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- catalog abstract "The best way to achieve an understanding of the art, architecture, history, and literature of a great civilization such as Mesopotamia's, D.T. Potts believes, is through an analysis of its material infrastructure. Concentrating on Southern Mesopotamia and relying preponderantly on evidence from the third millennium B.C., Potts describes a civilization from the ground up. He creates an ethnography of ancient Mesopotamia which combines knowledge of its material culture and its mental culture. Potts examines the climate, the landforms, and other conditions that enabled the area to become populated. What natural resources did the earliest Mesopotamians have at their disposal? How did Mesopotamian religious ideals reflect the basic conditions of life in the alluvial plain of Southern Mesopotamia? What contributions to Mesopotamian civilization came from the East and what from the West? In addressing such questions as these, Potts offers a new foundation for understanding an ancient civilization of great complexity.".
- catalog contributor b9701178.
- catalog coverage "Middle East Civilization To 622.".
- catalog created "1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1997.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [312]-347) and index.".
- catalog description "The best way to achieve an understanding of the art, architecture, history, and literature of a great civilization such as Mesopotamia's, D.T. Potts believes, is through an analysis of its material infrastructure. Concentrating on Southern Mesopotamia and relying preponderantly on evidence from the third millennium B.C., Potts describes a civilization from the ground up. He creates an ethnography of ancient Mesopotamia which combines knowledge of its material culture and its mental culture. Potts examines the climate, the landforms, and other conditions that enabled the area to become populated. What natural resources did the earliest Mesopotamians have at their disposal? How did Mesopotamian religious ideals reflect the basic conditions of life in the alluvial plain of Southern Mesopotamia? What contributions to Mesopotamian civilization came from the East and what from the West? In addressing such questions as these, Potts offers a new foundation for understanding an ancient civilization of great complexity.".
- catalog description "The country and its climate -- The aboriginal population of southern Mesopotamia -- Agriculture and diet -- Inedible natural resources -- Watercraft -- Pottery production -- Metal production -- Some Material correlates of religious life -- Kinship in an urban society -- Mortuary practices -- Functional aspects of writing and sealing -- East meets West -- West meets East -- Some reflections.".
- catalog extent "xx, 366 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0801433398".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell Unviersity Press,".
- catalog spatial "Middle East Civilization To 622.".
- catalog spatial "Middle East.".
- catalog subject "939.4 20".
- catalog subject "DS57 .P67 1997".
- catalog subject "Ethnology Middle East.".
- catalog subject "Physical geography Middle East.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The country and its climate -- The aboriginal population of southern Mesopotamia -- Agriculture and diet -- Inedible natural resources -- Watercraft -- Pottery production -- Metal production -- Some Material correlates of religious life -- Kinship in an urban society -- Mortuary practices -- Functional aspects of writing and sealing -- East meets West -- West meets East -- Some reflections.".
- catalog title "Mesopotamian civilization : the material foundations / D.T. Potts.".
- catalog type "text".