TY - BOOK ID - 23114386 TI - The archaeology of Syria : from complex hunter-gatherers to early urban societies (c. 16,000-300 BC) AU - Akkermans, Peter M. M. G. AU - Schwartz, Glenn M. PY - 2009 VL - *12 SN - 0521792304 0521796660 9780521796668 9780521792301 PB - Cambridge: Cambridge university press, DB - UniCat KW - Excavations (Archaeology) KW - Syria KW - Antiquities. KW - Antiquities KW - Excavations (Archaeology) - Syria KW - Syria - Antiquities UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:23114386 AB - This is the first book to present a comprehensive review of the archaeology of Syria from the end of the Paleolithic period to 300 BC. Syria has become a prime focus of field archaeology in the Middle East in the past thirty years, and Peter Akkermans and Glenn Schwartz discuss the results of this intensive fieldwork, integrating them with earlier research. Alongside the major material culture types of each period, they examine important contributions of Syrian archaeology to issues like the onset of agriculture, the emergence of private property and social inequality, the rise and collapse of urban life, and the archaeology of early empires. All competing interpretations are set out and considered, alongside the authors' own perspectives and conclusions. ER -