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The Uruk Phenomenon

The role of social ideology in the expansion of the Uruk Culture during the fourth millennium BC

£29.00
Author:
Paul Collins
Publication Year:
2000
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841710969
Paperback:
105pp. Includes 31 figures, 4 tables.
ISBN 10:
1841710962
BAR number:
S900
+

Description

BOOK DESCRIPTION
This work identifies 'social ideology' as an example of a crucial mover in the emergence of a complex society, and one that helps explain the developments visible in the archaeological record of fourth millennium BC Mesopotamia. It is argued that these developments were the result of an expansion in the exploitation of resources (flora and fauna); acquisition of rare materials, such as stones and metals, probably played a role but not as the primary basis for the resulting pattern. The shape this expansion took was conditioned by a unique ideology, known as 'The Uruk Phenomenon' and the point of departure for this study.