文档介绍：THE NEAR EAST: ARCHAEOLOGY IN
THE ‘CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION’
EXPERIENCE OF ARCHAEOLOGY
Series Editor: Andrew Wheatcroft
The Archaeology of the Arabian Gulf
Michael Rice
The Near East
Archaeology in the ‘cradle of civilization’
Charles Keith Maisels
Classical Archaeology of Greece
Experiences of the discipline
Michael Shanks
THE NEAR EAST:
ARCHAEOLOGY IN THE
‘CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION’
Charles Keith Maisels
London and New York
To my wife Jennifer for being there
First published 1993 by Routledge 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE
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Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication Data Maisels, Charles Keith The near east:
archaeology in the ‘cradle of civilization’/Charles Keith Maisels p. cm. Includes bibliographical
references and index. 1. Archaeology-Middle East-History-19th century. 2. Middle east-
Civilization. To 622. I. Title. 1992 939’.4–dc20 92–2777
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CONTENTS
List of figures, map, plates and tables vii
Acknowledgements xi
Glossary xii
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