The Iranian Plateau during the Bronze Age
Development of urbanisation, production and trade
The book compiles a portion of the contributions presented during the symposium “Urbanisation, commerce, subsistence and production during the third millennium BC on the Iranian Plateau”, which took place at the Maison de l’Orient et de la Méditerranée in Lyon, the 29-30 of April, 2014. The twenty papers assembled provide an overview of the recent archaeological research on this region of the Middle East during the Bronze Age. The socio-economic transformation from rural villages to towns ...
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Cover art: © Nasir Eskandari.
- Editor : MOM Éditions
- Colección : Archéologie(s) | 1
- Lugar de edición : Lyon
- Año de edición : 2019
- Publicación en OpenEdition Books : 19 mars 2020
- EAN (publicación papel) : 978-2-35668-063-1
- EAN electrónico : 978-2-35668-177-5
- DOI : 10.4000/books.momeditions.7816
- Número de páginas : 356 p.
The global context of the Bronze Age on the Iranian Plateau
A view from the west – some considerations about the theory of urbanisation
Expansion of the Kura-Araxes culture in Iran
Elamite Kingdom
Archaeological survey in the western bank of the Karkheh river
Urbanisation in Eastern Iran
New GKC (BMAC) finds in the plain of Jajarm, NE Iran
New discoveries on the western fringe of Dasht‑e Lut
Production and trade
The Grand’Route of Khorasan (Great Khorasan Road) during the third millennium BC and the “dark stone” artefacts
From Kerman to the Oxus through seals
The diachronic transformation of the daggers with the crescent-shaped guard
The transition to Iron Age
Two successive cultures or the appearance of a new culture?
Conclusion
Concluding thoughts
The book compiles a portion of the contributions presented during the symposium “Urbanisation, commerce, subsistence and production during the third millennium BC on the Iranian Plateau”, which took place at the Maison de l’Orient et de la Méditerranée in Lyon, the 29-30 of April, 2014. The twenty papers assembled provide an overview of the recent archaeological research on this region of the Middle East during the Bronze Age. The socio-economic transformation from rural villages to towns and nations has prompted many questions into this evolution of urbanisation. What was the impact of interactions between cultures in the Iranian Plateau and the surrounding regions (Mesopotamia, the South Caucasus, Central Asia, Indus Valley)? What was the overall context during the Bronze Age on the Iranian Plateau? What was the extent and means of the expansion of the Kuro-Araxe culture? How did the Elamite Kingdom become established? What new knowledge has been contributed by the recent excavations and studies undertaken in the east of Iran? What was the influence of the Indus Valley culture, known as an epicentre of urbanisation in South Asia? What are the unique characteristics of the ancient cultures in Iran?
While the urbanisation of early Mesopotamia has been the subject of much debate for several decades, this topic has only recently been raised in respect to the Iranian Plateau. This volume is the product of an international community from Iranian, European, and American institutions, consisting of recognised specialists in the archaeology of the Iranian Bronze Age. It provides an overview of the latest research, including abundant results from current on-going excavations. The current state of archaeological research in Iran, comprising many dynamic questions and perspectives, is presented here in the form of original contributions on the first emergence of towns in the Near and Middle East.
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