The Archaeology of Iran from the Palaeolithic to the Achaemenid Empire

ISBN-13: 9780415691697 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 622 str.

Roger Matthews; Hassan Fazeli

Opis

The Archaeology of Iran is the first modern academic study to provide a synthetic, diachronic analysis of the archaeology and early history of all of Iran from the Palaeolithic period to the end of the Achaemenid Empire at 330 BC.

Spis treści

1. The Archaeology of Early Iran: Perspectives from the past for the Present; 2. Placing Iran: Land, Environment and Ecology; 3. Approaching the past of Iran: A History of Archaeological Investigation; 4. Peopling Iran: The Palaeolithic Period, 500,000-12,000 Bp; 5. Domesticating Iran: The Neolithic Period, 10,000-5200 Bc; 6. Early Social Complexity in Iran: The Chalcolithic Period, 5200-3200 Bc; 7. Iran’s First State? The Proto-elamite Horizon, 3200-2900 Bc; 8. Eople on the Move: Prehistoric Networks of Bronze Age Iran, 3400-1100 Bc; 9. Iran Beyond Borders: Bronze Age Societies of Eastern Iran, 3100-1250 Bc; 10. Elam in the World of Bronze Age Southwest Asia, 2900-1100 Bc; 11. Iran Imperial: Villages, Cities, States and Empires of the Iron Age, 1250-330 Bc; 12. Themes and Issues in the Archaeology of Early Iran