@Inbook{mh64-001,
  author = 	{Adams, Robert McCormick},
  title = 	{Heartland of cities: surveys of ancient settlement and land use on the central floodplain of the Euphrates},
  year = 	{1981},
  publisher = 	{University of Chicago Press},
  address = 	{Chicago},
  keywords = 	{Iraq; Civilization; To 634; Early Dynastic Mesopotamia; Identification; Topography and geology; Water supply; Settlement patterns; Urban and rural life; Chronologies and culture sequences; Archaeological inventories},
  abstract = 	{Adams describes the Mesopotamian environment, his surface survey, and its results in this pivitol study on the settlement patterns in Mesopotamia and the Diyala region. Adams' book describes settlements and traces some of the ancient canals and river courses from the Ubaid Period up through the Late Islamic Periods. However, only materials that pertain to the Early Dynastic Period were indexed for Outline of Cultural Materials (OCM) codes. Adams' survey results help to show the urbanization of the area during the Early Dynastic Period, settlement hierarchies, other settlement shifts and land use patterns. He also explores the reasons for the instability of irrigation agriculture in this area; such as the need for a stable central government (an idea that some other authors would dispute - see 3: D'iakonov ) and the problems with salinization of the soil. Adams' book also includes a general site catalog. It provides information on the size of the site, the kind of artifacts found at the sites and the sites' probable time period(s).},
  note = 	{Robert McC. Adams},
  note = 	{from  Kline 6/20/01;pages: 331; ready for analysis 9/19/01;},
  note = 	{Includes bibliographical references  (p. 353-360) and index},
  note = 	{Appendix, pages 295-345, will be found in 11:Wright},
  isbn = 	{0226005445},
  url = 	{https://ehrafarchaeology.yale.edu/document?id=mh64-001},
  language = 	{English}
  note =        {Accessed on: 2023-06-04}
}