Late Chalcolithic Northern Mesopotamia in Context

Papers from the Workshop held at the 11th ICAANE, Munich, April 5th 2018

Edited by Paola Sconzo Edited by Marco Iamoni Edited by Luca Peyronel Edited by Johnny Samuele Baldi

Book cover: Late Chalcolithic Northern Mesopotamia in Context

Extent: 263 pages

Publisher: Brepols Publishers

Subjects: Ancient Near East

Series: Subartu

Series volume number: 48

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(March 2022)

ISBN: 9782503596044

Price: $120.00

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Many of the debates that have until recently driven research into Mesopotamia’s proto-urban phase (5th- 4th millennia BCE) have now been reassessed thanks to new fieldwork in Iraqi Kurdistan and new data into the relationships between the north and south of the Alluvium from hitherto poorly-documented regions. These debates were re-examined in the light of this new material during a workshop held at the ICAANE in 2018 in Munich, leading to unprecedented perspectives on the patterns of early urbanization, social mobility, and the organization of Late Chalcolithic communities. Drawing on research first presented at ICAANE, and building on the most recent data from surveys and excavations, this volume engages with one key question from different angles: namely, how can we reconcile detailed analysis of the multifaceted local variations of proto-urbanism with the supra-regional, intricate, and more widespread nature of this same phenomenon across Mesopotamia?

  • Edited by Paola Sconzo
  • Edited by Marco Iamoni
  • Edited by Luca Peyronel
  • Edited by Johnny Samuele Baldi