<p>Civilization: Ancient Treasures from the British Museum</p>

Civilization: Ancient Treasures from the British Museum

Potts, Timothy

Australian National Gallery

Culture through Objects: Ancient Near Eastern Studies in Honour of P. R. S. Moorey (Griffith Institute Publications)

<p>Published in honour of P. R. S. Moorey, one of the foremost Near Eastern scholars of his generation, this book brings together nineteen studies on the archaeology of the ancient Near East. The volume focuses on three main themes that have been central to Moorey's extensive contributions to the field: tracking cultural transfers, understanding images, and the study of ancient materials and manufacture. Ranging widely in time and space from Egypt to Central Asia and from the Neolithic to the Sasanian period, the studies are linked by their shared methodology, namely a commitment to the crucial role played by objects in the reconstruction of past cultures and the recognition of the importance of contextual analysis in evaluating the material evidence. Topics include: the origins of pharaonic iconography, the spread of writing, stone vessels, prehistoric figurines, the iconography of seals, early metallurgy, ancient cuisine and the use of works of art in ancient societies.</p>

Arts & Photography

Roaf, M.

Stein, Diana

History & Criticism

Griffith Institute

Published in honour of P. R. S. Moorey, one of the foremost Near Eastern scholars of his generation, this book brings together nineteen studies on the archaeology of the ancient Near East. The volume focuses on three main themes that have been central to Moorey's extensive contributions to the field: tracking cultural transfers, understanding images, and the study of ancient materials and manufacture. Ranging widely in time and space from Egypt to Central Asia and from the Neolithic to the Sasanian period, the studies are linked by their shared methodology, namely a commitment to the crucial role played by objects in the reconstruction of past cultures and the recognition of the importance of contextual analysis in evaluating the material evidence. Topics include: the origins of pharaonic iconography, the spread of writing, stone vessels, prehistoric figurines, the iconography of seals, early metallurgy, ancient cuisine and the use of works of art in ancient societies.

The fortunes of Mesopotamia were intimately tied in a variety of different relationships with her eastern neighbours: raw materials seaped into the resource-poor Tigris-Euphrates delta from the highlands of Iran, Central Asia and the Persian/Arabian Gulf. Diplomacy and warfare tied the Mesopotamian rulers to their eastern cousins, sometimes spilling over into mass pillaging which destroyed the two great 3rd millennium empires of Agade and Ur. Throughout antiquity the two regions were locked in a complex and shifting relationship, their broad economic interdependence perenially at odds with a deep political and cultural animosity. This critical assessment is essential reading for all students of Mesopotamian civilisation.

Mesopotamia and the East (Oxford University Committee for Archaeology Monograph Ser No. 37.)

History

Ancient Civilizations

Oxford University School of Archaeology

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Civilization: Ancient Treasures from the British Museum

Culture through Objects: Ancient Near Eastern Studies in Honour of P. R. S. Moorey (Griffith Institute Publications)

Culture through Objects: Ancient Near Eastern Studies in Honour of P. R. S. Moorey (Griffith Institute Publications)

Mesopotamia and the East (Oxford University Committee for Archaeology Monograph Ser No. 37.)