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The Near East: Archaeology in the 'Cradle of Civilization (Experiences of Archaeology)
The Near East Archaeology in the 'Cradle of Civilization - Experiences of Archaeology Author:Charles Keith Maisels Charles Keith Maisels charts the emergence of archaeology from antiquarianism and anthropology in the nineteenth century. Based on what we now know, he provides a developmental account of the origins of processes of farming and farming cultures and the process of transition from neolithic village to city-state. In his account of "Two Revolutions... more »"-- Neolithic and Urban--he also explains how and why the world's first cluster of cities arose between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates in what is now Iraq, generating the world's first body of literature, theology and complex calculation.« less