The Development of Pre-State Communities in the Ancient Near East: Studies in Honour of Edgar Peltenburg (BANEA Publication Series)

This book explores the dynamics of small-scale societies in the ancient Near East by examining the ways in which particular communities functioned and interacted and by moving beyond the broad neo-evolutionary models of social change which have characterised many earlier approaches. By focusing on issues of diversity, scale, and context, it considers: the ways in which economy, crafts, technology, and ritual were organised; the roles played by mortuary practices and households in the structure and development of ancient societies; the importance of agency, identity, ethnicity, gender, community and cultural interaction for the rise of socio-economic complexity. The contributors to this volume are well-known archaeologists in the field of Near Eastern studies; all are currently engaged in fieldwork or research in Cyprus, the Levant, or Turkey. The variety and depth of the research they present here reflect the richness of the archaeological record in the 'cradle of civilisation' and convey the vibrancy of current interpretive approaches within the field of Near Eastern prehistory today. The development of pre-state communities in the ancient Near East -- Diane Bolger and Louise C. Maguire -- pt. 1. Social organisation and complexity in pre-state communities -- Social complexity and archaeology : a contextual approach -- Marc Verhoeven Late Neolithic architectural renewal : the emergence of round houses in the northern Levant, c. 6500-6000 BC -- Peter M.M.G. Akkermans Abandonment processes and closure ceremonies in prehistoric Cyprus : in search of ritual -- Demetra Papaconstantinou A different Chalcolithic : a central Cypriot scene -- David Frankel Thoughts on the function of "public buildings" in the early Bronze Age southern Levant -- Hermann Genz -- pt. 2. Early urban communities and the emergence of the state -- The Tell : social archaeology and territorial space -- Tony Wilkinson Rethinking Kalopsidha : from specialisation to state marginalisation -- Lindy Crewe From kin to class--and back again! : changing paradigms of the early polity -- Anne Porter Different models of power structuring at the rise of hierarchical societies in the Near East : primary economy versus luxury and defence management -- Marcella Frangipane States of hegemony : early forms of political contol in Syria during the 3rd millennium BC -- Lisa Cooper -- pt. 3. Techology, economy, and society -- A household affair? : pottery production in the Burnt Village at late Neolithic Tell Sabi Abyad -- Olivier Nieuwenhuyse Late Cypriot ceramic production : heterarchy or hierarchy? -- Louise Steel The domestication of stone : early lime plaster technology in the Levant / Gordon Thomas -- Domestication of plants and animals, domestication of symbols? -- Danielle Stordeur Herds lost in time : animal remains from the 1969-1970 excavation seasons at the ceramic Neolithic settlement of Philia-Drakos site A, Cyprus -- Paul Croft -- pt. 4. Agency, identity, and gender -- Agency in the pre-pottery Neolithic A -- Bill Finlayson Understanding symbols : putting meaning into the painted pottery of prehistoric northern Mesopotamia -- Stuart Campbell Gender and social complexity in prehistoric and protohistoric Cyprus -- Diane Bolger The painting process of white painted and white slip wares : communities of practice -- Louise C. Maguire The ceramic industry of Deneia : crafting community and place in middle Bronze Age Cyprus -- Jennifer M. Webb -- pt. 5. Insularity, ethnicity, and cultural interaction -- Outside the corridor? : the neolithisation of Cyprus -- Carole McCartney Contextualising Neolithic Cyprus : preliminary investigations into connections between Cyprus and the Near East in the later Neolithic -- Joanne Clarke Was Çatalhöyük a centre? : the implications of a late aceramic Neolithic assemblage from the neighbourhood of Çatalhöyük -- Douglas Baird The birth of ethnicity in Iran : Mesopotamian-Elamite cross-cultural relations in late prehistory -- Andrew McCarthy. The development of pre-state communities in the ancient Near East / Diane Bolger and Louise C. Maguire pt. 1. Social organisation and complexity in pre-state communities Social complexity and archaeology : a contextual approach / Marc Verhoeven Late Neolithic architectural renewal : the emergence of round houses in the northern Levant, c. 6500-6000 BC / Peter M.M.G. Akkermans Abandonment processes and closure ceremonies in prehistoric Cyprus : in search of