Pastoral States Toward A Comparative Archaeology Of Early Kush

Author : Geoff Emberling
Publisher : Gangemi Editore spa
Page : 128 pages
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Release : 2017-03-07T00:00:00+01:00
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9788849294439

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Pastoral states: toward a comparative archaeology of early Kush by Geoff Emberling Pdf

Ancient Kush was one of the earliest complex societies in Africa, yet it is not normally considered in comparative archaeologies of states and empires. This paper makes the case for considering Kush as a culturally distinctive trajectory to political authority, social inequality, and economic complexity. It also considers reasons for its omission from comparative studies, which include a past focus on primary states, a lack of fit with existing archaeological classifications of ancient societies, the overshadowing effect of ancient Egypt to the north, and lingering institutional prejudice. Recent research on early Kush – the Kerma period in archaeological terms – has recovered increasingly detailed evidence from its major urban center at Kerma, but has also begun to gather regional data on the expansion and internal structure of early Kush. Among its many distinctive features, the most significant for understanding the unusual features of its trajectory may be the role of cattle herding and likely associated mobility of population.

Author : Lorna Anguilano,Francesca Balossi Restelli,Baruch Brandl,Salvatore Chilardi,Geoff Emberling,Maria Carmela Gatto,Enrico Giannitrapani,Filippo Iannì,Sara T. Levi,Maria Clara Martinelli,Alessia Masi,Pirhiya Nahshoni,Eliezer D. Oren,Mitchell S. Rothman,Laura Sadori,Giovanni Siracusano,Paola Vertuani,Cristiano Vignola,John Ll. Williams
Publisher : Gangemi Editore spa
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-03T00:00:00+01:00
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9788849293975

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Origini - XXXVI by Lorna Anguilano,Francesca Balossi Restelli,Baruch Brandl,Salvatore Chilardi,Geoff Emberling,Maria Carmela Gatto,Enrico Giannitrapani,Filippo Iannì,Sara T. Levi,Maria Clara Martinelli,Alessia Masi,Pirhiya Nahshoni,Eliezer D. Oren,Mitchell S. Rothman,Laura Sadori,Giovanni Siracusano,Paola Vertuani,Cristiano Vignola,John Ll. Williams Pdf

THIS ISSUE CONTAINS INVESTIGATING DOMESTIC ECONOMY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE LATE CHALCOLITHIC IN EASTERN ANATOLIA: THE CASE OF ARSLANTEPE PERIOD VIII Cristiano Vignola, Francesca Balossi Restelli, Alessia Masi, Laura Sadori, Giovanni Siracusano KURA ARAXES CULTURE AREAS AND THE LATE 4TH AND EARLY 3RD MILLENNIA BC POTTERY FROM VELI SEVIN’S SURVEYS IN MALATYA AND ELAZIg, TURKEY Mitchell S. Rothman CULTURAL ENTANGLEMENT AT THE DAWN OF THE EGYPTIAN HISTORY: A VIEW FROM THE NILE FIRST CATARACT REGION Maria Carmela Gatto PASTORAL STATES: TOWARD A COMPARATIVE ARCHAEOLOGY OF EARLY KUSH Geoff Emberling A CLAY DOOR-LOCK SEALING FROM THE MIDDLE BRONZE AGE III TEMPLE AT TEL HAROR, ISRAEL Baruch Brandl, Eliezer D. Oren, Pirhiya Nahshoni CASE BASTIONE: A PREHISTORIC SETTLEMENT IN THE EREI UPLANDS (CENTRAL SICILY) Enrico Giannitrapani, Filippo Iannì, Salvatore Chilardi, Lorna Anguilano OLD OR NEW WAVES IN CAPO GRAZIANO DECORATIVE STYLES? Sara T. Levi, Maria Clara Martinelli, Paola Vertuani, John Ll.Williams

Author : John Parker
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 169 pages
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Release : 2023-03-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520395671

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Great Kingdoms of Africa by John Parker Pdf

A groundbreaking, sweeping overview of the great kingdoms in African history and their legacies, written by world-leading experts. This is the first book for nonspecialists to explore the great precolonial kingdoms of Africa that have been marginalized throughout history. Great Kingdoms of Africa aims to decenter European colonialism and slavery as the major themes of African history and instead explore the kingdoms, dynasties, and city-states that have shaped cultures across the African continent. This groundbreaking book offers an innovative and thought-provoking overview that takes us from ancient Egypt and Nubia to the Zulu Kingdom almost two thousand years later. Each chapter is written by a leading historian, interweaving political and social history and drawing on a rich array of sources, including oral histories and recent archaeological findings. Great Kingdoms of Africa is a timely and vital book for anyone who wants to expand their knowledge of Africa's rich history.

