The Prehistory of Asia Minor

From Complex Hunter-Gatherers to Early Urban Societies

Datos Bibliográficos

ID19908445
AutoresBleda S Düring, Bleda S Dürıng (0000-0001-9874-067X, Leiden University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2010
Fecha de publicación2010-10-21
Open AccessSí
TipoBOOK
RevistaPrehistory of Asia Minor (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9780511778926
OpenAlexW4254086601
Open LibraryOL25567417M
ISBN9780511778926
GOOGLE_BOOK_ID3kzhNS_omfEC
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas10

In this book, Bleda Düring offers an archaeological analysis of Asia Minor, the area equated with much of modern-day Turkey, from 20,000 to 2,000 BC. During this period human societies moved from small-scale hunter-gatherer groups to complex and hierarchical communities with economies based on agriculture and industry. Dr Düring traces the spread of the Neolithic way of life, which ultimately reached across Eurasia, and the emergence of key human developments, including the domestication of animals, metallurgy, fortified towns and long-distance trading networks. Situated at the junction between Europe and Asia, Asia Minor has often been perceived as a bridge for the movement of technologies and ideas. By contrast, this book argues that cultural developments followed a distinctive trajectory in Asia Minor from as early as 9,000 BC

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