The geography of trade : landscapes of competition and long-distance contacts in Mesopotamia and Anatolia in the old Assyrian colony period / Alessio Palmisano.
2018
DS69.5 .P35 2018
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The geography of trade : landscapes of competition and long-distance contacts in Mesopotamia and Anatolia in the old Assyrian colony period / Alessio Palmisano.
Author
Palmisano, Alessio, author.
ISBN
9781784919252
9781784919269 (electronic book)
9781784919269 (electronic book)
Published
Oxford : Archeopress Publishing Ltd, [2018]
Copyright
©2018
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (208 pages) : illustrations, maps
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DS69.5 .P35 2018
Dewey Decimal Classification
381.0935
Summary
From the mid-20th century onwards, consolidated study of the merchant archives from the Old Assyrian trading colony at Kanes (Kültepe) has not only transformed our understanding of the social, economic and political dynamics of the Bronze Age Near East, but also overturned many preconceived notions of what constitutes pre-modern trade. Despite this disciplinary impact and archaeological investigations at Kültepe and elsewhere, our understanding of this phenomenon has remained largely text-based and therefore of limited analytical scope, both spatially and contextually. This book re-assesses the Old-Assyrian trade network in Upper Mesopotamia and Central Anatolia during the Middle Bronze Age (c. 1970 - 1700 BC) by combining in some analytical detail the archaeology (e.g. material culture, settlement data, etc.) of the region both on its own terms and via a range of spatial approaches. The author offers a comparative and spatial perspective on exchange networks and economic strategies, continuity and discontinuity of specific trade circuits and routes, and the evolution of political landscapes throughout the Near East in the Middle Bronze Age.
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From the mid-20th century onwards, consolidated study of the merchant archives from the Old Assyrian trading colony at Kanes (Kültepe) has not only transformed our understanding of the social, economic and political dynamics of the Bronze Age Near East, but also overturned many preconceived notions of what constitutes pre-modern trade. Despite this disciplinary impact and archaeological investigations at Kültepe and elsewhere, our understanding of this phenomenon has remained largely text-based and therefore of limited analytical scope, both spatially and contextually. This book re-assesses the Old-Assyrian trade network in Upper Mesopotamia and Central Anatolia during the Middle Bronze Age (c. 1970 - 1700 BC) by combining in some analytical detail the archaeology (e.g. material culture, settlement data, etc.) of the region both on its own terms and via a range of spatial approaches. The author offers a comparative and spatial perspective on exchange networks and economic strategies, continuity and discontinuity of specific trade circuits and routes, and the evolution of political landscapes throughout the Near East in the Middle Bronze Age.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Geography of trade : landscapes of competition and long-distance contacts in Mesopotamia and Anatolia in the old Assyrian colony period.
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