Author : Martin Sterry,David J. Mattingly
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 765 pages
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Release : 2020-03-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108494441

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Urbanisation and State Formation in the Ancient Sahara and Beyond by Martin Sterry,David J. Mattingly Pdf

This ground-breaking volume pushes back conventional dating of the earliest sedentarisation, urbanisation and state formation in the Sahara.

Author : Karen Radner,Nadine Moeller,D. T. Potts
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 1001 pages
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Release : 2022-04-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190687601

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The Oxford History of the Ancient Near East: Volume III by Karen Radner,Nadine Moeller,D. T. Potts Pdf

"The Oxford History of the Ancient Near East offers a comprehensive and fully illustrated survey of the history of Egypt and Western Asia (Levant, Anatolia, Mesopotamia and Iran) in five volumes, from the emergence of complex states to the conquest of Alexander of Great. The authors represent a highly international mix of leading academics whose expertise brings alive the people, places and times of the remote past. The emphasis lies firmly on the political and social histories of the states and communities under investigation. The individual chapters present the key textual and material sources underpinning the historical reconstruction, giving special attention to the most recent archaeological finds and how they have impacted our interpretation. The first volume covers the long period from the mid-tenth millennium to the late third millennium BC and presents the history of the Near East in ten chapters "From the Beginnings to Old Kingdom Egypt and the Dynasty of Akkad". Key topics include the domestication of animals and plants, the first permanent settlements, the subjugation and appropriation of the natural environment, the emergence of complex states and belief systems, the invention of the earliest writing systems and the wide-ranging trade networks that linked diverse population groups across deserts, mountains and oceans"--

Author : Geoff Emberling,Bruce Williams
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 1217 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780197521830

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The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Nubia by Geoff Emberling,Bruce Williams Pdf

The cultures of Nubia built the earliest cities, states, and empires of inner Africa, but they remain relatively poorly known outside their modern descendants and the community of archaeologists, historians, and art historians researching them. The earliest archaeological work in Nubia was motivated by the region's role as neighbor, trade partner, and enemy of ancient Egypt. Increasingly, however, ancient Nile-based Nubian cultures are recognized in their own right as the earliest complex societies in inner Africa. As agro-pastoral cultures, Nubian settlement, economy, political organization, and religious ideologies were often organized differently from those of the urban, bureaucratic, and predominantly agricultural states of Egypt and the ancient Near East. Nubian societies are thus of great interest in comparative study, and are also recognized for their broader impact on the histories of the eastern Mediterranean and the Near East. The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Nubia brings together chapters by an international group of scholars on a wide variety of topics that relate to the history and archaeology of the region. After important introductory chapters on the history of research in Nubia and on its climate and physical environment, the largest part of the volume focuses on the sequence of cultures that lead almost to the present day. Several cross-cutting themes are woven through these chapters, including essays on desert cultures and on Nubians in Egypt. Eleven final chapters synthesize subjects across all historical phases, including gender and the body, economy and trade, landscape archaeology, iron working, and stone quarrying.

