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200 14$aThe archaeology of Mesopotamia $etheories and approaches /$fRoger Matthews
210  1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2003.
215   $a1 online resource (264 p.)
225 1 $aApproaching the ancient world
225  0$aApproaching the ancient world
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311 08$a0-415-25317-9 
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [205]-229) and index.
327   $aDefining a discipline: Mesopotamian archaeology in history -- Tools of the trade: scope and methods of Mesopotamian archaeology -- Tracing a transition: hunters becoming farmers -- States of mind approaching complexity -- Archaeologies of empire -- People's pasts -- Futures of the Mesopotamian past.
330   $aThe only critical guide to the theory and method of Mesopotamian archaeology, this innovative volume evaluates the theories, methods, approaches and history of Mesopotamian archaeology from its origins in the nineteenth century up to the present day.Ancient Mesopotamia (modern Iraq), was the original site of many of the major developments in human history, such as farming, the rise of urban literate societies and the first great empires of Akkad, Babylonia and Assyria. Dr. Matthews places the discipline within its historical and social context, and explains how archaeologists
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606   $aArchaeology$xMethodology
607   $aIraq$xAntiquities
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