscheinungsdatum	28.06.2021
Reihe/Serie	Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization
Zusatzinfo	224 figures (many in color)
Sprache	englisch
Maße	228 x 298 mm
Gewicht	1164 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	1-61491-063-4 / 1614910634
ISBN-13	978-1-61491-063-3 / 9781614910633
Zustand	Neuware