Revolutions in the desert : the rise of mobile pastoralism in the Southern Levant / / Steven A Rosen

• Autore: Rosen Steven A.
• Pubblicazione: New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2017
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (331 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 933/.4901
• Soggetto topico: Antiquities, Prehistoric - Israel
• Soggetto geografico: Negev (Israel); Israel Antiquities
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Beyond history : the importance of an archaeology of pastoral nomadism -- 2. The problem of domestication -- 3. The problems of definition : variability in pastoral adaptations -- 4. Invisibility and visibility : a background to the archaeology of pastoral -- 5. The environmental background to the rise of pastoral nomadism in the Southern Levantine deserts -- 6. The pre-pottery neolithic B baseline : the last hunter-gatherers in the desert -- 7. The earliest herder-gatherers : the adoption of domesticated animals in the desert periphery -- 8. Revolution in the desert : the Timnian culture complex and the implications of systematic herding -- 9. Another revolution : the late Timnian, the early Bronze Age, and the rise of economic asymmetry -- 10. Text and relict : an essay on the archaeology of desert pastoralism in the historic periods in the Negev -- 11. Epilogue : an archaeology of the end of pastoral nomadism.
• Sommario/riassunto: "Revolutions in the Desert investigates the development of pastoral nomadism in the fertile heartland of the ancient Near East, challenging the prevailing notion that such societies left few remains appropriate for analytic study. Few prior studies have approached the deeper past of desert nomadic societies, which have been primarily recognized only as a complement to the study of sedentary agricultural societies in the region. Based on decades of archaeological field work in the Negev of southern Israel, both excavations and surveys, and integrating materials from adjacent regions, Revolutions in the Desert offers a deeper and more dynamic view of the rise of herding societies beyond the settled zone"--
• Titolo autorizzato: Revolutions in the desert
• ISBN: 1-315-39992-X; 1-315-39994-6; 1-315-39993-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910153193803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II