| A Propos de Tepe Gawra, Le Monde Proto-Urbain de Mesopotamie - About Tepe Gawra: A Proto-Urban World in Mesopotamia Contributor(s): Butterlin, P. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 2503530028 ISBN-13: 9782503530024 Publisher: Brepols Publishers OUR PRICE: $89.78 Product Type: Paperback Language: French Published: October 2009 Annotation: This publication brings together critical studies on the excavations of Tepe Gawra, complemented by the results of recent archaeological research on Mesopotamian proto-urban cultures in Syria, Iraq, and Turkey. The book is comprised of three parts: the first deals with the holy world and with the problems of the temple during the proto-urban period; the second focuses on the profane world and on the interpretation of the political role of Tepe Gawra; the third is dedicated to the culture of Gawra in Mesopotamia, based on examples of recent excavations in Iraq (Grai Resh), Turkey (Arslan tepe), and Syria (Mashnaqa). |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Middle East - General - Social Science | Archaeology - History | Ancient - General |
| Dewey: 935 |
| Series: Subartu |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 8.3" W x 11.4" (1.55 lbs) 175 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Cet ouvrage rassemble une serie detudes critiques sur les fouilles de Tepe Gawra, completees par les resultats de recherches archeologiques recentes menees en Syrie, Irak et Turquie sur les cultures proto-urbaines de Haute Mesopotamie: il comprend trois parties, la premiere consacree au monde du sacre et au probleme du temple a lepoque proto-urbaine, la deuxieme au monde du profane et aux problemes dinterpretation politique de Tepe Gawra, la troisieme enfin a la culture de Gawra en Haute Mesopotamie avec des exemples issues de fouilles recentes en Irak (Grai Resh), Turquie (Arslan tepe) et en Syrie (Mashnaqa notamment). |