Author : Ulrike Matthies Green,Kirk E. Costion
Publisher : University Press of Florida
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780813052298

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Modeling Cross-Cultural Interaction in Ancient Borderlands by Ulrike Matthies Green,Kirk E. Costion Pdf

This volume introduces the Cross-Cultural Interaction Model (CCIM), a visual tool for studying the exchanges that take place between different cultures in borderland areas or across long distances. The model helps researchers untangle complex webs of connections among people, landscapes, and artifacts, and can be used to support multiple theoretical viewpoints. Through case studies, contributors apply the CCIM to various regions and time periods, including Roman Europe, the Greek province of Thessaly in the Late Bronze Age, the ancient Egyptian-Nubian frontier, colonial Greenland in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the Mississippian realm of Cahokia, ancient Costa Rica and Panama, and the Moquegua Valley of Peru in the early Middle Horizon period. They adapt the model to best represent their data, successfully plotting connections in many different dimensions, including geography, material culture, religion and spirituality, and ideology. The model enables them to expose what motivates people to participate in cultural exchange, as well as the influences that people reject in these interactions. These results demonstrate the versatility and analytical power of the CCIM. Bridging the gap between theory and data, this tool can prompt users to rethink previous interpretations of their research, leading to new ideas, new theories, and new directions for future study. Contributors: Meghan E. Buchanan | Michele R. Buzon | Kirk Costion | Bryan Feuer | Ulrike Matthies Green | Scott Palumbo | Stuart Tyson Smith | Peter Andreas Toft | Peter S. Wells

Author : Richard Bussmann
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2023-11-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781107030381

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The Archaeology of Pharaonic Egypt by Richard Bussmann Pdf

In this book, Richard Bussmann presents a fresh overview of ancient Egyptian society and culture in the age of the pyramids. He addresses key themes in the comparative research of early complex societies, including urbanism, funerary culture, temple ritual, kingship, and the state, and explores how ideas and practices were exchanged between ruling elites and local communities in provincial Egypt. Unlike other studies of ancient Egypt, this book adopts an anthropological approach that places people at the centre of the analysis. Bussmann covers a range of important themes in cross-cultural debates, such as materiality, gender, non-elite culture, and the body. He also offers new perspectives on social diversity and cultural cohesion, based on recent discoveries. His study vividly illustrates how our understanding of ancient Egyptian society benefits from the application of theoretical concepts in archaeology and anthropology to the interpretation of the evidence.

Author : Anna Lucille Boozer,Bradley J. Parker,Bleda S. Düring
Publisher : University of New Mexico Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
ISBN : 9780826361752

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Archaeologies of Empire by Anna Lucille Boozer,Bradley J. Parker,Bleda S. Düring Pdf

Throughout history, a large portion of the world's population has lived under imperial rule. Although scholars do not always agree on when and where the roots of imperialism lie, most would agree that imperial configurations have affected human history so profoundly that the legacy of ancient empires continues to structure the modern world in many ways. Empires are best described as heterogeneous and dynamic patchworks of imperial configurations in which imperial power was the outcome of the complex interaction between evolving colonial structures and various types of agents in highly contingent relationships. The goal of this volume is to harness the work of the "next generation" of empire scholars in order to foster new theoretical and methodological perspectives that are of relevance within and beyond archaeology and to foreground empires as a cross-cultural category. This book demonstrates how archaeological research can contribute to our conceptualization of empires across disciplinary boundaries.

Author : Dietrich Raue
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 1133 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9783110420388

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Handbook of Ancient Nubia by Dietrich Raue Pdf

Numerous research projects have studied the Nubian cultures of Sudan and Egypt over the last thirty years, leading to significant new insights. The contributions to this handbook illuminate our current understanding of the cultural history of this fascinating region, including its interconnections to the natural world.

Author : Lorna Anguilano,Francesca Balossi Restelli,Baruch Brandl,Salvatore Chilardi,Geoff Emberling,Maria Carmela Gatto,Enrico Giannitrapani,Filippo Iannì,Sara T. Levi,Maria Clara Martinelli,Alessia Masi,Pirhiya Nahshoni,Eliezer D. Oren,Mitchell S. Rothman,Laura Sadori,Giovanni Siracusano,Paola Vertuani,Cristiano Vignola,John Ll. Williams
Publisher : Gangemi Editore Spa
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-05T00:00:00+01:00
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9788849280241

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Origini - XXXVI by Lorna Anguilano,Francesca Balossi Restelli,Baruch Brandl,Salvatore Chilardi,Geoff Emberling,Maria Carmela Gatto,Enrico Giannitrapani,Filippo Iannì,Sara T. Levi,Maria Clara Martinelli,Alessia Masi,Pirhiya Nahshoni,Eliezer D. Oren,Mitchell S. Rothman,Laura Sadori,Giovanni Siracusano,Paola Vertuani,Cristiano Vignola,John Ll. Williams Pdf

