A comprehensive, detailed study covering the Bronze Age sites of Margiana, the stratigraphic excavations at Gonur, a relative chronology and ceramics of Margiana, an absolute chronology and radiocarbon dates, the earliest architecture at Gonur Depe, the Period 2 (BMAC) architecture, the domestic economy of Gonur, the development of the BMAC, and tr
A comprehensive, detailed study covering the Bronze Age sites of Margiana, the stratigraphic excavations at Gonur, a relative chronology and ceramics ...
This integration of earlier and new scholarship reconceptualizes the origins of civilization, challenging the received view that the ancient Near East spawned the spread of civilization outward from Mesopotamia to all other neighboring cultures. Central Asia is here shown to have been a major player in the development of cities.
Skillfully documenting the different phases of both Soviet and earlier Western external analyses along with recent excavation results, this new interpretation reveals Central Asia's role in the socioeconomic and political processes linked to both the Iranian...
This integration of earlier and new scholarship reconceptualizes the origins of civilization, challenging the received view that the ancient Near E...
