Correlates of Complexity (Paperback)

Paperback. Correlates of Complexity is a tribute to Diederik J.W. Meijer asa scholar, archaeologist, and friend, by an international group ofscholars from Britain, Denmark, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Syria,Turkey, and the USA, on the occasion of his 65th birthday.Thecontributions range from the Neolithic to the Iron Age, with articles oncylinder seals, architecture, nomadism, art, Old Assyrian and Ugaritictexts, economic and cultural history, and include case studies fromArmenia, Greece, Turkey, Syria, and Palestine.A generalaspect, reflected in several papers, concerns the rise and articulationof complex societies in the ancient Near East, a topic which has been atthe centre of Meijers research interests throughout his career. Anotherprominent aspect addressed in this volume is the modern relevance of theancient Near East. Several papers deal with the social reworking of dataon the ancient Near East, its relevance for modern economic theory, andheritage management.Authors: Peter M.M.G. Akkermans, MerelBruening, Akemi Kaneda, John Bintliff , Dominique Collon, Ben ClaaszCoockson, Theo De Feyter, Jan Gerrit Dercksen, Bleda S. Duering, JesperEidem, Uwe and Brigitte Finkbeiner, Gerrit van der Kooij, Hartmut Kuehne,Michel Al-Maqdissi, Eva Ishaq, Paolo Matthiae, Joan Oates, Ferhan Sakal,Wilfred H. van Soldt, Folkert van Straten, Klaas R. Veenhof, DavidWarburton, and Arne Wossink.Researchers and students of theancient Near East will find much of interest in the collection of essaysby an international group of both junior and established scholars. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…