THIS ISSUE CONTAINS INVESTIGATING DOMESTIC ECONOMY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE LATE CHALCOLITHIC IN EASTERN ANATOLIA: THE CASE OF ARSLANTEPE PERIOD VIII Cristiano Vignola, Francesca Balossi Restelli, Alessia Masi, Laura Sadori, Giovanni Siracusano KURA ARAXES CULTURE AREAS AND THE LATE 4TH AND EARLY 3RD MILLENNIA BC POTTERY FROM VELI SEVIN’S SURVEYS IN MALATYA AND ELAZIg, TURKEY Mitchell S. Rothman CULTURAL ENTANGLEMENT AT THE DAWN OF THE EGYPTIAN HISTORY: A VIEW FROM THE NILE FIRST CATARACT REGION Maria Carmela Gatto PASTORAL STATES: TOWARD A COMPARATIVE ARCHAEOLOGY OF EARLY KUSH Geoff Emberling A CLAY DOOR-LOCK SEALING FROM THE MIDDLE BRONZE AGE III TEMPLE AT TEL HAROR, ISRAEL Baruch Brandl, Eliezer D. Oren, Pirhiya Nahshoni CASE BASTIONE: A PREHISTORIC SETTLEMENT IN THE EREI UPLANDS (CENTRAL SICILY) Enrico Giannitrapani, Filippo Iannì, Salvatore Chilardi, Lorna Anguilano OLD OR NEW WAVES IN CAPO GRAZIANO DECORATIVE STYLES? Sara T. Levi, Maria Clara Martinelli, Paola Vertuani, John Ll.Williams

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Reference
ISBN : 8849230249

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Prehistory and Protohistory of Ancient Civilizations by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ann Louise Perkins
Publisher : Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1949
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015037058982

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The Comparative Archeology of Early Mesopotamia by Ann Louise Perkins Pdf

Although this book is now somewhat out-of-date, it remains a useful synthesis of archaeological material, correlating the evidence from one site with that from another, and the cultures of the North with those of the South. Some evidence of its enduring value can be found in the fact that this is the 7th printing.

Author : Geoff Emberling,Bruce Williams
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 1217 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190496272

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The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Nubia by Geoff Emberling,Bruce Williams Pdf

The cultures of Nubia built the earliest cities, states, and empires of inner Africa, but they remain relatively poorly known outside their modern descendants and the community of archaeologists, historians, and art historians researching them. The earliest archaeological work in Nubia was motivated by the region's role as neighbor, trade partner, and enemy of ancient Egypt. Increasingly, however, ancient Nile-based Nubian cultures are recognized in their own right as the earliest complex societies in inner Africa. As agro-pastoral cultures, Nubian settlement, economy, political organization, and religious ideologies were often organized differently from those of the urban, bureaucratic, and predominantly agricultural states of Egypt and the ancient Near East. Nubian societies are thus of great interest in comparative study, and are also recognized for their broader impact on the histories of the eastern Mediterranean and the Near East. The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Nubia brings together chapters by an international group of scholars on a wide variety of topics that relate to the history and archaeology of the region. After important introductory chapters on the history of research in Nubia and on its climate and physical environment, the largest part of the volume focuses on the sequence of cultures that lead almost to the present day. Several cross-cutting themes are woven through these chapters, including essays on desert cultures and on Nubians in Egypt. Eleven final chapters synthesize subjects across all historical phases, including gender and the body, economy and trade, landscape archaeology, iron working, and stone quarrying.

Author : Charles Bonnet
Publisher : Nathan I. Huggins Lectures
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674986671

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The Black Kingdom of the Nile by Charles Bonnet Pdf

For centuries, Egyptian civilization has been at the origin of the story we tell about the West. But Charles Bonnet's archaeological excavations have unearthed extraordinary sites in modern Sudan that challenge this notion and compel us to look to black Africa and the Nubian Kingdom of Kush, where a highly civilized state existed 2500-1500 BCE.