ritual / Demetra Papaconstantinou A different Chalcolithic : a central Cypriot scene / David Frankel Thoughts on the function of "public buildings" in the early Bronze Age southern Levant / Hermann Genz pt. 2. Early urban communities and the emergence of the state The Tell : social archaeology and territorial space / Tony Wilkinson Rethinking Kalopsidha : from specialisation to state marginalisation / Lindy Crewe From kin to class and back again! : changing paradigms of the early polity / Anne Porter Different models of power structuring at the rise of hierarchical societies in the Near East : primary economy versus luxury and defence management / Marcella Frangipane States of hegemony : early forms of political control in Syria during the 3rd millennium BC / Lisa Cooper pt. 3. Technology, economy, and society A household affair? : pottery production in the Burnt Village at late Neolithic Tell Sabi Abyad / Olivier Nieuwenhuyse Late Cypriot ceramic production : heterarchy or hierarchy? / Louise Steel The domestication of stone : early lime plaster technology in the Levant / Gordon Thomas Domestication of plants and animals, domestication of symbols? / Danielle Stordeur Herds lost in time : animal remains from the 1969-1970 excavation seasons at the ceramic Neolithic settlement of Philia-Drakos site A, Cyprus / Paul Croft pt. 4. Agency, identity, and gender Agency in the pre-pottery Neolithic A / Bill Finlayson Understanding symbols : putting meaning into the painted pottery of prehistoric northern Mesopotamia / Stuart Campbell Gender and social complexity in prehistoric and protohistoric Cyprus / Diane Bolger The painting process of white painted and white slip wares : communities of practice / Louise C. Maguire The ceramic industry of Deneia : crafting community and place in middle Bronze Age Cyprus / Jennifer M. Webb pt. 5. Insularity, ethnicity, and cultural interaction Outside the corridor? : the neolithisation of Cyprus / Carole McCartney Contextualising Neolithic Cyprus : preliminary investigations into connections between Cyprus and the Near East in the later Neolithic / Joanne Clarke Was Çatalhöyük a centre? : the implications of a late aceramic Neolithic assemblage from the neighbourhood of Çatalhöyük / Douglas Baird The birth of ethnicity in Iran : Mesopotamian-Elamite cross-cultural relations in late prehistory / Andrew McCarthy. This book explores the dynamics of small-scale societies in the ancient Near East by examining the ways in which particular communities functioned and interacted and by moving beyond the broad neo-evolutionary models of social change which have characterised many earlier approaches. By focusing on issues of diversity, scale, and context, it considers the ways in which economy, crafts, technology, and ritual were organised; the roles played by mortuary practices and households in the structure and development of ancient societies; and the importance of agency, identity, ethnicity, gender, community and cultural interaction for the rise of socio-economic complexity. The contributors to this volume are well-known archaeologists in the field of Near Eastern studies; all are currently engaged in fieldwork or research in Cyprus, the Levant, or Turkey. The variety and depth of the research they present here reflect the richness of the archaeological record in the'cradle of civilisation'and convey the vibrancy of current interpretive approaches within the field of Near Eastern prehistory today. Front......Page 1 01 BANEA......Page 2 Part1......Page 12 02 BANEA......Page 13 03 BANEA......Page 24 04 BANEA......Page 31 05 BANEA......Page 40 06 BANEA......Page 48 Part2......Page 55 07 BANEA......Page 56 08 BANEA......Page 64 09 BANEA......Page 73 10 BANEA......Page 80 11 BANEA......Page 88 Part3......Page 96 12 BANEA......Page 97 13 BANEA......Page 106 14 BANEA......Page 117 15 BANEA......Page 123 16 BANEA......Page 131 Part4......Page 139 17 BANEA......Page 140 18 BANEA......Page 146 19 BANEA......Page 155 20 BANEA......Page 164 21 BANEA......Page 173 Part5......Page 182 22 BANEA......Page 183 23 BANEA......Page 195 24 BANEA......Page 205 25 BANEA......Page 215 This title explores the dynamics of small-scale societies in the ancient Near East by examining the ways in which particular communities functioned and interacted and by moving beyond the broad neo-evolutionary models of social change which have characterized many earlier approaches Vorderer Orient - Zypern - Neolithikum - Archäologie - Sozialgeschichte - Wirtschaftsgeschichte - Neolithisierung - Siedlungsstruktur - Sozialstruktur