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The Resource Ancient mesopotamian materials and industries : the archaeological evidence, P.R.S. Moorey

Ancient mesopotamian materials and industries : the archaeological evidence, P.R.S. Moorey

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Summary
  • This is the first systematic attempt to survey in detail the archaeological evidence for the crafts and craftsmanship of the Sumerians, Babylonians, and Assyrians in Ancient Mesopotamia, covering the period c.8000-300 BC. As creators of some of the earliest farming and urban communities known to us, these people were among the first pioneers of many crafts and skills that remain fundamental to modern ways of life. Many of the raw materials for crafts had to be imported from outside the river valley of the Tigris and Euphrates, providing an unusually sensitive indicator of the commercial and cultural contacts of Mesopotamia. In this book Dr Moorey reviews briefly the textual evidence, and then goes on to examine in detail the material evidence for a wide range of crafts using stones, both common and ornamental, animal products - from hippopotamus ivory to ostrich egg-shells - ceramics, glazed materials and glass, metals, and building materials
  • With a comprehensive bibliography, this will be a key work of reference for archaeologists and those interested in the early history of crafts and technology, as well as for specialist historians of the ancient near east
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xxiii, 414 pages, [8] pages of plates
Contents
  • 1. The Stoneworking Crafts: The Common Stones
  • 2. The Stoneworking Crafts: Ornamental Stones
  • 3. Working with Bone, Ivory, and Shell
  • 4. The Ceramic and Glassworking Crafts
  • 5. Metalworking
  • 6. The Building Crafts
Isbn
9780198149217
Instance
Label
Ancient mesopotamian materials and industries : the archaeological evidence
Title
Ancient mesopotamian materials and industries
Title remainder
the archaeological evidence
Statement of responsibility
P.R.S. Moorey
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
  • This is the first systematic attempt to survey in detail the archaeological evidence for the crafts and craftsmanship of the Sumerians, Babylonians, and Assyrians in Ancient Mesopotamia, covering the period c.8000-300 BC. As creators of some of the earliest farming and urban communities known to us, these people were among the first pioneers of many crafts and skills that remain fundamental to modern ways of life. Many of the raw materials for crafts had to be imported from outside the river valley of the Tigris and Euphrates, providing an unusually sensitive indicator of the commercial and cultural contacts of Mesopotamia. In this book Dr Moorey reviews briefly the textual evidence, and then goes on to examine in detail the material evidence for a wide range of crafts using stones, both common and ornamental, animal products - from hippopotamus ivory to ostrich egg-shells - ceramics, glazed materials and glass, metals, and building materials
  • With a comprehensive bibliography, this will be a key work of reference for archaeologists and those interested in the early history of crafts and technology, as well as for specialist historians of the ancient near east
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1937-
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Moorey, P. R. S.
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
  • plates
Index
index present
LC call number
DS69.5
LC item number
.M66 1994
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Iraq
  • Irak
  • Iraq
  • Irak
  • Mesopotamien
  • Handicraft
  • Artisans
  • Artisanat
  • Artisans
  • Antiquities
  • Artisans
  • Handicraft
  • Ambachten
  • Materialen
  • Archeologische vondsten
  • Oudheid
  • Civilisation assyro-babylonienne
  • Artisans
  • Artisanat
  • Art assyro-babylonnien
  • Kunsthandwerk
  • Rohstoff
  • Wirtschaft
Label
Ancient mesopotamian materials and industries : the archaeological evidence, P.R.S. Moorey
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-405) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
1. The Stoneworking Crafts: The Common Stones -- 2. The Stoneworking Crafts: Ornamental Stones -- 3. Working with Bone, Ivory, and Shell -- 4. The Ceramic and Glassworking Crafts -- 5. Metalworking -- 6. The Building Crafts
Dimensions
29 cm
Extent
xxiii, 414 pages, [8] pages of plates
Isbn
9780198149217
Lccn
93040752
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
System control number
  • (OCoLC)29255664
  • (OCoLC)ocm29255664
Label
Ancient mesopotamian materials and industries : the archaeological evidence, P.R.S. Moorey
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-405) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
1. The Stoneworking Crafts: The Common Stones -- 2. The Stoneworking Crafts: Ornamental Stones -- 3. Working with Bone, Ivory, and Shell -- 4. The Ceramic and Glassworking Crafts -- 5. Metalworking -- 6. The Building Crafts
Dimensions
29 cm
Extent
xxiii, 414 pages, [8] pages of plates
Isbn
9780198149217
Lccn
93040752
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
System control number
  • (OCoLC)29255664
  • (OCoLC)ocm29255664

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